Msg: Re: Win7 and XP

Hi Kari,

Just wanted to make sure that I understood you. To reiterate, you are saying that either VirtualBox or VMWare can be installed *alongside* XP Mode (which I think may have today's MS version of VPC as a pre-requisite: they seemed to call for installation in tandem), without conflicts ? Are you sure about this ? If so, I can try that.

As to "VirtualPC 2007 with DOS additions from VPC 2004 and MS-DOS and Win 3.1x for DOS box windowing support", I don't know where to obtain all of these items at this point in time, particularly those mentioned after VPC 2007. Do you have any (still viable) download links you can suggest for these ?

Jordan

From: Kari Eveli
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: Win7 and XP

>Or maybe I'd be better off doing all this with VMWare, or VirtualBox ?

If so, better to find that out now.

XP mode is a bit of a clunker to say the least. If you do not need the integration that it provides, you are better off with some of the alternatives, these include VirtualPC 2007 64-bit which can be installed only if XP mode is completely deinstalled, or VirtualBox, Parallels, VMWare that do not make any such demand. They can coexist with XP mode. Personally I would start experimenting with VirtualBox. The most nimble solution is, of course, VirtualPC 2007 with DOS additions from VPC 2004 and MS-DOS and Win 3.1x for DOS box windowing support. You do not need XP to run a DOS program. I would most certainly skip it.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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