Typically, I muddled through without reading any of the instructions, which are about paperback book size. There's a little white circle spinning in the right hand side of the toolbar with a V in the middle. When I put my mouse on it, it says 'capturing to new Virtual Software Package. Chuck57 , Oct 19, Joined: Jul 23, Posts: Location: Arizona. I've been using this program for over a year and think it's great.
As noted previously the only negative is, that generally, it's difficult to use with programs that require a reboot. I use this and VirtualBox for software testing and both work great and help keep garbage off my computer.
InfinityAz , Oct 20, I haven't read the large help file yet, so this answer may be buried somewhere in there. I've played with Altiris now for a few hours and have a question. I got firefox running in altiris, and discovered how to deactivate the layer to install another alternative browser.
So, I deactivate that browser to go back to firefox and now am curious. After I reactivate firefox, why doesn't Firefox start in altiris? I mean, I click on firefox and it loads, but the little circle and v in the toolbar don't show. I know, look in help, but I'm the guy that screws things up first, then reads the instructions.
Chuck57 , Oct 20, Joined: Jul 28, Posts: 9, Location: U. You guys inspired me to give this a whirl. Let's see what it can produce. I already have an inkling it could be useful. Does it press the resources much? Since it is a Symantec. Rasheed , Oct 20, It is complex when you start getting deep into it. It's way beyond me, but part of the 'fun,' in a perverse sort of way is trying to learn it. The help manual is pages, which ought to keep me busy for the rest of my life.
Altiris does so much that I'd go into information overload trying to read it all at once. One thing I haven't tried and am really curious about is running software that requires a reboot. If the software is activated in Altiris, I still haven't figured out whether after rebooting it remains active and will keep from loading onto your hard drive.
Firefox is activated even after a reboot. I guess I'll have to download something and try it out while I'm thinking about it. If after a reboot it's there, and then deleting the layer it all disappears, Altiris will be ideal in my book. Okay, real quick test and don't know how accurate. I downloaded a small file, opened Altiris and added it to a layer, after deactivating the firefox layer. It installed immediately and was working. Then, I rebooted and the file was gone.
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Download Now. By placing applications and data into managed units called Virtual Software Packages VSP's , SVS allows you to instantly activate, deactivate, or reset applications, to completely avoid conflicts between applications, and to remove them cleanly without altering the base Windows installation. Getting apps and data into VSP's is simple with an included tool.
This version is the same as the regular commercial product shipped by Altiris, minus the server-side components for centralized management.
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