[gui-talk] Fwd: Portlock Leap Frog

[Steve Pattison]

Prices in this message are in US dollars.  -Steve.

From: Chris Hallsworth christopherh40 at googlemail.com
To: access-uk at freelists.org

Hello all.

After using it for a while, it's time I spread the word about this amazing 
program.

This program provides features to manipulate iso and VHD (virtual hard 
disk) files, however there is one unique feature which until now we 
haven't been able to take advantage of.

Windows 7 has a new way of creating multiboot environments; native VHD 
boot. This basically means boot an operating system from a virtual hard 
disk. Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate provides this capability. The only 
way we could do this was to boot from the Windows 7 installation DVD and 
perform complex command line tasks to which we would need sighted 
assistance.

This is until I discovered Portlock Leap Frog, which provides a wizard to 
simplify and automate such a process. It is also possible to set up such 
an environment on a Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, lower 
editions of Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008, unlike Microsoft's way.

So, in short, Portlock Leap Frog provides a fully accessible way of 
creating, partitioning, formatting, and installing Windows 7 
Enterprise/Ultimate, Windows Server 2008 R2 and HyperV 2008 R2, as well as 
adding the VHD entry to the Windows Boot Manager.

Using Native VHD boot, you can achieve the same performance as if you were 
running an operating system from a real hard disk. A classic scenario 
might be you want to set up multiboot environments without modifying 
partitions. Another classic scenario is testing and development of 
applications that use specific hardware, neither of which can be achieved 
in virtual machines, provided by VMware or VirtualBox for example.
For more information, including watching a short video, go to 
www.portlock.com. You can download an almost fully functional 30 day trial 
from the above site. The price is $39.95, and is an one off payment.

If possible, please spread the word, as this is a unique opportunity to 
allow us blind and visually impaired users to take advantage of this 
excellent feature only found in high end editions of Windows. I will do 
the same.

Thank you.
Take care.
-- 

Chris Hallsworth

Regards Steve
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