> I've have 2 - possibly 3 - customers that I need to remotely access thru
> VPN. I'm using 2 separate laptops for the existing customers but would
> like
> to combine both onto one computer. Of course, each customer uses a
> different
> VPN software and my experience to date is I can't load two different
> brands
> of VPN software under one OS. Instead of doing multiple bootable
> partitions
> on a hard drive is it possible/easier to use Virtual PC to setup another 2
> XP
> virtual OS's and install each brand of VPN software on each? I appreciate
> your time and opinions in helping me out.

> Instead of doing multiple bootable partitions
> on a hard drive is it possible/easier to use Virtual PC to setup another 2
> XP
> virtual OS's and install each brand of VPN software on each? I appreciate
> your time and opinions in helping me out.

> "PLCcoder" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
> > I've have 2 - possibly 3 - customers that I need to remotely access thru
> > VPN. I'm using 2 separate laptops for the existing customers but would
> > like
> > to combine both onto one computer. Of course, each customer uses a
> > different
> > VPN software and my experience to date is I can't load two different
> > brands
> > of VPN software under one OS. Instead of doing multiple bootable
> > partitions
> > on a hard drive is it possible/easier to use Virtual PC to setup another 2
> > XP
> > virtual OS's and install each brand of VPN software on each? I appreciate
> > your time and opinions in helping me out.
>
> In theory, there should be no problem with this approach - each virtual
> machine is completely separate from all the others and, provided the VPC
> software doesn't require any sort of advanced hardware (and I can't imagine
> why it would), then this should work perfectly...
>
> Obviously, you will need separate licences for each installation of XP as
> well as plenty of RAM on the host PC...
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net
>
>

>> Obviously, you will need separate licences for each installation of XP
>
> One more question - will I need separate licenced copies for each virtual
> version of XP I install?

>"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> "PLCcoder" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>
>> > I've have 2 - possibly 3 - customers that I need to remotely access thru
>> > VPN. I'm using 2 separate laptops for the existing customers but would
>> > like
>> > to combine both onto one computer. Of course, each customer uses a
>> > different
>> > VPN software and my experience to date is I can't load two different
>> > brands
>> > of VPN software under one OS. Instead of doing multiple bootable
>> > partitions
>> > on a hard drive is it possible/easier to use Virtual PC to setup another 2
>> > XP
>> > virtual OS's and install each brand of VPN software on each? I appreciate
>> > your time and opinions in helping me out.
>>
>> In theory, there should be no problem with this approach - each virtual
>> machine is completely separate from all the others and, provided the VPC
>> software doesn't require any sort of advanced hardware (and I can't imagine
>> why it would), then this should work perfectly...
>>
>> Obviously, you will need separate licences for each installation of XP as
>> well as plenty of RAM on the host PC...
>>
>Thanks for your answer Mark -
> One more question - will I need separate licenced copies for each virtual
>version of XP I install? If it's on the same CPU - shouldn't I be able to
>use the same XP disk for each new virtual OS or doesn't that work?
>