Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Sun Mar 15 01:28:29 CDT 2009
Here is a stupid question so apologies: When I install my Virtual bits, can I then, somehow, create an image from my physical system (maybe as an ISO) and move that to the virtual machine so that I dont have to reinstall everything? If so, how? Thanks Max On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 4:24 AM, William Hindman < wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote: > ...yes ...but its pretty simple to do since you can copy to/from a local > disk ...and the expiration dates have so far not been rigorously enforced > ...the copy of xp/vista is pre-activated and won't run outside the vpc > environment. > > William > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:36 PM > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 > Express&VB.NET) > > > How do they renew. > > > > Do you have to download a new image and transfer all you settings/data > > etc to the new one? > > > > -- > > Stuart > > > > On 14 Mar 2009 at 21:28, William Hindman wrote: > > > >> ...yes but as I said previously, they've renewed it every time for more > >> than > >> a year now and almost certainly will continue to do so since you still > >> can't > >> install more than one version of ie. > >> > >> William > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:18 PM > >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 > >> Express&VB.NET) > >> > >> >>From that link: > >> > "This VPC image will expire in April 2009." > >> > > >> > If you do want to use it however, note the following from VirtualBox > >> > Help: > >> > "Finally, VirtualBox also fully supports the VHD format used by > >> > Microsoft" > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > Stuart > >> > > >> > On 14 Mar 2009 at 20:10, William Hindman wrote: > >> > > >> >> ...been that way for more than a year ...there is a separate link to > >> >> dl > >> >> the > >> >> right vhd > >> >> > >> >> > http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en > >> >> > >> >> ...the secret to this is that ms is providing a vhd with win xp or > >> >> vista > >> >> AND > >> >> ie6, 7, or 8 now to web developers to allow testing > >> >> against multiple browser environments ...since you can't run more > than > >> >> one > >> >> version of ie on the same system. they came > >> >> up with this backdoor ...but the bottom line is that its a fully > >> >> functional > >> >> vhd with the os and ie already installed and you can use > >> >> it for whatever you please ...and anyone can dl and use it if they > >> >> know > >> >> where to look. > >> >> > >> >> ...and of course ms isn't broadcasting this everywhere ...you only > >> >> find > >> >> it > >> >> by looking for ways to test both versions of ie on your system :) > >> >> ...not a word or link to this on either the vpc or their regular vhd > >> >> site > >> >> :) > >> >> > >> >> William > >> >> > >> >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> >> From: "Steve Erbach" <erbachs at gmail.com> > >> >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:54 PM > >> >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > >> >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > >> >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 > >> >> Express&VB.NET) > >> >> > >> >> > William, > >> >> > > >> >> > Interesting. Is that a recent promotion? When I downloaded VPC > >> >> > last > >> >> > year there wasn't any OS that came with it. > >> >> > > >> >> > Steve Erbach > >> >> > Neenah, WI > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:44 AM, William Hindman > >> >> > <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote: > >> >> >> ...its free ...and it comes with a vhd with win xp or vista > already > >> >> >> installed so you don't have to buy another copy ...the free os is > a > >> >> >> limited > >> >> >> time but they've renewed it every time it was about to expire so > >> >> >> far. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> William > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> >> >> From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> > >> >> >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:57 AM > >> >> >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > >> >> >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > >> >> >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 > >> >> >> Express&VB.NET) > >> >> >> > >> >> >>> William, > >> >> >>> Is virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft free or not. The site says > "free > >> >> >>> download" > >> >> >>> but it is unclear whether that means that after installing it, I > >> >> >>> then > >> >> >>> get > >> >> >>> only xyz days to use it. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> If not free, what would you recommend? > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> Thanks > >> >> >>> Max > >> >> >>> > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > AccessD mailing list > >> >> > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >> >> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >> >> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> AccessD mailing list > >> >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >> >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >> >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > AccessD mailing list > >> > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> AccessD mailing list > >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >