Re: Windows 7, again

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks to William and Paul for
their suggestions.


Then I guess the key question for going with VMWare becomes 'Would I have
to toss out what I've already accomplished with XPMode, and start over
from scratch ?' 


Yes. I tried 3 VMs, and each one is an entirely new program with new
settings and new tweaking.


 That might be
a dealbreaker, if it does not coexist just fine with the installed
XPMode.  (There is no "portable" version of VMWare player,
that does not touch the Registry or possibly conflict with other
installed items, I suppose ?)  The other, already installed programs
running under XPMode are important too.  Also, scrounging up the
install disks for XP or W2K at this point might be a problem, and would
certainly involve more than an hours work.  Does VMWare not need
this ?


The possibility of running Xy in a DOS VM sounds like it could have some
advantages, but then you're talking about establishing *two* VMs
?


Again, 32 bit Win 7 requires no VM and runs everything just
fine.








  
Jordan








From: William H. TeBrake



To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx


Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 7:23 AM


Subject: 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