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.
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