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From: Melelina on 9 Dec 2008 07:13 "Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark(a)markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message news:uHlHcXeWJHA.1444(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Melelina" <melelina(a)medscape.com> wrote in message > news:ejcswWdWJHA.5208(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>> I don't install on DVD or CD ever, too slow and too much hassle >>> fussing with the optical media. Just drag and drop the ISO onto the >>> CD icon and away you go. >> >> Huh? What do you mean drop the ISO onto what CD icon? > > The CD icon in the bottom left corner of the VM window. That has the same > effect as capturing the CD from the VM menu. Bottom left corner? The Start button is there. There is nothing else there except what you expect in Windows. If you want to grab the CDRom drive or Floppy drive, you have to use right alt/enter to minimize the screen so you can see the CDRom on the tool bar. Same with VMWare Workstation. You don't see anything other than the normal things you would see with any Windows install unless you minimize the screen and look at the top toolbar. But yes, it is on the toolbar at the top if you minimize the screen (who does that unless they have to though) and you can capture the CDRom or DVD drive or, I just noticed, capture an ISO. I guess I hadn't paid attention to that choice before. > >> That doesn't make sense. > > Makes perfect sense... > > > -- > Mark Rae > ASP.NET MVP > http://www.markrae.net
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 9 Dec 2008 14:48 On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 02:13:50 -1000, "Melelina" <melelina(a)medscape.com> wrote: > >"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark(a)markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message >news:uHlHcXeWJHA.1444(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> "Melelina" <melelina(a)medscape.com> wrote in message >> news:ejcswWdWJHA.5208(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >>>> I don't install on DVD or CD ever, too slow and too much hassle >>>> fussing with the optical media. Just drag and drop the ISO onto the >>>> CD icon and away you go. >>> >>> Huh? What do you mean drop the ISO onto what CD icon? >> >> The CD icon in the bottom left corner of the VM window. That has the same >> effect as capturing the CD from the VM menu. > >Bottom left corner? The Start button is there. There is nothing else there >except what you expect in Windows. If you want to grab the CDRom drive or >Floppy drive, you have to use right alt/enter to minimize the screen so you >can see the CDRom on the tool bar. Same with VMWare Workstation. You don't >see anything other than the normal things you would see with any Windows >install unless you minimize the screen and look at the top toolbar. > >But yes, it is on the toolbar at the top if you minimize the screen (who >does that unless they have to though) and you can capture the CDRom or DVD >drive or, I just noticed, capture an ISO. I guess I hadn't paid attention to >that choice before. Sicne VPC was a Mac product long before a Windows product, you can drag and drop ISOs, floppy images, etc on the icons in the VPC tray in the lower left of the guest window(obviously you can't have the VM in full screen mode to do this). You can also drag and drop file locations, VHDs, etc in most of the input boxes. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/
From: Melelina on 10 Dec 2008 08:06 "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message news:hnitj4tbd4qkv0sn6rtnjciedneenhe06p(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 02:13:50 -1000, "Melelina" <melelina(a)medscape.com> > wrote: > >> >>"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark(a)markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message >>news:uHlHcXeWJHA.1444(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> "Melelina" <melelina(a)medscape.com> wrote in message >>> news:ejcswWdWJHA.5208(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> >>>>> I don't install on DVD or CD ever, too slow and too much hassle >>>>> fussing with the optical media. Just drag and drop the ISO onto the >>>>> CD icon and away you go. >>>> >>>> Huh? What do you mean drop the ISO onto what CD icon? >>> >>> The CD icon in the bottom left corner of the VM window. That has the >>> same >>> effect as capturing the CD from the VM menu. >> >>Bottom left corner? The Start button is there. There is nothing else there >>except what you expect in Windows. If you want to grab the CDRom drive or >>Floppy drive, you have to use right alt/enter to minimize the screen so >>you >>can see the CDRom on the tool bar. Same with VMWare Workstation. You don't >>see anything other than the normal things you would see with any Windows >>install unless you minimize the screen and look at the top toolbar. >> >>But yes, it is on the toolbar at the top if you minimize the screen (who >>does that unless they have to though) and you can capture the CDRom or DVD >>drive or, I just noticed, capture an ISO. I guess I hadn't paid attention >>to >>that choice before. > > Sicne VPC was a Mac product long before a Windows product, you can > drag and drop ISOs, floppy images, etc on the icons in the VPC tray in > the lower left of the guest window(obviously you can't have the VM in > full screen mode to do this). There is NOTHING in the lower left corner when in non full screen mode. The only thing there is the Windows Start button. I have NEVER seen this VPC tray as you call it. How do I see it? Same with VMWare Workstation. There I can see a tray as it boots but it is non accessible after it boots no matter if in full screen or not. Generally, though both boot full screen so how would I know something is there? Using right alt/enter does not reveal this tray. Non full screen mode only displays the toolbar at the top. Same as with VMWare Workstation. > You can also drag and drop file locations, VHDs, etc in most of the > input boxes. I don't even understand that sentence. Drag and drop file locations? What does that mean? Why would I want to drag and drop a virtual hard drive (I assume that is what VHD means)? > > -- > Cheers, > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP > http://vpc.essjae.com/
From: Mark Rae [MVP] on 10 Dec 2008 08:40 "Melelina" <melelina(a)medscape.com> wrote in message news:u0BAggsWJHA.5760(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Sicne VPC was a Mac product long before a Windows product, you can >> drag and drop ISOs, floppy images, etc on the icons in the VPC tray in >> the lower left of the guest window(obviously you can't have the VM in >> full screen mode to do this). > > There is NOTHING in the lower left corner when in non full screen mode. No-one said there was... > I have NEVER seen this VPC tray as you call it. The fact that YOU have never seen something doesn't mean that it doesn't exist - I've never seen Ayers Rock, but I've seen pictures of it... Here's a picture of Virtual PC showing the system tray in the bottom left corner of its status bar: http://arcanecode.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/u710-001.jpg > How do I see it? <HOST KEY> + Enter > Generally, though both boot full screen so how would I know something is > there? Don't run it full screen... > Using right alt/enter does not reveal this tray. Have you reconfigured your host key to be something else...? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 10 Dec 2008 16:11
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:06:31 -1000, "Melelina" <melelina(a)medscape.com> wrote: >>>that choice before. >> >> Sicne VPC was a Mac product long before a Windows product, you can >> drag and drop ISOs, floppy images, etc on the icons in the VPC tray in >> the lower left of the guest window(obviously you can't have the VM in >> full screen mode to do this). > >There is NOTHING in the lower left corner when in non full screen mode. The >only thing there is the Windows Start button. I have NEVER seen this VPC >tray as you call it. How do I see it? Same with VMWare Workstation. There I >can see a tray as it boots but it is non accessible after it boots no matter >if in full screen or not. Generally, though both boot full screen so how >would I know something is there? Using right alt/enter does not reveal this >tray. Non full screen mode only displays the toolbar at the top. Same as >with VMWare Workstation. You may have never seen it, but it's there. It's been in every version of VPC-Win since the first one back in 2001 (and in the Mac versions previously). There are screen shots of it in my TechRef PDF and here: http://acs.pha.jhu.edu/~shy/vpc-windows/vpc-fc4-installation.png look in the lower left corner, you will see 5 icons harddrive: CD -- drag and drop ISOs or physical discs here to mount floppy --drag and drop VFds and physical disks here to mount Folders --shared folders (grayed out when not installed, drag and drop the drive or folder on the host you want to share with VPC) network -- (upside down T), has green and red blinking lights to show network activity The tray for VMWare is on the right, there are CD, HD, network, etc icons there. > >> You can also drag and drop file locations, VHDs, etc in most of the >> input boxes. > >I don't even understand that sentence. Drag and drop file locations? What >does that mean? Why would I want to drag and drop a virtual hard drive (I >assume that is what VHD means)? Yeah, for advanced things, like say using an existing VHD, you can drag and drop the VHD from Windows Explorer into the "Virtual Disk location" text box in the new VM wizard. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |