Drum2jc
July 16th, 2004, 10:28 PM
i was talking to a friend and he was telling me about how on his computer he could open up a "virtual operating system" like open up windows xp as an icon on the desktop, and you can have it running as like a single process in a window, and then at any time you can just close it... how does this work?
renegade600
July 16th, 2004, 10:38 PM
check out Microsofts Virtual PC (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx).
Drum2jc
July 16th, 2004, 11:00 PM
hey, thats pretty cool...http://cybertechhelp.com/forums/images/smilies/wave.gif
LRI41
July 17th, 2004, 02:40 AM
Virtual PC tool
But the Java sandbox only works for Java applets. For other software, you can create a much larger, more flexible kind of sandbox with a Virtual PC tool . A VPC can put an entire operating system and all your apps--- *everything*--- inside a sandbox. Whatever happens in the Virtual PC (even a total system crash or a catastrophic "wipe the hard drive" problem) has zero effect on the real PC.
To mangle a currently popular advertising slogan: Whatever happens in the sandbox, stays in the sandbox.
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=VPC&sp-a=0008002a-sp00000000
LangaList HTML Edition 2004-06-24
Date: 6/23/2004
Excellent VPC Resources
As mentioned in the previous item, a Virtual PC makes it incredibly easy to pop in and out of different OSes for testing or exploration; without having to shut down, reboot, or alter your main desktop in any way: Each of the other OSes runs in its own private, protected memory space *inside* your regular OS. In my case, VPCs have become a mainstay of my everyday work environment.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18600449
You can still get a free trial copy of Microsoft's VPC at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
, or an open-source VPC at
http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
and there are others around too. If you haven't played with one yet, I urge you to give it a go.
It's not hard at all to get a VPC up and running, but to get it running really well, or to unleash its full potential, takes a bit of investigation: These were originally developer tools, and the learning curve has some odd speedbumps scattered about that may take you by surprise.
But there's plenty of help available. These are the sites I found most useful in getting the most from my VPCs. Maybe they'll help you, too:
Independent VPC FAQ and Link Collection:
http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
Unofficial "What Works in VPC" Site:
http://vpc.visualwin.com/
Virtual PC Downloads:
http://www.essjae.com/VPC/virtual_pc_downloads.htm
Virtualization (general):
http://www.virtualization.info/