Windows - Window apps installed in Boot Camp available in Fusion?

Lucion · Lucion #16 (**permalink**)

07-02-2008, 04:15 AM

You can use Windows natively and in a VM. You should activate it once when you install it using Boot Camp and once again when you start your VM. After that it should be fine and not ask you to activate again.

I use Windows XP natively and in OS X using Fusion. One XP license. At worst you will have to call MS if you've activated too many times. Inconvenient but they didn't give me any trouble.

Of course if you are just going the VM-only route you will just activate once and be done with it. Certainly the easiest route if you don't need to run Windows natively.

rich6490 · rich6490 #17 (**permalink**)

07-02-2008, 05:19 PM

It's really Important to do the steps in this order or activation gets screen up in the virtual machine.

-Install Windows Via Boot Camp
-Activate
-Install VMWare Fusion
-Activate again in VMWare Fusion.

Make sure you activate before you do pretty much anything in either the BC partition or VM, for example, Vista's update to SP1 will not allow you to activate the Virtual Machine, but if you activate the VM then update to SP1 its fine. Confusing but it pays off to do the steps right the first time, because I learned the hard way as usual, all is good now!

cjtinkle · cjtinkle #18 (**permalink**)

07-06-2008, 06:28 PM

I've had Fusion installed (I went with the pure virtual machine instead of using a Boot Camp partition), with Vista Business, and my 4 necessary windows programs, and I have to say it's just awesome! I allotted Vista 2 gigs of my 4 gigs of ram (my sewing software is more greedy than Photoshop) and it runs beautifully.

I am loving my new iMac, it runs SO fast and it's absolutely quiet!

zup · zup #19 (**permalink**)

01-25-2009, 09:09 AM

Hi there,

I am a new Mac user. My mac is MBP 17", 2,5, 4GB of ram.
I need AutoCad for my work.
Installed Parallels with winxp and acad 2009 but had a lot of troubles with mouse and function keys.
Instaled xp in bootcamp. Acad work great now (both mouse and function keys), BUT I dont like to have two systems and boot every time I need Acad or take a break and go to OSX...

Ive read something that parallels or VMWare can run xp and applications from bootcamp XP, but I was unable to install VM from bootcamp even in VMWare even in Parallels.

I would like to do this, so I can do something quick (print or view files in acad) but not boot. I assume I will have troubles with mouse again in VMW or Parallels, but it is just for quick jobs. And dont want to have two xp+two acad installed, one in bootcamp one in parallels.

my bootcamp partition is ntfs formated.

Thankyouforyourhelp
Zup

rich6490 #17 (permalink)
Member Since: May 27, 2008 Location: Maine Posts: 275 Mac Specs: MBP 2.5ghz, 4gb/r, 200g7.2krpm	07-02-2008, 05:19 PM It's really Important to do the steps in this order or activation gets screen up in the virtual machine. -Install Windows Via Boot Camp -Activate -Install VMWare Fusion -Activate again in VMWare Fusion. Make sure you activate before you do pretty much anything in either the BC partition or VM, for example, Vista's update to SP1 will not allow you to activate the Virtual Machine, but if you activate the VM then update to SP1 its fine. Confusing but it pays off to do the steps right the first time, because I learned the hard way as usual, all is good now! -Zach, A.C.T.
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Lucion #16 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 01, 2008 Posts: 66	07-02-2008, 04:15 AM You can use Windows natively and in a VM. You should activate it once when you install it using Boot Camp and once again when you start your VM. After that it should be fine and not ask you to activate again. I use Windows XP natively and in OS X using Fusion. One XP license. At worst you will have to call MS if you've activated too many times. Inconvenient but they didn't give me any trouble. Of course if you are just going the VM-only route you will just activate once and be done with it. Certainly the easiest route if you don't need to run Windows natively.
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zup #19 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 25, 2009 Posts: 2	01-25-2009, 09:09 AM Hi there, I am a new Mac user. My mac is MBP 17", 2,5, 4GB of ram. I need AutoCad for my work. Installed Parallels with winxp and acad 2009 but had a lot of troubles with mouse and function keys. Instaled xp in bootcamp. Acad work great now (both mouse and function keys), BUT I dont like to have two systems and boot every time I need Acad or take a break and go to OSX... Ive read something that parallels or VMWare can run xp and applications from bootcamp XP, but I was unable to install VM from bootcamp even in VMWare even in Parallels. I would like to do this, so I can do something quick (print or view files in acad) but not boot. I assume I will have troubles with mouse again in VMW or Parallels, but it is just for quick jobs. And dont want to have two xp+two acad installed, one in bootcamp one in parallels. my bootcamp partition is ntfs formated. Thankyouforyourhelp Zup
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