So i guess I'll keep trying to get the virtual machines work properly then.
Thanks for the suggestions. Andrew Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote: > Sounds like you are installing the Vmware/VirtualBox guest additions. > They boost the performance of a Windows guest quite a bit. > > I would use VirtualBox (not sure if its inside the OSE) with the > seamless feature. That allows you to hide your running VM and only show > the windows taskbar and IE. I think that to get a version of IE 5.5 you > need to install Windows 2000 since those are the only which still > support it. > > On Nov 21, 2007 3:08 PM, Andrew > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Well i have VMware Server 1.0.4 installed with WinXP as a virtual > machine, but when i start it up system becomes very unstable. I also > tried with Virtualbox OSE which totally killed my machine and also tried > KVM but my processor seems to not support VT-x technology. I tried to > check the BIOS and even upgrading it but i had no success. > > VMware was the closest but machine works with hiccups when it's on. > Mind > you, i installed Ubuntu LAMP server as a virtual machine on vmware and > it works nicely, so it must be something related to the XP virtual > machine but i'm not sure what to tweak to make it work better. > > > > James Attard wrote: > > try running a windows virtual machine on your linux installation > > > > On Nov 21, 2007 1:42 PM, Andrew > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am running Ubuntu 7.10 but require IE 5.5 or 6 to be able > to use > > Mailflow since Deerfield decided it should be supported only > by IE 5.5 > > or latest. I installed IE 4 Linux by Tatanka and although i > managed to > > login to Mailflow, when i try to open certain tickets IE crashes > > (Microsoft Style). I also tried installing User Agent > Switcher 0.6.10 > > for Firefox and managed to login to Mailflow too, but tickets > won't > > open > > (at least it doesn't crash). > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thks > > > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > James Attard > > http://www.madvip.net > > http://www.jamesattard.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > <http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list> > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list

