On 2017-06-27 08:49, fred roller wrote:
Glad you found your solution. I will agree with Tom on building a
basic virtual windows machine for these odd non-crossover. You don't
need to register it as, in your case and a few times I have needed
similar, one can simply fire up the vm and use for a simple purpose.
A non-registered OS will simply not draw updates and not nerf the
system enough to prevent simple work from being completed. In my
cases, typically was to convert it to something I could use on the
Linux system. The money is still with the WinMac user but Linux
continues to grow and users like you create demand for a more
universal solution such as PDF or non-platform dependent software.
-- Fred
I went on ebay and looked at win 7 distros for sale. It seemed to come
in two flavors, one flavor came with a busted disk drive for about $40
and another without a busted disk drive for about $100. Both kinds said
they came with appropriate certificates, etc. I wasn't sure if both
could be thrown on a Virtualbox disk. I use Virtualbox for an old win
XP distro I have for previewing LibreOffice presentations on PowerPoint
to make sure fonts are OK. Unfortunately the e-transcript sofware
requires Win 7 and above.
I've had that virtual disk for years -- I just keep copying it over when
I install new versions of Fedora or Debian. I'm sure it's not secure,
but I only use it for about 10 minutes at a time, and not when connected
to the intenet. It's been so long since I've used Windows for anything
other than basic wordprocessing at work, I don't have a clue what will
and will not install on a virtual disk. Do you know if those OEM $39
distros will actually work in Virtualbox? I really don't want to pay a
hundred bucks for a distro I use once every two or three years.
billo
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