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| 471072 | 2006-07-19 04:20:00 | OK...the scarey part is over and the install is happening as I type this...of course, it's happening to my Dell with UBUNTU and XP-Pro. It sure is slow installing, though! :dogeye: I am not going to mess this puter up. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 471073 | 2006-07-19 05:42:00 | If I install my Windows XP into a virtual machine, that's going to treat it as a seperate machine right? So uh.. MS is going to lock me out or something when I try to connect my pc and the virtual pc to windows update? | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 471074 | 2006-07-19 06:36:00 | Well . . . got 98SE all in and running . . . it's cool and I used the full screen mode too . . . looks like it oughtta! Interesting question there Mejobloggs . . . . I got to M$ for info with the 98SE install v/m and I had no troubles with them at all . . . of course, I inserted the true key for that version of 98SE too! (I don't think M$ really cares about 98SE now anyway!) It went online all by itself without much help from me, and I'm on the same LAN as the original system uses . I also installed Firefox while I was there in 98SE v/m, and it works too! Now I might try 2000 or even ME just for kicks . BTW: How can I expand the virtual file size? I need a little more room to install 98SE SP1 . 2 . 5 from a third party . :confused: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 471075 | 2006-07-19 08:43:00 | I am not going to mess this puter up. Oh yes, that's what I said doing a dual install of XP and Suse Surferjoe... I now have more or less new comp and I'm WAY to scared to try virtual PC. You try it first :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 471076 | 2006-07-19 11:05:00 | Uhh... With virtual PC, your new pc will be even safer. It means that anything you might be tempted to isntall, but looks dodgy, you can install on a virtual pc and give it a test drive to see if its ok. If its not ok, then who cares, just don't save the virtual pc session, and it will be reset back to your perfectly clean install. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 471077 | 2006-07-19 12:26:00 | BTW: How can I expand the virtual file size? I need a little more room to install 98SE SP1 . 2 . 5 from a third party . :confused: Your Virtual PC is stored in a folder on your hard drive, which you probally already know, when you add to it it will grow . VMware is great for learning networking, you can have 2 or 3 virtual PC's running at the same time, just clicking from one to the other adjusting the settings untill you have them all talking to each other . I use it mainly for trying out versions of Linux, I also have Win98 as a machine to load up just incase I have to do a walkthrough with someone over the phone . |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 471078 | 2006-07-19 13:50:00 | Just remember all: Virtualization and Emulation are quite different! This might be a good place for many to start: www.google.co.nz ation&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official Second link down gives this read from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 471079 | 2006-07-19 15:00:00 | 98SE is running very well . . . I forgot how ugly it was . . . nyuck, nyuck! :eek: Now I'm gonna try to upgrade to ME . . . . yup! So far everything works . . . I just want to know if it remembers these changes and installs I am making . . . . . . . . . . . . hmmmmm Reboot will tell all . Another question: I read the sites that Chill sent, and I still wonder if there's any chance of infections via malware and trojans etc to the rest of my system as I don't have all the security updates yet for 98SE So far, there are no problems with the emulator . . . just the ugliness of 98SE brings back memories of an IBM ThinkPad w/266 processor! Yuck! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 471080 | 2006-07-19 21:25:00 | I have heard that some people use a virtual machine for 'sandbox' internet browsing. Where they have a virtual machine that has no connections to the other pc's on the network (except for maybe 1 folder where they can save stuff to their real pc), and they can safely thrash around the internet. How would I go about setting up one of these? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 471081 | 2006-07-19 21:46:00 | Nope, not really... Most of the time when setup I believe the virtualization uses NAT by default, you can setup networking between both your real OS and the virtualized one. Just setup a normal network share :) mejobloggs: I know a fair few people who go online only from a virtualized Linux desktop, because they know its much safer.... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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