Re: Installation Questions
Pete B wrote:
> I am not sure if this is the right forum to post with this, but if not
> please direct me to the proper forums. I have several questions. First, I
> am running WinXP Pro, and I have VB 6, VC+, Frontpage 2K, Office 2K, and VS
> 2005 Express installed on this PC (my home PC), as well as a great many
> other apps like Adobe Acrobat etc. No problems with any of that.
Thanks for the very well-written and detailed post. See my comments inline:
> First: I want to install the Win2007 Virtual Machine, but I want to run the
> same OS on it as I am currently running, WinXP Pro. Do I need to purchase a
> separate software package of WinXP Pro to do this, or is there a way to
> employ my current OS onto the VM? I am not trying to duck any licensing
> here, it is just that, as I explain below, I want to install some software
> on a VM in order to test it out for my own use rather than try to install
> the new software on my PC itself. I should note that I only have the OEM
> version of the WinXP Pro that came installed with this PC.
You need a license (where required, as with Microsoft operating systems)
for each virtual machine you create in either Virtual PC 2007 or VMWare
(another virtual product, excellent but not free like VPC 2007). So the
answer is that yes, you would need to purchase a new retail copy of XP.
The OEM version of XP you have installed belongs to that computer and is
tied to it. Operating systems installed in VMs are just as real as
operating systems installed on a real-life, non-virtual computer.
> Second: The software I want to install is Visual Studio 2005 Premium (or
> whatever the full version is called). But I read the Readme file and
> searched the MSKB, and I am not sure if I can just install this on my PC
> directly without going through all kinds of installation problems and having
> to remove VS 2005 Express and all the svc packs and .Net stuff that I have
> added since I installed that going several years back. That is why I want
> to install the VM software, so that I could just test out the VS package in
> isolation without disturbing my system at all. I am currently running Linux
> on a VMWare Virtual Server installed on my PC, it is great that bway because
> it is totally separate from my main PC OS.
(snippage)
Using VMs for testing the way you are doing is one of the best things
about them. So you are definitely doing the right thing but you'll need
a licensed copy of XP. If you decide to go ahead and want information
about using Visual Studio, the best place to post questions about that
program would be in its newsgroup. Here is a list of all the MS public
newsgroups:
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm
HTH,
Malke
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