how to copy one virtual system to many PCs?

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teds
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how to copy one virtual system to many PCs?

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I installed one XP virtual system on one Vista PC.
How can I copy it to other Vista PCs without running the installation on each desktop?

(This is for a class of people who have XP desktops at home.)

Thanks,

Ted
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Re: how to copy one virtual system to many PCs?

Post by Sasquatch »

They need to have VB installed before they can run the VM. If they need to have only the VM you made, compress the %userprofile%\.VirtualBox folder and give that to them. Let them restore it in their own user profile and it should be working without issues.
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Re: how to copy one virtual system to many PCs?

Post by Uzume »

If these virtual XP boxes are networked together you also need to make each one unique. This is a Windows administrator task that needs to be done with replicating installations of Windows in general.
teds
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Re: how to copy one virtual system to many PCs?

Post by teds »

Thanks, it works fine. Ted
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