[jaws-uk] Re: Windows XP mode and Virtual XP

  • From: chris hallsworth <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:30:33 +0100

Hi Barry and all,
No you don't. Last year VMware made their so called "lite" version of Workstation, VMware Player, free of charge in terms of creating and managing virtual machines. In the past while VMware Player was free it only "played" or ran virtual machines created with their commercial offerings like Workstation. The Workstation product is still available though for those who need advanced virtualization needs, like setting up teams, taking snapshots of the machine so that it can be restored to the time before the snapshot was created, etc. If you just want to create, manage, and run virtual machines then you only need their free Player product. It's 99% accessible with JAWS and I have written some scripts, along with Donald Morrang, to make it even more usable. 



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On 15/08/2010 10:15, Barry Toner wrote:

Darren,

Naw man you've gotta install it on to the VM.

You can set up shares and sync your hard drive between the Host and Guest
OS's.  For this you need VMware Worksation which is quite expensive but does
do allot of very cool Virtualisation stuff.

Barry


-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren H
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 6:56 AM
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Windows XP mode and Virtual XP

Hi Barry.

Yeah that's much clearer thanks.

Might be a stupid question, but will all the software I have currently
installed still work under the virtual machine?

Cheers
Darren
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Barry Toner
Sent: 15 August 2010 00:00
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Windows XP mode and Virtual XP

Darren,

If you have an XP installation disc or an Image file, (preferably an
ISO).
You can download Vmware Player.

Just google Vmware Player.

You then use this to create a new virtual machine.  It'll pop up a
wizard
for you to select the installation options and configuration options.
So
you'll point/browse to your install media.  it'll ask you for a user
account
name to be created, plus the licence code.  You can then either accept
the
defaults for that type of machine, RAM, HD space to allocated etc or
change
them yourself.

The machine will then be created and the installer will run automated.
Once
complete you should hear the Windows startup sound.

You can alt tab away from this window during the install/config
process.

Once it's completed and you've heard the Windows startup chimes you can
pres
ctrl c to pass keyboard/audio/visual focus into that Virtual Machine.
You're basically working at this point as if it was XP mode from an
end-user
stand point.  Or to put it in other words an Operating System running
from
within your main Operating System.  So you'll think it's just XP you
are
looking at.

Ctrl alt will put you back into the Host machine or main Operating
System
again.

NB.  You'll hear all the sounds from your Host operating System while
in the
virtual machine.  So you're in XP Virtual machine and still hear people
signing in to Windows Live or whatever on your Host machine.

I don't have a tutorial on Vmware player step by step.  However, if you
want
more info on this feel free to move it onto access-uk or BCAB and I'll
be
happy as I'm sure will others to help.  As virtual Machines tutorials
is too
far beyond the focus of here.

Hope this helps.

Barry.


-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren H
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:23 PM
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Windows XP mode and Virtual XP

Hi.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but I have no clue what you're

talking

a bout. Lol.

Can you point me to an online resource where I can gen up on this?

Many thanks.

Darren

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