Pros
I use it on Windows XP, and is much faster than the new Symantec Workspace Virtualization (SWV) tool! Use this lic. code for free personal use (free): b6c5a-wiy8u-e89de-c3cv4
Cons
Simpler and not so feature-rich GUI than that of SWV.
Summary
Don't forget to set global excludes (Edit - Edit Global Excludes) for your data drives/directories (and subdirs!), otherwise you get pretty strange behaviour - files or file modifications disappearing, etc.
Pros
I don't have much need for app virtualization which I can't satisfy more easily with BufferZone or SandboxIE. I just like to use SVS to monitor installers so I can repackage them from scratch. I've used WinInstall, Prism, MS SMS, and various other monitoring tools which are designed for repackaging, but they all assume that I want to start with their auto-generated packages and modify. I prefer to start with an empty package and add everything so I know exactly what's happening and I don't overlook anything suspicious or unnecessary. Those repackagers don't provide the kind of visibility I need for doing this. With SVS, it's easy to inspect captured layers.
Cons
Many people have a problem with the spartan GUI which comes with SVS, and there are several community-developered front-ends which address this, but I'm not so much bothered by the simplicity of the GUI as much as I am by the clumsiness of what's there. Menus and labels are just awkwardly worded and named. For a new or infrequent user, it's far too easy to come away with the conclusion that the product just doesn't work.
Cons
For the product key, I am delivered a file named yourfile.aspx I can find no way to use this for the product key. So, I completely unable to install the program.
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Reply by itsagiven2006 on January 15, 2008
When you get the installer up you will see the tab saying get key ... when you do save the file to your drive where the installer is then open the file...heres the trick thats not only for this but anything else you want to copy and paste...highlight the key in the file/left click/select copy if it doesnt then there is (ctrl + c = together)/go back to the box for the key to be pasted into/then instead of trying to paste it in (it wont do it that way) instead press the ctrl + v keys both simutaniously held down/when you let go of them it should be pasted in...gualla the key is in ... I have the program installed. I dont know how well it will work but i got it anyway LOL .
Pros
None!
Cons
at this time it is impossible to install, the altiris doesn't supply serial!!
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Reply by hsjones on June 2, 2007
No sure what could be clearer than the "Get It Free!" button right below the license key entry dialog...
Pros
It's good if for software test and those programs do not need to create user data files. I use it to install download software and test, if I want to keep it permanently, I will remove it and install in normal way. But if you install programs which will create user data files, be carefull .... (see cons)
Cons
Few weeks before, I install the visuall foxpro and re-develop my client's program. Later I remove the foxpro, but unluckily, all my works are gone.
Test has been done... You install program inside SVS, and then you make some user file (flash, html, etc whatever you like), if you deactivate the program from SVS, all your works are missing, but return back when you activate it again. That's mean you can not get your most recent files if you deactivate the program. Therefore be sure you backup your files in a safe place before you remove the program from SVS, otherwise you lost everything. I am the good example, I do all the development and I remove foxpro from SVS, result is I lost all my works.
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Reply by Vansafe on January 15, 2007
I'm no SVS expert but I know if you have a Program in a Layer you can save the data from that program to a data layer and not loose it when the layer is deactivated. Alternatively I think you could also add a filter of some kind to the saved file types or directories.
Pros
YOU CAN INSTALL A PROGRAM IN AN INDIPENDET LAYER. WITHOUT REBOOTING WINDOWS YOU CAN SWITCH ON OR OFF THE LAYER. WHEN A LAYER IS SWITCHED OFF, IT IS LIKE THE PROGRAM HAVE NEVER BEEN INSTALLED! YOU CAN EXPORT THE LAYER AND IMPORT IT ON ANOTHER PC, RESET THE LAYER TO THE FIRTS INSTALLATION STATUS, MANAGE EVERY LAYER. EASY TO USE, GREATLY SUPPORTED BY THE WEBSITE.
Cons
NONE
Pros
I'm the SVS Product Manager, so I'm prejudiced. But when I first saw SVS, I thought, "ever since Windows 95, Microsoft has been forcing us to drive an automatic. Now I can take back control of my machine again! Now *I* decide what's there and what isn't."
Pros
Virtualization allows you to run a program without it being able to actually interact directly with your OS. Have a problem? Fine. Reset the application and it is back to the way it was when it was installed.
Cons
Sometimes slower, but not by much, than a normal installation.
Pros
Some people might want to use it. I cant see any good points in this program.
Cons
Everything.
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