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dnar
26th February 2005, 07:30
About time! Windows 2000 and XP support!

http://www.win4lin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=125
http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?xid=40113&PN=1&SP=10023&V1=696118&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=182938

And no need for a patched kernel!
MikeTimbers
26th February 2005, 08:39
$100!! :eek:
wylie
26th February 2005, 09:08
Been following developments for a while and awaiting this release...
Netraverse has been bought out? How does this affect upgrades? Is a new purchase required?
dnar
26th February 2005, 09:28
You should have received a discount offer email (as a legit owner of Win4Lin). If not, let me know, I'll forward my email.

Good to see you BTW!!!! Bloody hell!
wylie
26th February 2005, 09:34
could you please...
good of them...jeez I only bought 4 licenses :rolleyes:
dnar
26th February 2005, 09:59
Mail sent. You still with Telstra for mail then? :rolleyes:
MikeTimbers
26th February 2005, 13:17
The avatar returns! Hey Wylie! Long time no see!
X-Calibur
26th February 2005, 17:35
Guys VMWare is the way to go. WinXP works out of the box.

TRy it, you'll love it.
dnar
26th February 2005, 22:31
Yes, but VMware requires a lot of resources! I do prefer the tamed aproach of Win4Lin, performance is much better with the bottom end of Windows replaced by Linux/Win4Lin.

Each to their own I guess. What ever works for you. I like the fact that Win4Lin Pro lets you run Windows apps in a Linux window with no OS desktop. Thats cool (more like Wine).
X-Calibur
27th February 2005, 10:09
Dude, the Linux forum is the most active lately... maybe we should rename ourselves The Linux Collective?

Funny cuz for me I like the idea of the full winblows OS sessions "saved or paused" ready to be resumed. And in full screen it really looks nice. Like you said, whatever works!

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wylie
18th March 2005, 10:38
GARGH!!!
What a swine to get running.
Make sure your win disk is bootable....I forgot w2k cds werent and spent a week wondering whats going on.
X-Calibur
18th March 2005, 11:15
GARGH!!!
What a swine to get running.
Make sure your win disk is bootable....I forgot w2k cds werent and spent a week wondering whats going on.
What proggy? VMWare or Win4Lin?
My win2k CDs were bootable back in the days...? Must be some Aussie weird stuff again.

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wylie
18th March 2005, 11:25
What proggy? VMWare or Win4Lin?
win4linpro...
getting there.....
just got w2k running.

My win2k CDs were bootable back in the days...? Must be some Aussie weird stuff again.
X'

nah - this one had to run the bootdisk program to set up 4 floppies.
X-Calibur
18th March 2005, 11:47
nah - this one had to run the bootdisk program to set up 4 floppies.
Floppies? Is that some kind of marine animal? :rofl:
wylie
19th March 2005, 05:12
ugh - clunky or what?
extremely buggy and Id have to say qualifies as a beta release.
I can see it shows so much promise but was perhaps rushed out.
Still no joy networking, and seems to be slowing the whole system down. Also miss the excellent little configuration utility of W4L9x..
X-Calibur
19th March 2005, 12:33
Give VMware a try. You'll be impressed. VMWare 5 is on demo, so it's cheap for the time being.
wylie
19th March 2005, 19:48
Are you able to tell me how well it handles networking, printing, and mapping to linux dirs on servers?
Thankee. W4L is unfortunately not an option in its present state. :(
dnar
19th March 2005, 19:56
Sorry to hear that Mat.
wylie
19th March 2005, 19:58
You been playing with it?
dnar
19th March 2005, 20:07
No, I have not had a spare moment to even scratch myself. Worked 65 hours this week, yesterday was a right off after I fixed the leaking radiator hose, had my hair cut, bought the missus a 16th Anniversary pressy, I crashed at 2pm for 5 hours. Last night was messy, a couple of good Red's bit the dust followed by me. I am just bloody tired all the time at the moment, need a holiday. I'm thinking of flying to Mackay on Friday for a week of slobbing by the pool with cocktails in hand, that or maybe Broome. I have not started spending my payout yet, but am itching to do so.
X-Calibur
19th March 2005, 20:08
Are you able to tell me how well it handles networking, printing, and mapping to linux dirs on servers?
Thankee. W4L is unfortunately not an option in its present state. :(
Networking: out of the box
Printing: out of the box
File sharing: Set up Samba and you'll be rocking (didn't use it myself though)

Basically, your Windows install is accessing your devices through Linux as a channel.
http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws5_beta.html

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wylie
20th March 2005, 09:46
yup - back on topic...
does the windows install link to a directory of information on a non windows server? Thats my main criteria.
data located on pootie running linux
workstations running various distros but need to get data (using windows programs) off aforementioned server machine.
samba not an option - causes data probs.
X-Calibur
20th March 2005, 10:13
I was about to reply "yes if data server is configured as samba server"...
Hum, dunno, didn't try it any other way. You'll have to look around the www for answers.

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