VMware server 2 automatic startup of guest OS

its quite simple.. but its quite hidden.

select the host server and then select "edit virtual machine startup/shutdown settings"

you have to select the VM you want to start up automatically and click "move up". once in the group above it still startup automatically. simples.

Today I was working on a machine.. the user had access to a website that needed IE6 installed. Then more and more users piped up saying they needed IE6 installed.. the customer has a lovely 256k connection. The installer for IE6 SP1 is around a total of 12meg. Now on a 256k line 12meg is hard enough but times that by 6 or 7 and it starts to get a little annoying. There is a simple way you can download the actual installer to local storage!

get the IE6 Setup HERE

save the exe to a location you will remember (desktop or create a folder under C:)

once downloaded go to run. type in "C:\yourlocation\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"

you can then run through the steps on screen to select which distributions you wish to download.

**ensure to take note of where you download your install files to**

once this process is complete you have a full copy of IE6 SP1 downloaded to your local harddrive.




****UPdate****

lets try this again. user lied!!!! gits! they needed 5.51 instead of 6 (they already had six install LET THIS BE A LESSON TO EVERYONE CHECK AND DONT TAKE THE WORD OF AN LUSER!!!!


I've found another program... http://tredosoft.com/files/multi-ie/multiple-ie-setup.exe

its quite small and includes all the files it needs! simples!!!!