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I want to install some kind of virtual box software so I can run Windows from inside Ubuntu. I have heard of a few such software packages, including virtualbox and vmware, and I was wondering if anybody here had any recommendations on what to use.

Also, I already have Windows Vista on my computer (dual-boot), and was wondering if there was a way to have the virtual box boot that instance of Windows instead of a newly installed Windows OS specifically for the virtual box.

Thanks for any help that you can give.

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Member Avatar for jbennet

its illegal to run windows vista in something like virtualbox unless its buisness or ultinate

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>ts illegal to run windows vista in something like virtualbox

that doesn't mean he can't do it. I recommend vmware server, it's free and works very well, very easy to configure. But you should go the legal way and run xp.

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Thanks for the advice! And, of course i'll go the legal way. :)

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