Msg: Re: Windows 7, again

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 ?' 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 ?

Jordan

From: William H. TeBrake
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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