Have you tried MS Virtual PC?

[Chodici Mrkev]

Have you tried it? I've just installed Trial on my machine, and I am enjoying old Windows 98. It looks very good

[Paul Watson]

It is very useful. Not as powerful as VMWare but covers what most people need. >and I am enjoying old Windows 98. It looks very good That's good stuff you are smoking ;) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: "I always knew that somewhere deep inside that likable, Save the Whales kinda guy there lurked the heart of a troublemaker..." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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I found it lacking compared to VMWare also. I tried both (not at the same time) on a machine with 256MB RAM, VirtualPC could only use 128MB while VM could use the full range.

[Mike Ellison]

We run a copy on a Mac laptop - slow, but it's been helpful to have it.

[Chodici Mrkev]

Tell me one bad thing about Windows 98 :-), what a good program, I consider reinstalling them instead of my WXP - no service packs = no problems

[Chodici Mrkev]

VMWare - I don't know it. I will look at it, and is it expensive - compared to MS VPC?

[Navin]

I haven't yet, but I have used VMWare (although I don't need to that much anymore.) The biggest reason is that VirtualPC doesn't support USB very well, and that was a critical function for me. An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

[Navin]

Depends on whether you have MSDN or not. I think (at least for some versions) VirtualPC comes "free" with MSDN. VMWare is something like $300 per license, but they do offer a free trial, and I'm not sure if they have a different payscale for personal use vs. business. An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

[Shog9 0]

Yeah, i've played with it a bit. A bit slower than VMWare (as mentioned), and with fewer options... But - the feature where it'll resize your windows desktop as you resize the window rocks! :)
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[Steve Mayfield]

Couldn't Win98SE be considered a "service pack" for Win98??? Steve

[Jeremy Falcon]

They dropped the price to $189. Which kicks arse IMO because I prefer VMWare myself because it'll handle OSes like Win3.1, FreeBSD, Linux, etc. Jeremy Falcon

[Jeremy Falcon]

Win98SE was created to help Win98 users transition to Win2K when it came out. If you look at your system files, you'll notice there are a few that were labeled for Windows 2000. Jeremy Falcon

[Christopher Duncan]

Yeah, for years now, all the way back to the DOS 3.1 virtual operating system. I keep waiting for them to come up with a real one. Oh, sorry, you meant PC. My bad... :) Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

[Chodici Mrkev]

Is it safe to try viruses in the virtual PC

[Navin]

Good question - it depends on your network model. In VMWare I know you can set it to be networked, not-networked, networked to the host only etc. Assuming Virtual PC has these setting somewhere, if you really want to do that, make sure: - You have no networking on - not even to the host machine. This is so the virus can't spread to your real machine. ;) - You don't use any shared disk space. If those are true, your virus can't get outside it's VirtualPC box, and you should be OK. Just remember to blow away that virtual image when you're done. :-O And also notice I say "should" a lot and not "will". I assume no liability for following my advice. :) An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

[Heath Stewart]

I tend to like it better than VMWare...only because I get it free with my MSDN Universal subscription. :) Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles]

[papaya_zm]

Yeah,useful tool.you can install windows and linux both on the same computer at the same time.

[Paul Watson]

Don't remind me. We bought VMWare and a month later I opened up our monthly MSDN Uni box to find Microsoft Virtual PC which did everything we needed. :doh: regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: "Gassho rei, Watson-san!" Crikey! ain't life grand?

[NormDroid]

I've just installed it, and now attempting to install Longhorn :~

[Phil J Pearson]

The only way I've ever succeeded in getting L*n*x to install.

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