Hi I am new to the concept of virtualization however think it will be the
answer to what I’m looking to do. In summary I’d like my physical PC to be
divided into 2 virtual windows PCs allowing one image to be used for general
use along with a dedicated monitor and the other image to be used
simultaneously for my cable TV card connected to its own dedicated monitor.

My Machine:

AMD2+ CPU
3GB RAM
750GB HD
Onboard DVI output connected to 17� Samsung LCD
Onboard VGA output connected to 32� Samsung LCD TV
Onboard optical sound out connected to PC speakers associated to 17� display
Onboard coaxial sound out connected to stereo associated to 32� display

My goal is that “Person A� can use the keyboard/mouse/17� display/DVI output
on Windows OS 1 to browse the internet, work on documents etc. while “Person
B� can use the USB IR remote / 32� display / VGA output on Windows OS 2 to
watch TV.



Do you think this would be possible?

Thanks.

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:24:00 -0700, silvervan
<silvervan@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi I am new to the concept of virtualization however think it will be the
>answer to what I’m looking to do. In summary I’d like my physical PC to be
>divided into 2 virtual windows PCs allowing one image to be used for general
>use along with a dedicated monitor and the other image to be used
>simultaneously for my cable TV card connected to its own dedicated monitor.
>
>My Machine:
>
>AMD2+ CPU
>3GB RAM
>750GB HD
>Onboard DVI output connected to 17” Samsung LCD
>Onboard VGA output connected to 32” Samsung LCD TV
>Onboard optical sound out connected to PC speakers associated to 17” display
>Onboard coaxial sound out connected to stereo associated to 32” display
>
>My goal is that “Person A” can use the keyboard/mouse/17” display/DVI output
>on Windows OS 1 to browse the internet, work on documents etc. while “Person
>B” can use the USB IR remote / 32” display / VGA output on Windows OS 2 to
>watch TV.
>
>Do you think this would be possible?

Not with VPC. And you probably won't be able to use both the vga and
dvi ports.

You need additional hardware to do this.
VPC allows you to run a virtual machine on the physical computer, it
doesn't allow multiple users to use one computer.

Check out this product: www.ncomputing.com/xseries.aspx

It runs $200 from CDW for the base 3-user kit.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

"silvervan" <silvervan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3AA736FD-71C6-4491-81A3-4AF346DCB7B1@xxxxxx

> Do you think this would be possible?

Almost certainly not.

Firstly, Virtual PC is a piece of application software, like Word or Excel
or Paint Shop Pro. As such, it is for use by the user who is logged on to
the desktop - it doesn't split the computer into two or more computers which
can be used by different users like e.g. Terminal Server...

Secondly, I doubt you could use the DVI port, certainly not at the same time
as the VGA port...

Thirdly, Virtual PC doesn't support USB ports natively...


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net