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Virtual PC trial expiration

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 08/23/2006
From: rossi
Message:

Ok i have a goofy situation,

My company downloaded Virt PC trial about 45 days ago. We spent this time
getting the legacy aplication to work. Now we're ready to license Virtual PC
since it will work for our purposes.

so i go to their website today and see that it is now free! so what happens
now that i can't purchase the license??? do i loose all my work?

this is goofy, there must be a workaround!

Any thoughts?

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Re: Virtual PC trial expiration

Sent: 08/23/2006
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:49:00 -0400, Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

While uninstalling the trial doesn't remove the VMs, it does remove
them from the VPC list, forcing you to re-add them. But, you can use
these steps to automatically populate the VPC list in the full
version:

1. Copy the VM shortcuts from C:\Documents and
Settings\%user%\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC\Virtual Machines
to a temp location
2. Uninstall the trial
3. Install the full version
4. Launch VPC, then exit (this creates the necessary directories
5. Copy the VM Shortcuts from step 1 back to the same location

This will prevent the time consuming process of migrating your old VMs
back into the full version of VPC.

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

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>In article <(email address - cut out)>, in the
>microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, =?Utf-8?B?cm9zc2k=?=
><(email address - cut out)> says...
>
>> Ok i have a goofy situation,
>>
>> My company downloaded Virt PC trial about 45 days ago. We spent this time
>> getting the legacy aplication to work. Now we're ready to license Virtual PC
>> since it will work for our purposes.
>>
>> so i go to their website today and see that it is now free! so what happens
>> now that i can't purchase the license??? do i loose all my work?
>>
>> this is goofy, there must be a workaround!
>
>It isn't goofy at all and no work around required. Uninstall the trial
>version, install the free version. Exactly the same process you'd need
>to have performed prior to VPC being made free. Any existing virtual
>machines will not be touched.

Re: Virtual PC trial expiration

Sent: 08/23/2006
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article <(email address - cut out)>, in the
microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, =?Utf-8?B?cm9zc2k=?=
<(email address - cut out)> says...

It isn't goofy at all and no work around required. Uninstall the trial
version, install the free version. Exactly the same process you'd need
to have performed prior to VPC being made free. Any existing virtual
machines will not be touched.

--
Paul Adare - MVP Virtual Machines
It all began with Adam. He was the first man to tell a joke--or a lie.
How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said
it before. Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does
not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and
Satan, the first consultant." - Mark Twain

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> Ok i have a goofy situation,
>
> My company downloaded Virt PC trial about 45 days ago. We spent this time
> getting the legacy aplication to work. Now we're ready to license Virtual PC
> since it will work for our purposes.
>
> so i go to their website today and see that it is now free! so what happens
> now that i can't purchase the license??? do i loose all my work?
>
> this is goofy, there must be a workaround!

Re: Virtual PC trial expiration

Sent: 08/23/2006
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article <(email address - cut out)>, in the
microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, Steve Jain <noreply.-
@-.essjae.com> says...

Simply double-clicking the .VMC files accomplishes the same thing.

--
Paul Adare - MVP Virtual Machines
It all began with Adam. He was the first man to tell a joke--or a lie.
How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said
it before. Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does
not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and
Satan, the first consultant." - Mark Twain

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> This will prevent the time consuming process of migrating your old VMs
> back into the full version of VPC.
>

Re: Virtual PC trial expiration

Sent: 08/23/2006
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:17:28 -0400, Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

Sure, but if you've got 20+ VMs located in 2 or 3 different locations,
it can be a pain in the butt.

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

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>In article <(email address - cut out)>, in the
>microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, Steve Jain <noreply.-
>@-.essjae.com> says...
>
>> This will prevent the time consuming process of migrating your old VMs
>> back into the full version of VPC.
>>
>
>Simply double-clicking the .VMC files accomplishes the same thing.

Re: Virtual PC trial expiration

Sent: 08/23/2006
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:

I have dozens and dozens. I don't find it all that big a chore since I only
bother the next time I use one.

"Steve Jain" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:17:28 -0400, Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <(email address - cut out)>, in the
>>microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, Steve Jain <noreply.-
>>@-.essjae.com> says...
>>
>>> This will prevent the time consuming process of migrating your old VMs
>>> back into the full version of VPC.
>>>
>>
>>Simply double-clicking the .VMC files accomplishes the same thing.
>
> Sure, but if you've got 20+ VMs located in 2 or 3 different locations,
> it can be a pain in the butt.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.

Re: Virtual PC trial expiration

Sent: 08/23/2006
From: "Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"rossi" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

No you don't...

Yes, that's right - aren't you lucky...!

You keep your money in your pocket - you and your company must be very
happy...!

Nope - you don't even lose your work...:-)

No it isn't.

There's no workaround because there's no problem.

1) Look up the word "goofy" in a slang dictionary

2) Uninstall the trial version and install the free version

3) Stop complaining - you've just got some software for free...

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> Ok i have a goofy situation,
> My company downloaded Virt PC trial about 45 days ago. We spent this time
> getting the legacy aplication to work. Now we're ready to license Virtual
> PC
> since it will work for our purposes.
>
> so i go to their website today and see that it is now free!
> so what happens now that i can't purchase the license???
> do i loose all my work?
> this is goofy,
> there must be a workaround!
> Any thoughts?

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