Frequently Asked Questions, Software Virtualization Solution

I work a lot with capture and SVS so I'm extremely curious as to what Juice users think would make capturing/packaging on SVS a more worry-free, easier process. If you have a minute, please post a comment and let me know what frustrates you with SVS capture, what features you'd like to see as part of a capture utility, and/or what you think would be a good approach to making it something less intimidating for new users.

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Lincoln asked, "we have OnPostActivate events in our layers, but they never run unless you manually de-activate and then re-activate the layers. All of our layers are set to start automatically. Shouldn't the OnPostActivate events run when SVS starts the layer during windows boot-up?"

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Ray said, "we had some technical questions about Symantec’s Altiris Virtualization functionality. Some of our customers are doing internal inventories of their Adobe software but are finding that some installations may be unnecessarily double-counted. The customers think that their use of Altiris Virtualization may have an effect on this."

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QuietLeni asked, "I have been asked, by several clients, if they can use SVS on their Citrix Servers or Terminal Services servers to include various packages where they have problems with applications not co-existing properly. I have been quite cagey about this and suggested that if they want to try, I'm not stopping them, but I want to know the truth."

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Rob asked, "Should I include the application's source MSI in the Virtual Software Package?"

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Kevin asked, "I understand that Windows Vista is capable of virtualization. What's the difference between Vista Virtualization and SVS?"

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I would like to create layers for licensed programs. I would also like to give the end user access to the Admin Console, so they can create their own layers if they would like. But, I don't want them to be able to export some of the layers that I created (because of licensing issues). Is there some way to prevent layers from being exported?

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Roie asked, "In my teaching I run a lot of programs from the Windows command line. (Hmmm, wonder how I will do that in Vista?) I have set up a data layer with folders for all my class labs, and an app layer for each development tool -- Dev-C++ for example.