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FACE - 29 Jul 2008 12:45 GMT

Please don't laugh.................

Is there any host overhead involved with keeping a VPC in "saved state",
while closed?

FACE

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Robert Comer - 29 Jul 2008 13:55 GMT

Only disk space for the saved state file. No RAM.

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Bob Comer

>Please don't laugh.................
>
>Is there any host overhead involved with keeping a VPC in "saved state",
>while closed?
>
>FACE

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FACE - 29 Jul 2008 14:37 GMT

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:55:09 -0400, in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
Robert Comer <bobcomer-removeme-@mindspring.com>, wrote

>Only disk space for the saved state file. No RAM.

Thanks.

I think it was the VPC console showing the (unchanging) thumbnail of the
VPC as it was when it went into saved state that made me wonder if it was
*possibly* in a very low level idle. Also, the fact that when it is
reactivated it does not have to boot -- which of course is what 'saved
state' should do.

(When I cut text, does it *really* fall into the bottom of the monitor
case? Should I occasionally clean it out?)

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Robert Comer - 29 Jul 2008 16:51 GMT

>I think it was the VPC console showing the (unchanging) thumbnail of the
>VPC as it was when it went into saved state that made me wonder if it was
>*possibly* in a very low level idle. Also, the fact that when it is
>reactivated it does not have to boot -- which of course is what 'saved
>state' should do.

Understandable, it really doesn't say what happens in a saved state, I
didn't think it was an odd question at all.

>(When I cut text, does it *really* fall into the bottom of the monitor
>case? Should I occasionally clean it out?)

It takes years to accumulate enough to need to clean it out, that text
is *really* flat. <g>

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>On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:55:09 -0400, in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
>Robert Comer <bobcomer-removeme-@mindspring.com>, wrote
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>
>FACE

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