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  1. 26th September 2013, 11:59 AM #1
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    Virtual Machine within computer

    If anyone else was having trouble creating a virtual machine within their computer to run XP or similar so they could run microcat etc, there is a free program which has finally worked on my machine. Its called Oracle Virtual Machine and is very powerful/flexible - works on my Win 7 64 Professional and it says it will work on Win 8 and any number of other systems as the host. Cheers Gavin
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    I've been using the Oracle VM software for quite a while, and it has handled everything I've thrown at it...
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    For win7 professional Microsoft do an xp emulator/vm. We've used it at work for a lot of old program's in times past.

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    I thought the oracle solution was called virtual box.???
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    I had a virtual machine on my windows seven 64 bit set up, but it sudenly started asking for a non existant pasword and would not let me in . it was all to much trouble to fix it.in the end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eevo View Post
    I thought the oracle solution was called virtual box.???
    Oracle Virtual Machine Virtual Box to be specific
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    i usethe oracle vm on ubuntu to do our tax

    Works a treat for etax software which is not linux compatible

    Never had any password protect issues?

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    S - do you use the old ATO etax, or if you have a simple update replacement, would you be prepared to advise/recommend what you use? I have a very small one man semi retired type business which pays for a few small luxuries and I need a replacement for my ATO etax program before it crashes into oblivion.
    Or anyone?
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    gavin,
    i literally did this two weeks ago.
    Opened oracle vm, went to ato.gov.au
    Downloaded the xp version of etax.
    Completed it online within oracle vm, voila.

    Have done this for the last 4 or 5 years for as long as we have been an opensource house,
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    Long time user of Virtual Box on OSX - from pre-Oracle days. I use it to run XP and gets heavy use for IDA Pro, Microcat, Td5 Map Editor, Nanocom updater software (although that hasn't seen much use since last year ) and basically anything that doesn't have an adequate OSX alternative.
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