[rollei_list] Re: Scanners
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:31:18 +0000 (UTC)
On Mar 28, 2012, at 03:49 PM, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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At 11:21 PM 3/26/2012, John Jensen wrote:
There is a workaround for Windows 7 but it might cost you some money. If you have Windows 7 Professional you can download free from Microsoft a software package that enables Windows Virtual PC. This will run Windows XP mode, operating within Windows 7, but with the look and feel of Windows XP. It will run any XP program.
But if your Windows 7 is the Home Edition, you cannot load Windows Virtual PC. However, for an upgrade (priced at $89 I believe) from Home Edition to Professional you can then do the download. It's interesting that built within the Windows 7 package you have is the Virtual PC software and the upgrade process simply unlocks what you already have on your hardrive.
Clever. You pays your money and you takes your choice as the _expression_ goes.
John
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At 02:36 AM 3/28/2012, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
How technical are you computer wise?
One last thing that might be worth trying would be to run windows XP on your windows7 machine using virtualization software from Oracle, which is free
https://www.virtualboxorg/
You would have to install XP onto the virtual machine, and set up shared storage for transferring files to the windows 7 end of the system.
I have not run this on a windows 7 machine, but I have used it to run a virtualized ubunto on an XP machine and have found the software very solid.
All the best
Laurence Cuffe
OK guys, thanks for the suggestions.
I tend to favor the upgrade on my home Windows 7 Home Premium to Professional allow download of the free virtual XP system from Microsoft, since the cost of the upgrade is about $89.95, far less than the value of the software I could retain, and also should be able to use my Canoscan D1230U, which works just fine for me.
Has anyone on this list done this?
The issue I have is whether you have to boot up into an exclusively virtual XP system with a separate registry, separate file system, or somehow you magically just run XP programs, and deal with XP-compatible hardware, while booted into Windows 7.
On-line documentation of exactly how all this goes together is very incomplete. The problem being that the description say you can "Run many Windows XP business programs" but no comment about hardware and things like PhotoShop, etc.
There is, of course, one other option I have. I have an HP laptop with XP still running on it. It would be a chore to move it to some flat surface in the office here (flat surfaces are at a premium) but I could install the scanner and other software on it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
DAW
Ok, I see from the list that you are proceeding in other directions. Using the virtual machine program I linked to, the guest and the host operating machine were both operational at the same time. If the mouse was in the Host section I could do XP type things and in the guest section I could do Ubuntu type things. Both versions of the machine could see the hardware and both versions of the machine could see the internet. There is a facility to use a shared part of the hard disc as an area acesed by both OS's. I might try using my scanner within ubunto and seting up the OS with a shared area, and seeing if I can get a scan on Ubuntu, place scan in shared area and then run photoshop within the XP part of the operation workflow going.
All the best
Laurence Cuffe
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