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<div dir="ltr">Hi Mark,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">You should be able to run virtualbox on Linux and download a windows 7 .iso file to create the VM. The Windows machine will run without a license for at least 30 days. I won't be available to assist physically but can work over email if you have
questions. There may also be an open source virtual disk converter similar to the vmware products have but I have not seen it yet.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Tmartinez@iaia.edu</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Toby</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Sent from VMware Boxer</div>
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1. urgent need for a Toshiba laptop charger OR with win vm on<br>
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Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:03:12 -0700<br>
From: Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org><br>
To: NMGLUG org mailing list <nmglug@nmglug.org><br>
Subject: [nmglug] urgent need for a Toshiba laptop charger OR with win<br>
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Dear nmglugers,<br>
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I urgently need a charger for a Toshiba laptop. Mine just died.<br>
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The reason is that I am running a chess tournament this weekend. <br>
The<br>
tournament needs this particular laptop, which I inherited from <br>
the guy<br>
who used to run them. It runs "windows 7 home premium 32bit" and <br>
a<br>
piece of s/w called SwissSys which is required to submit <br>
tournaments,<br>
and which I have not been able to port with Wine.<br>
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So I need to urgently do one of the following:<br>
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* Find a charger that can handle 19V, 3.43 amperes, and has the <br>
right<br>
shape and polarity.<br>
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* Find someone who has experience "lifting" a Windows installation <br>
into<br>
a VM to run on a GNU/Linux system. It would have to preserve <br>
the CPU<br>
id or whatever mechanism this s/w uses to node-lock.<br>
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* Do a new installation of a Windows VM and get the new s/w on <br>
there -<br>
would have to happen very quickly on Friday morning, and might <br>
still<br>
fail. Has anyone ever installed Windows into a VM and can guide <br>
me<br>
through it? That is the solution for the medium term because I <br>
don't<br>
want to have a Windows laptop for chess tournaments.<br>
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Anyone have ideas?<br>
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