@Wade... We use VirtualPC in our electronics lab because it lets you access serial ports. Certainly the free version of VM Ware does not (we tried, it was fraught with errors)...
I installed it in Virtualbox on a fresh SP2 install and it worked fine, so I slipstreamed it with SP2 and put it on the one machine in my household that still has XP as well as a few other virtual installs and all is well. There are no super huge change - if you update regularly then it's not a big deal, but where it matters MOST is on fresh installs. After you install it, naturally you only have a few updates from MS update left...it def. shaves time on clean installs and even 'felt' like the slipstreamed CD installed faster (probably mind over matter).
All my licenses are legal though, so I have no idea how it works on pirated copies.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ryan @ Apr 29th 2008 9:31AM
I'm afraid to try.
Pochi @ Apr 29th 2008 9:39AM
Pussy.
Seth @ Apr 29th 2008 9:45AM
Only "real men" go for a brand new Microsoft update! Seriously, what can it do? Fry your computer to an utter abyss?
tom @ Apr 29th 2008 9:49AM
unless your xp sp2 is pirated
OneLove @ Apr 29th 2008 10:52AM
just back yo shit up before.
Asher69 @ Apr 29th 2008 11:37AM
This is why Virtual PC (free from MS) is your friend. :D
Wayde @ Apr 29th 2008 12:24PM
Microsoft's Virtual PC is nobody's friend.
VM Ware on the other hand is.
Pochi @ Apr 29th 2008 2:50PM
Responding here because it's near the top of the comments...
XP SP3 is apparently delayed.
http://www.crn.com/software/207403064
HMPH.
josejuan05 @ Apr 29th 2008 2:56PM
@Wade...
We use VirtualPC in our electronics lab because it lets you access serial ports. Certainly the free version of VM Ware does not (we tried, it was fraught with errors)...
Neoprimal @ Apr 29th 2008 3:08PM
I installed it in Virtualbox on a fresh SP2 install and it worked fine, so I slipstreamed it with SP2 and put it on the one machine in my household that still has XP as well as a few other virtual installs and all is well. There are no super huge change - if you update regularly then it's not a big deal, but where it matters MOST is on fresh installs. After you install it, naturally you only have a few updates from MS update left...it def. shaves time on clean installs and even 'felt' like the slipstreamed CD installed faster (probably mind over matter).
All my licenses are legal though, so I have no idea how it works on pirated copies.
Seth @ Apr 29th 2008 4:34PM
Looks like my warning was sadly foreseen. Ahh well, another day, another Microsoft mess over.