Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:45:05 -0400
From: MICHAEL PURDY
To: GREG YOUNGBLOOD
Subject: Re: WINDOWS 2008 62 bit Server with Win XP
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Greg

While your testing to see how things run I would keep it very simple!:

1. Make sure you can remote desktop from Windows 2008 to the Windows XP VM
2. Close down the XP VM
3. Create a basic batch file like

-- START XPVM.bat EXAMPLE:

  cd "c:\program files\oracle\virtualbox"
  vboxmanage startvm "Windows XP" --type headless

-----

Remember the VM Name is case sensitive so whatever you named it must be
what follows STARTVM

Run the batch file at the Command Prompt and you should see a successfully
started message.

If after a period of testing it all seems to run ok then you can experiment
with more advanced HEADless approaches.

I would try running PX in Windows XP so that if you would move to Windows8+
you want need to solve new problems with each new Host OS.

Mike





On 11/3/2012 11:35 AM, GREG YOUNGBLOOD wrote to MICHAEL PURDY:

-> On 10/28/2012 3:49 AM, MICHAEL PURDY wrote to GREG YOUNGBLOOD:
-> 
-> 
-> Hello Mike
-> 
-> The system is running fine, for that matter so good I hate to say anything.
-> 
-> Two questions though.
-> 
-> I see on google their is many ways to run headless, what way would you
-> suggest? I'm running Win XP on top of Win2008?
-> 
-> Also, would you suggest running PX Express on Win 2008 or XP? I read were
-> Fred installed it on the 64 bit OS but used a share CD drive off of a 32
-> bit OS. 
-> 
-> What would you suggest?
-> 
-> Thanks for your time
-> 
-> Greg
-> 
-> 
-> 
-> 
-> -> Greg
-> -> 
-> -> I do a lot of commercial work with Virtualbox so if you have any issues
-> -> then yell out.
-> -> 
-> -> Some key points are:
-> -> 
-> -> 1. Run GUI Virtual Hosts as Headless to minimize memory and processor
-> overhead
-> -> 
-> -> 2. Use Remote Desktop to access the Headless VM's
-> -> 
-> -> 3. If you install XP or 2000 in a VM make sure its just the OS + Service
-> -> Packs and the required Wildcat! files don't clutter it up with other
apps.
-> -> 
-> -> 4. Whilst you can use VBoxManage to expand Virtual Disks its always
better
-> -> with Windows O/S to have a larger partition from the beginning say 60GB+
-> -> rather than the default 10 to 20GB
-> -> 
-> -> 5. I am running Windows XP with Wins in a VM on my Fedora Linux Box to if
-> -> you wanted to go the Linux route that will also work in terms of the
-> -> underlying comms.
-> -> 
-> -> Mike
->  
 
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