Re: and another option

[Jon P xywrite4@xxxxxxxx]

The first link is broken. The second just says you can keep using XP until the computer dies, which is true. 

The third...I don't see the point of putting Sun Virtualbox between Win7 and XP Mode, since XP Mode
works directly with Win7. I have a shortcut on the taskbar that pops up my XY window--no XP desktop
shown--on the Win7 desktop. A similar result seems to be what the whole thinkgeek Virtualbox
installation process ends up with.  

To get my files out of the virtual machine, I do have to keep a duplicate XY directory (or actually
just a folder) on Win7's C: drive, and export from XP Mode to that directory, but that's just a key
assignment. And I have no idea whether Virtualbox would make any difference on that front. 

If Win8 doesn't have an XP Mode, then maybe we'll have to go through Virtualbox.  

But I await Kari's considerably larger expertise. 

Jon Pareles 



Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 12:45:01 -0800 (PST)
From: J R FOX 
Subject: Re: and another option


wonder if they might merit a place on the list of VM options ?



http://www.vmlite.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&idG&Itemid3

http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6122_102-5526446.html?tag=nl.e497&s_cidä97&ttagä97&ftagÊD5920658

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/12309/install-xp-mode-with-virtualbox-using-the-vmlite-plugin/

Kari ?


   Jordan