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    Matthew Hazlett
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    Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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      Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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      Nish Nishant
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      Matthew Hazlett wrote:

      Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

      I hope you aren't installing 2 of them, are you? Install one and make a copy of the virtual hard disk. Regards, Nish

      My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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        Matthew Hazlett wrote:

        Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

        I hope you aren't installing 2 of them, are you? Install one and make a copy of the virtual hard disk. Regards, Nish

        My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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        Matthew Hazlett
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        Ya they are diffrent versions :-( Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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          Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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          El Corazon
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          Matthew Hazlett wrote:

          I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

          It does? I get mine done in about 15 to 20 minutes. :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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          • M Matthew Hazlett

            Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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            Nitron
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            Matthew Hazlett wrote:

            I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

            lol, that's nothing compared to vs7.1 X| ~Nitron.


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              Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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              toxcct
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              just ghost the disks... :cool:


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                Matthew Hazlett wrote:

                I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

                lol, that's nothing compared to vs7.1 X| ~Nitron.


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                Anders Molin
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                Nitron wrote:

                that's nothing compared to vs7.1

                About 15 minutes for a full install ;) - Anders

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                  Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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                  Mike Dimmick
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                  Directly after installation and installing updates, use sysprep[^] to reseal. Use setupmgr.exe to create the sysprep.inf file. Then, for Virtual PC, set the base image hard disk file read-only. Create differencing disks based on this base disk image to set up a new virtual machine derived from the base OS. You can then create a new virtual machine in a few minutes, rather than hours. Differencing disks are a bit slower than regular disks but they save a fair chunk of disk space. Consider using undo disks to revert to the 'clean' setup required for your test. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

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                    Nitron wrote:

                    that's nothing compared to vs7.1

                    About 15 minutes for a full install ;) - Anders

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                    Anders Molin wrote:

                    About 15 minutes for a full install

                    whaat! It took me 57 minutes to install on my 3.4GHz/2048MB Intellistation w/16x DVD-R. (full install w/ full MSDN) Are you installing off DVD? I'm installing of of all 6 CD's... X| ~Nitron.


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                      Nitron wrote:

                      that's nothing compared to vs7.1

                      About 15 minutes for a full install ;) - Anders

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                      Nish Nishant
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                      Anders Molin wrote:

                      About 15 minutes for a full install

                      :confused: What's your machine spec? Regards, Nish

                      My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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                        Anders Molin wrote:

                        About 15 minutes for a full install

                        :confused: What's your machine spec? Regards, Nish

                        My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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                        Anders Molin
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                        Dell Presision, 3.4Ghz, 3GB Ram, 2x 32GB 15k rpm SCSI disks in RAID 0 - Anders

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                          Anders Molin wrote:

                          About 15 minutes for a full install

                          whaat! It took me 57 minutes to install on my 3.4GHz/2048MB Intellistation w/16x DVD-R. (full install w/ full MSDN) Are you installing off DVD? I'm installing of of all 6 CD's... X| ~Nitron.


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                          DVD - Anders

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