[dba-Tech] VPC - What Do I Do Now?

Bill Patten bill_patten at embarqmail.com
Wed Dec 17 12:21:22 CST 2008


Everything I have heard says you have to install them in order of oldest 
first, so that is what I have done. I don't know if you have to.

The VM is slow to start but much more efficient then multiple machines or 
plug in hard drives.

I use QuickBooks 2003 for my business and it has a 16bit install program so 
I could not install it in my 64 bit machine, so I solved the problem with 
VM, found it to be very convenient and got rid of one of my test  machines 
(more room under my desk) and now use VM for testing. I only use QB 2 or 3 
times a month so the 3 minutes is no big deal.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] VPC - What Do I Do Now?


ON the Vista machine, which is my kind of 'backup' box, I've got 2007
installed.  If I want 2003, I think I have to uninstall 2007 and install
them in order.

3 minutes to start up a VM?  Hmmm....could be inconvenient.


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
www.bchacc.com



-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Patten
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:04 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] VPC - What Do I Do Now?

Hi Rocky,

Yes you have to install an operating system. I have  Vista Home, Vista
Business, XP and Windows 95 machines setup so I can test software on what my
clients may be using.

Also I have Access 97, Access 2003 and Access 2007 installed on my main
Vista 64 machine, and do not have any problems with Access except waiting
for 2007 to re-install after using 2003 (I only work in 2003, just test
2007) and then re-install 2003 after using 2007.

Open 2007 after using 2003 install time 81 seconds Open 2003 after using
2007 install time 39 seconds

Open XP VM to use Access 2003 about 3 minutes

By the way if I have 2003 open and then open 2007 it only takes 49 seconds
to install 2007  and both appear to work, though I doubt I'd do that very
often but it's nice to know you can.

Things do run a little slower on a Virtual Machine too, so for developing
I'd use what ever version I needed on my main machine.

Having VM's with different operating systems however is very helpful.

HTH

Bill.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
To: "'Off Topic'" <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>; "List"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:03 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] VPC - What Do I Do Now?


OK.  I'm going to do Virtual PC.  First I had to upgrade Vista to Ultimate.
Then I downloaded and installed VPC.  Created a VM called Office 2003
because the Vista box has Office 2007.  I want to set up an Office 2003
machine and an Office 200 machine for testing.

Started VPC and I get the black screen with Action Edit Floppy Help.  And
I'm stuck.  God knows I don't want to read the manual.  I suppose I have to
install an OS now.  You VM gurus, briefly what do I do next?

MTIA




Rocky Smolin

Beach Access Software

858-259-4334

www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/>

www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/>






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