Need a Windows Guru! - Virtual PC

MuGeN · 26 Oct 2010 at 16:10

right...

So, following from my other problem in this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18200416 (allowing concurrent RDC connections to a W7 machine) - I have a related (but very different issue)

I have installed Virtual PC, and created 2 versions stemming from it (one for IE6 & one for IE7)*

Works great, and for the first time I feel I have a solid practical way of testing all the old IEs even if it was a pain to set up

Anyway, when another user logs into the machine, they cant run these machine as it says they don't have permissions... does anyone know how I get around this? do I have to create different users within each Virtual PC maybe?

*how ridiculous is it that entire virtual OSs are required for each old Microsoft browser that needs testing! - why oh why oh why won't Microsoft release a proper, rock solid version of IETester as an apology for all the **** we have to put up with due to their mickey mouse browsers!

MuGeN · 26 Oct 2010 at 17:03

exactly yeah

MuGeN · 27 Oct 2010 at 09:39

Ok, so we have a new spin on the problem now (using those browser specific VHDs from MS - I didn't know about them) but they will be run from a RDC (can't install them on our own computers since they're all Macs)...

So... we can all log into our own user areas, do we all need separate copies of those VHDs or can we somehow share them which would seem more sensible?

MuGeN · 27 Oct 2010 at 10:44

I hear you, however...

We don't want to be virtualising on the macs, we have used VMWare and Parallels in the past and they are just a resource hog, we are on MBPs and iMacs no super duper Mac Pros or anything... The speed of RDC just suits us basically

Regarding logging into the PC, I am currently working out how to do concurrent connections so need a solution that allows this, so far I'm thinking creating 1 new virtual os via differencing for each user...