vmware

suren327

hey i'm trying to get a version of VMware to run on my vista laptop to install server 2003..anyone has suggestions to which free one i can use?? and where to download?

jibbajabba

The free vmware version (vmware server) is overkill for a laptop ..

I would suggest

http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?FamilyID=04d26402-3199-48a3-afa2-2dc0b40a73b6&displaylang=en

Virtual PC does what it says on the tin .. its just 32 MB and works great ...

It has one downside though : You can get a 64 Bit version but it still doesn't run 64 Bit guests.

dynamik

You'll want VMware Server: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

Edit: Too slow

Actually, you might want to check out VirtualBox as well: http://www.virtualbox.org/ I'd probably go with that if I was you (and you don't need 64-bit guests).

suren327

i tried the virtual pc and vmware..i don't understand how to install the server image in vmware and virtual pc installed but i can't figure out how to get past the ctrl-alt-delete logon..maybe i need to install additional tools or something..so now i'm trying the virtualbox

jibbajabba

You mean you cannot logon ?

In vmware it is CTRL-ALT-INS and Virtual PC it is right-ALTGR and DELETE once you clicked into the console window.

undomiel

dynamik wrote:

You'll want VMware Server: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

Edit: Too slow

Actually, you might want to check out VirtualBox as well: http://www.virtualbox.org/ I'd probably go with that if I was you (and you don't need 64-bit guests).

64-bit guests work just fine under VirtualBox now.

dynamik

Oh yea, look at that. Version 2 in early September. They still call it an x86 virtualization package in the first paragraph; I just assumed nothing changed. Thanks for the update.