Portable Vista

[- Anne]

I've just been reading about live cd distros of linux which fit on a single
bootable cd. By booting off the CD, you can have a functional version of
linux with the popular applications.

Are there some reliable, easy to follow instructions on how to complete the
same with Vista so that I can boot any pc off the CD and have internet
access and remote desktop?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No. Windows Vista is licensed to only be installed
on an internal hard drive installed in a computer.

If you need a portable computer, consider purchasing
a notebook or Tablet PC.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I've just been reading about live cd distros of linux which fit on a single
bootable cd. By booting off the CD, you can have a functional version of
linux with the popular applications.

Are there some reliable, easy to follow instructions on how to complete the
same with Vista so that I can boot any pc off the CD and have internet
access and remote desktop?

 

[Charlie Tame]

I've just been reading about live cd distros of linux which fit on a single
bootable cd. By booting off the CD, you can have a functional version of
linux with the popular applications.

Are there some reliable, easy to follow instructions on how to complete the
same with Vista so that I can boot any pc off the CD and have internet
access and remote desktop?

There is a viable remote desktop program that runs under Linux. I am not
sure if it is included with any other distribution by default but this
one seems to have it and sounds like it might fit your purpose with
wireless also (Which can be troublesome on some hardware).

http://kanotix.com/index.php?&newlang=eng

Debian on which it is based is pretty rock solid and the KDE interface
is very Windows like so you should get used to it quickly.

At worst it will cost you the time to burn a CD, read the download
instructions here.

 

[Lang Murphy]

I've just been reading about live cd distros of linux which fit on a
single bootable cd. By booting off the CD, you can have a functional
version of linux with the popular applications.

Are there some reliable, easy to follow instructions on how to complete
the same with Vista so that I can boot any pc off the CD and have internet
access and remote desktop?

No, can't do that with Vista. Or any MS OS. (Well, not with a full GUI.
Windows PE is a CD bootable version of Windows, but you couldn't, for
example, run Office on it.)

Just curious, but why would you desire that capability?

Lang

 

[bomb#20]

I've just been reading about live cd distros of linux which fit on a
single bootable cd. By booting off the CD, you can have a functional
version of linux with the popular applications.

Are there some reliable, easy to follow instructions on how to
complete the same with Vista so that I can boot any pc off the CD and
have internet access and remote desktop?

Yes, there is a project called VistaPE.

http://vistape.boot-land.net/eng/about.html
..

 

[- Anne]

Just curious, but why would you desire that capability?

The main reason is so that I can move from machine to machine in the work
environment and have access to my utilities/software and be able to easily
remote desktop into home. Linux supports this, but preference is for a
windows solution

 

[Charlie Tame]

The main reason is so that I can move from machine to machine in the work
environment and have access to my utilities/software and be able to easily
remote desktop into home. Linux supports this, but preference is for a
windows solution

Have you actually tried this with any system yet?

The main reason I ask is that if you are running from the live CD you
won't be "In" the OS you are trying to work on on the machine, you'll be
in the OS that's on the CD. I don't see how this helps much if you are
intending to use it to work with the machine it's actually running on,
although of course it would be easier to access the "Windows" drives etc
with a Windows OS.

The problem trying this with Vista - even if you did get the OS onto a
CD / DVD, would be the hardware, since the package would have to have
drivers for older hardware that Vista is never likely to have because it
doesn't do well at supporting "Lesser" hardware. See what others think
but I reckon the first problem you'd hit is getting any display at all
on older video cards. XP very good, Vista likely no go.

 

[Lang Murphy]

The main reason is so that I can move from machine to machine in the work
environment and have access to my utilities/software and be able to easily
remote desktop into home. Linux supports this, but preference is for a
windows solution

Don't know if this would work for you, because I don't know what
applications/utilities you want to run, but I bought a Lexar 4GB thumb drive
a few months ago that has software that lets one install apps to the drive
and then run those apps from the thumb drive on different PC's without
having to install the app on the hard drive. I doubt one could run Office,
for example, from the thumb drive, but maybe enough apps/utils to meet your
requirements.

As to RD'ing from the flash drive, maybe if you were running VNC or some
other freeware remote software, you could do that from the thumb drive.

All that said, why are you moving from box to box in the work environment?
Why do you want to RD into your home PC from multiple boxes in the work
environment? Just curious, because I use multiple PC's and I've got specific
boxes set up for specific tasks. I'm not implying that that is how you
should work, not at all; just curious what type of work you do that requires
that you have these capabilities.

Thanks,

Lang

 

[Lang Murphy]

Yes, there is a project called VistaPE.

http://vistape.boot-land.net/eng/about.html
.

Don't think that will run full blown apps like Word or Excel. Not knowing
which applications / utilities the OP wants to use makes it impossible to
say whether VistaPE or any flavor of PE would be sufficient.

Lang