I was talking about VMWare Server not Workstation and yes it is free and yes
you can create virtual machines.


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
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> VMWare Workstation, which you need to create a virtual machine, is NOT
> free. The VMWare player is. The O/P would need VMWare Workstation to
> create/run his virtual machine.
>
> VirtualPC 2007, which can create a virtual machine - as well as run same,
> IS free.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Bob" <Bob@somewhere.usa> wrote in message
> news:F6CE512F-DEAF-4F02-ABF2-41170AFEBE83@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> VMWare is much better then VirtualPC and yes its free
>>
>>
>> "P. Di Stolfo" <paolodistolfo********.com> wrote in message
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>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> does it have to be VMWare for you? Microsoft VirtualPC 2007 is free and
>>> you can - of course - use it for Windows.
>>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx[/url]
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Paolo Di Stolfo
>>>
>>> --
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>>> // [url]http://blog.lysorp.com[/url] - small Windows Blog in German language
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>>>
>>> "Brian R Hastings" <Brian R [email]Hastings@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> schrieb
>>> im Newsbeitrag
>>> news:C2699554-94E9-474B-BEFD-59E540824B6C@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I had fried my P4 2.4 GIGHTZ system so I am in the market for a new
>>>> computer. I am looking for a new computer looking at the Intel Quad
>>>> Core 2.4
>>>> "standard sys requirements" that would come with this computer.
>>>>
>>>> So, I am also a Sysop using Excalibur BBS which was developed under
>>>> Windows
>>>> 3.1 and 95-8 OS's. So it would use the WOW16Bit subset under windows xp
>>>> pro
>>>> and is compatible.
>>>>
>>>> Now for few years now I have been using here and there VMWare mostly
>>>> for
>>>> Linux emulator never had a need for a windows simulation. However, I
>>>> started
>>>> thinking I know: Scary--
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know If anyone has attempted to use Vista home
>>>> "activated"
>>>> software and then used VMware using Windows XP pro "Activated
>>>> software". So
>>>> then, you of course use Windows XP pro. Please let me know how this
>>>> worked
>>>> for you? I am quite circus on this. If anyone has worked on this
>>>> project I
>>>> am wondering what the out come results are.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for looking at my Thread:
>>>>
>>>> Brian Hastings
>>>> [email]hastings1977@Verizon.net[/email]
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