In the past VBox's GuestAdditions plugin for file sharing between host and guest systems has had latency issues and even file corruption when the shared folders had a lot of files to manage. Is this still a problem in VBox. I don't recall this issue in QUEMC, though admittedly it has been a while since I have used the later. On Apr 20, 2016 7:30 AM, "Stephen Partington" wrote: > depends on the version/edition of windows. Most OEM copies are not sold > with licencing to be run on a VM but some Enterprise editions do allow for > such things. > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Keith Smith > wrote: > >> Question : I have several Dell desktops and several Dell laptops that >> came with Windows. I've replaced almost all of them with Linux. I do have >> a need for Windows on occasion. I do have VirtualBox configured on my >> desktop and laptop. I'd like to install Windows in a guest on VirtualBox. >> Can I use the OEM copy or do I need to find an image some place on the net? >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> >> On 2016-04-19 12:12, Wayne D wrote: >> >>> On 04/19/2016 10:15 AM, Michael Butash wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Use virtualbox with "seamless" mode, all the windoze apps run windowed >>>> to be less annoying overall, and you can hide the disgrace >>>> mostly of still using it. :) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> 1 vote each for VirtualBox and QEMU >>> >>> >>> Pro's and Con's of each? >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >