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Samor
October 17th, 2003, 07:47
they just won't stop, will they? ;)

http://www.connectix.com

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/
hushypushy
October 17th, 2003, 08:02
:angry: monopoly :angry:
Yeloazndevil
October 17th, 2003, 08:07
old news, happened like a year ago
Samor
October 17th, 2003, 08:10
more like 2 months, but was it posted here?
Yeloazndevil
October 17th, 2003, 08:12
no, I it was on a tech website. its old news but only took affect 2 months ago ;)
Samor
October 17th, 2003, 08:13
oh... ok :p
Red__XIII
October 17th, 2003, 15:54
Actually it was posted here. http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41348&highlight=Connectix
chaosblade
October 17th, 2003, 16:12
Err. Damn microsoft and their monoply ways, this is just upsetting .
Zobes
October 17th, 2003, 17:35
IIRC, Microsoft planned to add a virtualiser in their next server OS (or maybe desktop OS too, dunno). I assume it was cheaper to buy Virtual PC than to develop their own solution... I'm sure that most people who are complaining right know will be happy to have a good virtualizer incorporated in the next versions of their (pirated) OS. :p Who buys microsoft products, anyway?
chaosblade
October 17th, 2003, 17:45
Id rather buy a different product which i know its features, then have one forcefully built into the OS without option of removel or changing to a different product (IE for example .. you cant actully remove it even though you can install a different product) .
hushypushy
October 18th, 2003, 02:05
Id rather buy a different product which i know its features, then have one forcefully built into the OS without option of removel or changing to a different product (IE for example .. you cant actully remove it even though you can install a different product) .

you can remove IE. i did it just last week when i installed Firebird on my secondary computer. just go to "add/remove windows components"
chaosblade
October 18th, 2003, 03:28
On Windows XP ? Its practicly Built into the operating system .. im pretty sure the OS needs it to work properly .
hushypushy
October 18th, 2003, 04:13
it IS built into XP because it's part of windows update. however, i unistalled it and its program files are gone, theres only a few security catalogs left over, and some other connection wizard crap. so effectively, its gone, except for windows update
Badaro
October 18th, 2003, 04:32
more like 2 months, but was it posted here?

No really, it was sold to Microsoft around february this year. Just check the older newsposts in Aaron Giles' site, he worked at Connectix.

http://www.aarongiles.com

[]s Badaro
Andrew Hruska
October 18th, 2003, 04:54
It was sold to Microsoft in Feburay like Badaro stated at took real effect Augest 10-15th ( good guess ). So technically, this is VERY OLD NEWS.
Zobes
October 18th, 2003, 20:56
Afaik, the windows explorer and internet explorer share a lot of stuff since Windows 98. type "c:" then return in the adress bar of ie, or "http://ngemu.com" in the windows explorer, to see what I mean...
Mad
October 18th, 2003, 22:48
How do i install this trial??
I already putted the serial gave by microsoft, but it refuses to work here. Keep saying invalid serial.
Anyone help??
hushypushy
October 19th, 2003, 01:46
Afaik, the windows explorer and internet explorer share a lot of stuff since Windows 98. type "c:" then return in the adress bar of ie, or "http://ngemu.com" in the windows explorer, to see what I mean...

yeah, i know. thats what im saying....i deleted the program (so i cant use internet explorer ON ITS OWN) but i can still use it through windows update/explorer
zero0w
October 27th, 2003, 15:18
Microsoft Virtual PC WILL remove Linux support:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/25/154250&tid=
Badaro
October 27th, 2003, 15:55
Microsoft Virtual PC WILL remove Linux support:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/25/154250&tid=

Read the comments. Linux still works in VPC, the only change is that MS does not offer support for this configuration.

[]s Badaro
chaosblade
October 27th, 2003, 18:01
Thats what he meant, i think. Anyway thats what microsoft always did, bought the alternative and switched it with their stuff .. nothing new here .