VMware Workstation help

[kreesdqban]

I was wondering how to create a machine in VMware workstation that would return to the same state every time I used it. Like make all the work I do only temporary before it deletes what I did and reverts back to the way it was before.

[Reefscape]

What operating system are you installing to use...? If its windows based, then you can configure local group policy via MMC....

[kreesdqban]

What exactly is MMC? And what do I configure in the Local Group Policy.

[Reefscape]

MMC ( microsoft management colnsole ) is the tool used to edit group policy objects...

Due to the complexity of editing group policy objects, i am not going to talk you through it, i am afraid....

For more info on MMC, read up here...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742442.aspx

...and for editing group policy objects, read more here..

http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid192_gci1331723,00.html#

[coach_z]

Shot in the dark considering i dont know what you want/need to do.

run a linux live cd...it is an os run off a cd/dvd and you can do whatever you want to it and then when you restart...POOF! everything is just the way it was when you started it up

-chirs

[Reefscape]

Thats a good idea...same with a windows version of live CD....good call, Coach !!!

[coach_z]

Thats a good idea...same with a windows version of live CD....good call, Coach !!!

thanks
windows has a live cd?

[Reefscape]

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=15113

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/03/burn-windows-live-cd.html

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

:)

[kreesdqban]

Well I want to use VMware Thinapp, formerly Thinstall. It instructs to install the apps you want to Thinstall on a fresh OS. So instead of installing the apps and letting them leave garbage behind after trying to uninstall them I thought it would be easier to jsut hav a fresh windows every time.