Re: VMware question

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:01:46 -0700, AZ Pete <az_pete@cactusfamily.com> 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

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