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Hey all,
Can someone explain to me what a virtual machine is, and how to get one working? I know a lot of people have them here, and I'd like to get one running XP so I can play some of the BSC titles, and Private Detective school.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Hi.
A virtual machine is an operating system which runs inside a program. For example, I'm running a virtual Windows on my Mac to be able to play games.
I know Virtualbox is usable with screenreaders, but I haven't tried it. I don't know what's the best salution on Windows.
I've got a virtual machine for windows XP set up with virtual box, but it isn't working. My private detective CD won't work, I can't copy and paste, I can't click on .exe files, it's ridiculous. lol
Hmm... Weird. I have no clue on why.
A virtual machine is just like it sounds. Your using a virtual copy of windows or almost anything else, ran inside of an application. It will act almost like an actual machine of your choosing, even though its not, giving you the opportunity to run any OS you want inside a file.
@SLJ
Does private detective school work on your virtual machine? I'm trying to run it, and I keep getting a system protection error. It's as if I'm running it on a later version of windows, but it's windows XP on the virtual machine.. Weirdness.
Hi Staindaddict,
maybe your virtual machine, guest, doesn't see the cd at all. Maybe you are indeed feeding it only to your real, host, version of Windows.
I know next to nothing about Virtual Box, but for your idea to work it must be configured so that when you insert a cd into your drive, it is presented to the guest as a cd. In other words, the virtual machine must have access to your real cd drive.
Also, for you to be able to interact with the virtual machine, it must be running its own screen reader. That's how perfect the simulation is. It's indeed another pc, even though its hardware is mapped to, and realized by, your host's hardware. Have you taken that into account?
For example, I have a virtual Windows XP machine here which runs NVDA. I use it to run programs which won't run on my Windows 10, which runs its own NVDA. Two distinct copies.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Felix
Hi there,
I was able to install NVDA on the virtual machine, but two things keep happening. First off, I keep putting private detective school in the CD drive, and it keeps giving me the same protection screen that it would as if I was running on it windows 7 or 10. So, it's running XP, but the CD wont' work, I don't understand why. I have an original copy of the disk, and it won't work
Second, I installed all the BSC games on the virtual machine, but when I click on the .exe file to get my unlock codes in the generator, it gives me an error. I dont' get it. I can't win. lol
Any one have any ideas at all?
Oh, another thing that would be nice would be the ability to copy and paste between machines.
Thanks for any help.
Hi I was trying to run a vm with xp on my windows 10 machine it will work with vmware player but the sound is messed up. Any advice on what I can do to run a vm? I do still have my phisical xp machine.
Hi.
I haven't used Windows XP for so many years, and I haven't tried to get Private Detective school to work either. I should give it a try when I get time to look at it.
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