Even better, VBox has a mode called seamless mode.  I need Vision every so often, so I have XP in a vbox instance.  I have an icon on my desktop that uses the command line interface to start the Windows instance on demand, otherwise why waste the resources.  When I first set ut up, Windows came up in a window, but I auto-hid the launch bar and hit ctrl-L to go into seamless mode.  Now, when I move my mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen, the start menu appears, and I can launch any program I installed in my windows instance.  Freaks out the Windows guys because it makes it look like your windows program is actually running on Linux... ah geek fun!!

Kevin

On Sep 13, 2010 10:34 AM, "keith smith" <klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:

So basically I install my favorite distro of Linux.  Download and install the compatible version of virtualbox.  Then install XP in the virtualbox. Would I be able to open an instance of XP in a window?  Like opening multiple browser tabs?  That way I would be able to go back and forth between Windows and Linux. ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Mon, 9/13/10, Ariel Gold <arielqgold@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ariel Gold <arielqgold@gmail.com> Subject: Re: going M$ free To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 9:25 AM > > I also run virtualbox for IE testing. I run tinyxp, which runs blazing fast (not that i've done... -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@...

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