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Old 7th March 2010, 08:35 AM
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Darren.. if you have W7 ultimate, you can get XP mode from the MS site, that will let you install ELSAWin in a virtual copy of XP to run on your W7 box.

Also.. If anyone is looking for a netbook to run VAG-COM, etc on, the Dell outlet had a stack of Mini 10 units for about £150-160 delivered recently (purchase was vetoed )
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Darren.. if you have W7 ultimate, you can get XP mode from the MS site, that will let you install ELSAWin in a virtual copy of XP to run on your W7 box.
Yes - but - only if you have one of the latest whiz bang intel CPUs with virtualisation features, otherwise you cant run MS Virtual PC.... Found this out the hard way, was really wanting the XP compatibiliy mode.. GGggrrr. !
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have you two found a new language ! i clicked on google translate and still dont have a clue what you are on about
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have you two found a new language ! i clicked on google translate and still dont have a clue what you are on about
I'll make it worse now

Can you run Elsawin and VCDS on a Linux operating system?

Probably one for entwisi.

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Old 7th March 2010, 11:05 AM
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Ian.. I'm running a 3 year old Athlon X2 and it works for me

Guys,

You could do it with VMWare Server (free) and create a virtual machine with XP in it. Or it may even run under WINE I tend to run stuff like ELSAWin under XP Virtual Machines, that way they don't install crap on my main install, but I am a techie.

Let the geek wars begin

Darren - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir.../download.aspx should help you out.
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Old 7th March 2010, 11:21 AM
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too technical for me. i am glad i bought the laptop with xp on it. i am only just getting used to windows 3.11 and dos 6.0. wish microsoft would stop messing around and just bring out one operating system and then just do a few updates when required
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As I've never owned a Vag-Com lead before can anybody tell me if it's a USB connector or other?
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the newer 'proper' leads are USB.
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So, could I use a second hand netbook or would I need more memory?
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if you're running just XP, you could squeeze it in 512Mb, but 1Gb would be favourite.
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