Hummmm, It sounds to me like youare making this more complicated than
it has to be. When you create a new virtual machine, the install
takes place automaticly. Yes, you do need to enter the key, but that
is part of the new virtual machine wizard. As long as you have it
writen down some where you are good to go. If you already have the
windows installed somewhere else, you can use magical jelleybean
keyfinder to get the key and copy and paste it to a notepad file for
refrence. If it's a brand new OEM though you do need some one sighted
to see the key.
When the instalation is done, it takes about half an hour, you hear
the windows start up sound. You then pop in your screen reader disc
and off it goes.
As regards your cd-rom drive, the only minor issue I've noticed is
that when you have your windows vm running the cd drive is invisible
on the mac side. I've had to command tab to windows and grab input
before popping out a few cd's to get them to come, or close down
windows to use the cd rom on the mac side. There are no driver issues
that I know of.
Best,
erik burggraaf
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On 30-Jul-08, at 7:13 PM, Tiffany D wrote:
It did. Thanks. I also found this page and would highly recommend it
for nontechies like me. It gets to the point and explains it.
HOwever, even for the more technically-oriented, it's a good overview.
http://www.macinstruct.com/node/248
So it does appear that I'll need some sighted assistance. First, to
get that product key for Windows and then to see when it's stopped
configuring itself so that I can install my screenreader. If I were
to install NVDA, I could always go to
http://www.systemaccesstogo.com
and have that on while I went to
http://www.nvda-project.org
and downloaded from there. But if I were to install Hal or even
Kurzweil or cicero, would simply sharing the drive between Fusion and
Leopard make the virtual machine recognise the cd rom?
Thanks,
Tiffanitsa
On 7/30/08, erik burggraaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hummmmm,
OK, first things first. You can do an unattended setup of any
flavour
of windows. In fact I'm pretty sure that's the default.
When you are done with the installation all the basic drivers you may
need such as sound, video and network are up and running, and your
home folder is already set up as a share which you can reach under my
computer. If you want to enhance your vm, you can install the driver
packages from your leppard dvd, but this is not strictly necessary.
Finally, you need to install the vmware tools. You'll be prompted
for
this once your vm is up and running and the process is pretty
streamlined from what I remember.
Hope this helps,
erik burggraaf
Certified Technician
Assistive Computing LTD Support and training
Sales department: 888-828-2445
Support and Training: 888-255-5194
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 30-Jul-08, at 2:02 PM, Tiffany D wrote:
Okay. So now I have Fusion. Can anyone tell me what drivers I'll
need to install along with Windows XP so that it will see the Mac
as a
Windows machine? Can I use the vmware tools? I heard they work
well
under Windows but am not sure about the mac and don't know what
drivers they contain in any case. Can I do an unattended setup with
Xp Home? What about Pro?
Thanks,
Tiffanitsa
