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how to copy one virtual system to many PCs?

Posted: 18. Sep 2009, 23:28
by teds
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

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

Posted: 18. Sep 2009, 23:38
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.

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

Posted: 21. Sep 2009, 21:32
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.

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

Posted: 21. Sep 2009, 23:21
by teds
Thanks, it works fine. Ted