chriller91
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A good Virtual PC for Windows 98
Hi. Do you know a good virtual pc i can run on Windows 98. I want to use it to run os betas without deleting Windows 98 i usualle use. It should be without to much configuration cr**
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stickooo
Unless i misunderstood chriller91, he is looking for a virtual pc and NOT remote desktop access. gotomypc is a remote desktop access solution.
Gus
Unless i misunderstood chriller91, he is looking for a virtual pc and NOT remote desktop access. gotomypc is a remote desktop access solution.
Gus
I agree with Gus wholeheartedly. Please consider using windows 2000 pro or xp as your host os.
I have rum vmware on windows 2000 advanced server and was delighted with it.
I have rum vmware on windows 2000 advanced server and was delighted with it.
I would mention - in addition to the other- that in case you want to keep your Windows98 as your hosting (and booting) operating system there is no application that provides an virtual pc environment as you need for these (vmware and virtual pc) at least windows NT, but windows 2000/xp is preferred. Furthermore, you need additional system resources (at a very minimum 256 MB and PIII).
If you would experiment with a Windows 98 OS why don't make a multi boot system, so keep one Windows 98 system and install an additional Windows OS to experiment. You can find free multiboot managers to support you in this. You might consider to create a backup of the initial image (ghost) of your disk or Windows 98 partition so your always able to restore your system.
If you would experiment with a Windows 98 OS why don't make a multi boot system, so keep one Windows 98 system and install an additional Windows OS to experiment. You can find free multiboot managers to support you in this. You might consider to create a backup of the initial image (ghost) of your disk or Windows 98 partition so your always able to restore your system.
Actually, Bochs (http://bochs.sourceforge.net) should run under Windows 98. Granted, Bochs is an emulator and not a "virtualizer", so it can be quite slow, but it is nonetheless free and will let you test other OS betas.
But as EricdJ said, you're probably better off repartitioning your hard drive and doing multiboots.
But as EricdJ said, you're probably better off repartitioning your hard drive and doing multiboots.
And you can access your computer even in public place since you don't need to install the remote server on the computer. Basically you just need to have internet connection and internet explorer.