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Old 03-08-2007
Sooner Al [MVP]
 

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Re: UNIX X Windows display for Vista Ultimate
"kbedka" <kbedka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1D2D3820-AD44-4CA7-87CA-CB658CAB1355@microsoft.com...
> Does Windows Vista Ultimate have built-in functionality to display
> graphics
> from a remote Unix machine on a local Windows machine. In the past, I've
> had
> to purchase terminal emulators and do a bunch of hocus-pocus to get this
> to
> work properly. Any insight here would be appreciated.


You might look into using VMware or Virtual PC (from MS) and run Linux in a
virtual session. Its possible VPC may not run Linux though. Check the
documentation...

http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/

I have not seen any X emulators for Vista yet, but they may exist...

Good luck...

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