Software Virtualization Solution

Bob Taylor from HP and Brad Winston from Symantec talk about bringing together multiple virtualization technologies -- presentation, application and system-level -- mixing in some streaming and blades for good measure. Find out how combining technologies under a unified management umbrella can reduce costs and increase business agility at the same time, by optimally servicing the needs of different users: from warm-seat knowledge workers, to the mobile workforce and power-hungry technical workers.

If you already have a number of applications virtualized as SVS layers, testing new unknown packages can be a tedious task. Testing a new piece of software means that all other layers have to be deactivated. Is there an easier way around this?

Read on to learn more.

Depending on the item -- whether it's a batch file, executable or just a text file -- that's being triggered by an OnEvent action, you can get a different owner of that item. There's really only three possibilities: Base, Layer, Different layer.

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You may face problems when using the slipstream process to install Software Virtualization Solution in an XP Service Pack 3 environment. Have you tried? It ends up rolling back.

This only occurs in a slipstreamed XP Service Pack 3 installation.

Many people are worried about whether their antivirus, firewall and antispyware software will protect them against the viruses, trojans, keyloggers and spyware increasing more than ever in today's Internet.

Here's an easy way to drastically reduce the amount of malware getting onto your PC and totally stopping any chance they have of running at startup. I'm also talking about unknown malware that hasn't been identified yet.

Q:
Anil asked, "I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction. Here is my issue, we have Office 2003 installed on our base image. We have created a layer for Excel 2007. Everything works fine, except that we needed a way to make sure all .xls files open in Excel 2003 instead of Excel 2007. I was wondering if we could talk to an expert from your side to possibly solve this problem? We have attempted a few things but have not succeeded in accomplishing this task."

Being able to capture applications or updates in a layer is the Holy Grail of the SVS SDK and, well, the reason people use SVS. Surprisingly, creating and capturing layers is one of the simplest things to do with the SDK, especially when compared to Export and Import. With the information presented in this article you should easily be able to implement these SVS features into any tool you're making.

We are pleased to announce the release of Software Virtualization Solution 2.1 SP2 into the beta program. We welcome you to register for the product at http://beta.altiris.com, and begin testing at your convenience.