On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:01:46 -0700, AZ Pete wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a somewhat theoretical question regarding VMWare and how well it > isolates itself from the rest of the machine. > I'll explain by way of example. > > I have a Windows XP box which is one of my main use machines. We sometimes > have friends and relatives over and they like to use this machine to surf > and play games,etc. Due to the fact the my nephew likes to run P2P apps > (Kaza and the like), there's a very high likely hood that this machine will > get infected with viruses, spyware, etc. > > If I load VMWare and create a separate XP session for my newphew to play > around in, will this prevent the "main" XP installation from becoming > infected should he download some nasties within his VM session. > > If this is the case, one could simply create a separate VM session for each > person that would use the machine and never have to worry about the main OS > session being affected. Is this how it works or am I oversimplifying? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. One option would be to make a backup of your XP VM files. Then let your nephew trash the system all he wants. After he leaves, restore your VM files from backup and carry on. ~M -- Get Firefox! http://getfirefox.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss