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08-07-2008
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| | German Guest OS Is it possible to use a german OS -XP or Vista - on English Virtual Server 2005 R2 (English host as well). Are there any issues to be aware of? |
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08-07-2008
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| | Re: German Guest OS On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:58:00 -0700, NWBlue wrote: Quote: > Is it possible to use a german OS -XP or Vista - on English Virtual Server > 2005 R2 (English host as well). Are there any issues to be aware of? No issues at all. -- Paul Adare MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager http://www.identit.ca No line available at 300 baud. |
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08-07-2008
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| | Re: German Guest OS Thank You "Paul Adare - MVP" wrote: Quote: > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:58:00 -0700, NWBlue wrote: > Quote: > > Is it possible to use a german OS -XP or Vista - on English Virtual Server > > 2005 R2 (English host as well). Are there any issues to be aware of? > Think of a virtual machine the same way you would a real physical computer. > No issues at all. > > -- > Paul Adare > MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager > http://www.identit.ca > No line available at 300 baud. > |
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08-07-2008
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| | Re: German Guest OS On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:25:57 -0400, Paul Adare - MVP <pkadare@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:58:00 -0700, NWBlue wrote: > Quote: >> Is it possible to use a german OS -XP or Vista - on English Virtual Server >> 2005 R2 (English host as well). Are there any issues to be aware of? >Think of a virtual machine the same way you would a real physical computer. >No issues at all. VPC as the 'host' key. If you need special keystrokes in the VM that require the ALT-Gr key as part of the combo, you will probably need to remap the 'host' key to something else. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. |
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08-07-2008
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| | Re: German Guest OS On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:13:37 -0700, Steve Jain <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: Quote: >On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:25:57 -0400, Paul Adare - MVP ><pkadare@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >>On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:58:00 -0700, NWBlue wrote: >> Quote: >>> Is it possible to use a german OS -XP or Vista - on English Virtual Server >>> 2005 R2 (English host as well). Are there any issues to be aware of? >>Think of a virtual machine the same way you would a real physical computer. >>No issues at all. >Possibly issues related to the ALT-Gr key, which is used by default in >VPC as the 'host' key. If you need special keystrokes in the VM that >require the ALT-Gr key as part of the combo, you will probably need to >remap the 'host' key to something else. I always remap the host key to the leftmost key in the numeric key row, which is normally used as the § key. Never have any use for that key.... -- Bo Berglund |
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08-13-2008
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| | Re: German Guest OS "Bo Berglund" wrote: Quote: > On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:13:37 -0700, Steve Jain > <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: > Quote: > >On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:25:57 -0400, Paul Adare - MVP > ><pkadare@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Quote: > >>On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:58:00 -0700, NWBlue wrote: > >> > >>> Is it possible to use a german OS -XP or Vista - on English Virtual Server > >>> 2005 R2 (English host as well). Are there any issues to be aware of? > >> > >>Think of a virtual machine the same way you would a real physical computer. > >>No issues at all. > >Possibly issues related to the ALT-Gr key, which is used by default in > >VPC as the 'host' key. If you need special keystrokes in the VM that > >require the ALT-Gr key as part of the combo, you will probably need to > >remap the 'host' key to something else. > I have the same problem with riht-alt because I am in Sweden. > I always remap the host key to the leftmost key in the numeric key > row, which is normally used as the § key. Never have any use for that > key.... > > -- > Bo Berglund > |
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