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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Using TMG 4 64-bit With Windows 7 XP Virtual Machine
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:02:24 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4B26C4B4.1080406@att.net>


John Wood wrote:

> Windows 7 Professional and XP Virtual Machine have to be
> treated as two separate computers with two separate
> operating systems. Anything you wish to use with both
> operating systems has to be installed under XP VM,as well
> as W v7, incuding printers, word processors, scanners,
> TMG etc., with the attendant use of hard drive space.
> Any data that is changed in TMG W v7 has to be backed up,
> then the backup copied to TMG XP VM, then restored to the
> VM version.

John,

I agree with everything you say, except about the the need for duplicate Projects? Can't you use the same project in both installations of TMG? I've done so with TMG 7, but I note you mention TMG-4. Is that what you are using? And you can't share the same Data Set?

> If anyone has discovered an easier way to share data
> between Windows 7 64-bit and XP virtual machine, I would
> love to hear you thoughts.

With TMG 7 I placed the project on a Windows drive, then opened it from the XP Mode installation. The Windows 7 drive, which appears as a shared drive in the virtual machine. I suspect there is a problem with exhibits, but I don't use exhibits in reports (I use them only in Second Site) so I've ignored it.

Terry Reigel



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