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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Available For Free
Daily Tech ^ | February 20, 2007 | Brandon Hill

Posted on 02/20/2007 10:56:28 AM PST by Echo Talon

Microsoft releases the latest edition of Virtual PC

Microsoft has released Virtual PC 2007 1.0 to customers. The program allows Windows users to run multiple operating systems at once from a single physical computer. Users can also easily switch back and forth between operating systems with the click of a mouse.

New features included with the latest release of Microsoft Virtual PC include:

The following operating systems are officially supported on host machines:

The following operating systems are officially supported as guests:

There is also unofficial support for MS DOS 6.22, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is available as a free download in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can view the release notes for the software application here.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: microsoft; virtualpc; windows
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To: Echo Talon
IF I bought a "legal copy" of Apple OSX I legally couldn't "mod" it to work with my PC even though I paid for it...to me, that's kind of strange...

Actually it's pretty simple. You didn't "buy" OSX, you bought a license to use it under certain circumstances, but Apple still owns it. If you decide to access it, in a manner that Apple doesn't approve of, you're hacking their property, not modding your own.

141 posted on 02/21/2007 7:39:18 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
I didn't take anything out of context, your own example Wozniak admits people now equate the word hacker with "terrorists"

Yes you did, and it bugs him too because he believes in the original meaning of a hacker because he was one.

142 posted on 02/21/2007 7:45:43 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Golden Eagle
ou didn't "buy" OSX, you bought a license to use it under certain circumstances

Don't forget that all licenses and contracts are subject to the restrictions of law. Terms can, and have been, found unenforceable.

143 posted on 02/21/2007 7:48:50 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Echo Talon
no... any good?

It's still very basic, without the cool GUI and stuff. It's the OS that inspired Linus when writing Linux. But the great thing about Minix is its size and the extreme microkernel architecture (the kernel is only a couple thousand lines), which makes it almost impossible to crash.

144 posted on 02/21/2007 7:51:57 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Golden Eagle
Actually it's pretty simple. You didn't "buy" OSX, you bought a license to use it under certain circumstances, but Apple still owns it. If you decide to access it, in a manner that Apple doesn't approve of, you're hacking their property, not modding your own.

Yes, I understand their license agreement, but I still don't agree with it.

It doesn't sound like it passes "fair use" laws and such.

145 posted on 02/21/2007 7:52:02 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: antiRepublicrat
Don't forget that all licenses and contracts are subject to the restrictions of law. Terms can, and have been, found unenforceable.

LOL, can't wait till you pull out "the 180 day rule for criminal prosecution" in defense of your Russian hacker heroes again.

146 posted on 02/21/2007 7:58:49 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: antiRepublicrat
hmmm... well... thjat DSl Linux was very fast in VMWare and in MS VPC (I Tried BOTH, Both were fast, I couldn't get the sound to work on wither one with either MS Virtual PC or VMWave it's obviously something with my hardware or that i;m just not doing something correctly.. )

Echo Talon= Über Geek Light Padawan, errr ummmm... ouch, my brain hurts... ;)

147 posted on 02/21/2007 7:59:31 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon
I understand their license agreement, but I still don't agree with it.

It requires a little bit of respect for someone else's property, and not being consumed with your own wants.

148 posted on 02/21/2007 8:03:48 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
LOL, can't wait till you pull out "the 180 day rule for criminal prosecution" in defense of your Russian hacker heroes again.

You do hate it when I pull out the actual law in contrast to your wild accusations.

149 posted on 02/21/2007 8:05:40 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Golden Eagle
and not being consumed with your own wants.

Or, rather, not feeling the need to exercise your rights. I'm sure those at Network World valued their 1st Amendment rights more than McAfee's copyright when they published a review without first getting permission as they EULA stated they must. The court agreed with them. Remember, copyright is not absolute, and it cannot trump other rights.

150 posted on 02/21/2007 8:18:52 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

No I think it's hilarious how far you're willing to go to make up BS in defense of criminal Russian hackers. Remember when you lied for months claiming Russian hackers were writing software in use by the US DoD? Only to admit several months later it was all a premeditated lie? Then tried to claim your lies were not actually defending Russian hackers, but somehow proving I was the fraud instead? LOL, I do, and bet you start defending them with BS all over again now. Go right ahead, it's a riot every time.


151 posted on 02/21/2007 8:20:53 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
No I think it's hilarious how far you're willing to go to make up BS in defense of criminal Russian hackers

And you have yet to show how their actions could be criminal according to the law and the information in the article.

Then tried to claim your lies were not actually defending Russian hackers, but somehow proving I was the fraud instead?

That was the whole purpose of it, to play on your paranoia of Russians and ignorance of security. It must have really ticked you off, because you're still mad about it even months later. You lost, get over it.

152 posted on 02/21/2007 8:29:07 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
you have yet to show how their actions could be criminal according to the law

I showed you were full of BS when you repeatedly claimed the Russian hackers couldn't have possibly been criminal since they didn't distribute OSX along with their hacks by showing a criminal case against other Russians who were only distributing hacks. That's when you reached deep in your bag of BS and trotted out "the 180 day rule" on behalf of your Russian criminal heroes. LOL that one still cracks me up.

153 posted on 02/21/2007 8:44:36 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
That's when you reached deep in your bag of BS and trotted out "the 180 day rule" on behalf of your Russian criminal heroes. LOL that one still cracks me up.

If you want to laugh at the law you pretend to support, that's fine. But your post shows you still have no understanding of the applicable law. It's not BS, it's the law, and you don't know it despite being shown it. That's not just ignorance, that's willful ignorance.

154 posted on 02/21/2007 8:51:40 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
you still have no understanding of the applicable law

Says the guy who repeatedly insisted they couldn't be criminals since they weren't distributing OSX but only the hacks. All you've done is repeatedly lie and twist the law to defend foreign criminals, now you're down to name calling since you lost on the facts long ago, and have even admitted to knowingly making lies about the US DoD on their behalf. Most dishonorable of all you appear to have posted those lies about the US DoD from your job supposedly supporting the DoD. Yet, here you are again, still defending your foreign criminal heroes, more precious to you than anything else we can find.

155 posted on 02/21/2007 8:58:12 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
Says the guy who repeatedly insisted they couldn't be criminals since they weren't distributing OSX but only the hacks.

And I showed you the applicable law according to the information in the article, which you have not been able to rebut. All you could do is bring up a different case that doesn't apply and a standard threat C&D.

You should just admit when the facts are against you, but you won't. All you do is use more lies to cover up for the lies you make to cover for previous lies, and so on. I've listed them, and you almost never retract.

156 posted on 02/21/2007 9:06:27 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
threat C&D

Oh yeah, I remember now, the letter from Apple I showed threatening criminal prosecution of your foreign criminal hacker heroes, which you immediately dismissed as quote "BS". Obviously I have better things to do than remember all the details of the lies and distortions you continue to perpetrate on behalf of the foreign criminals you idolize, but thanks for the reminder LOL.

157 posted on 02/21/2007 9:13:59 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
"It's not reallyhacking if it's something you own"

The Dictionary Disagrees with you:

Hacking intr.

1. To chop or cut something by hacking.
2. Informal
1. To write or refine computer programs skillfully.
2. To use one's skill in computer programming to gain illegal or unauthorized access to a file or network: hacked into the company's intranet.
3. To cough roughly or harshly.

According to definition number two all one needs to do to hack is to skillfully refine computer programs. Hence kernel hacking has nothing to do with cracking a system..
158 posted on 02/21/2007 10:42:49 PM PST by N3WBI3 ("Help me out here guys: What do you do with someone who wont put up or shut up?" - N3WBI3)
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To: Echo Talon

meh... he does not believe in fair use, consumers have no rights not given by corporations..


159 posted on 02/21/2007 10:44:02 PM PST by N3WBI3 ("Help me out here guys: What do you do with someone who wont put up or shut up?" - N3WBI3)
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To: Golden Eagle; Swordmaker
It requires a little bit of respect for someone else's property, and not being consumed with your own wants.

I don't know, IF you buy something you should be able to use it....(re:Vista Home basic and virtualization)and IF you notice Swordmaker and others complained about that.... so whats different about me complaining about OSX not being allow to be installed on the PC? at least Windows does have a version that can be used on the mac...

160 posted on 02/22/2007 5:47:15 AM PST by Echo Talon
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