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Re: Windows 7, again




  
Jordan,

  

   There are no hoops to jump through with VMWare Player (the free
   one).  Once the player is installed, all you need to do is install
   a copy of XP (or any other version of Windows, probably DOS, even
   Linux) within it.  The tools that are installed with Player allow
   you to use the printers and network connections of your Win 7
   installation, and you can copy/cut and paste between your
   virtualized XP (or any other OS you wish to install) and your Win
   7 machine and vice versa.  It costs nothing, takes probably an
   hour of your time, and, if you don't like it, simply uninstall
   it.  Couldn't be simpler. 

  

   Best,

  

   William TeBrake

   UMaine History Emeritus

  

   On 11/5/2013 10:37 AM, J R FOX wrote:

  

  

   
For the
    moment, the successes I've had going with XP Mode on that laptop
    outweigh switching to a different VM solution, which would
    almost certainly entail jumping through a bunch of extra hoops,
    and plenty of extra work.  But that could change too.

    

    


     

    


     

    
  
      Jordan