Start 2 OS on Same Machine

[ds_pandit]

Hi all!!!
My question may be somewhat wrong
I have 2 OS viz. Windows XP & Windows 2000 on the same machine. On Xp there is MS Office 2003 & on Win 2000 there is MS Office XP. Now I developed one small VB exe (offcource related with my work) on Win 2000 platform which is having the dependancies of Office XP. Now when I want to build the same exe on Win XP platform, I have to reboot my machine, logon to Win XP, make related changes, references etc for Office 2003 & again I have to build the exe.
Now my question is , is there any software which can start 2 OS at one time on the same machine?? if so I can start Win XP & Win 2000 at the same time to build exe.

Thanks in advance

 

[Didou]

You need a virtualization software such as VMware for that.

 

[ds_pandit]

Oh! thanks!!!!
That's great, I will try it & update the forum.

Thanks again.

 

[Nodsu]

I am pretty sure you can adjust your development environment so that it can fetch the needed files from the other OS installation..

 

[ds_pandit]

Hi Didou Brou!
thanks it really works great!!
but one problem is when I boot in Win 2000, I can't connect to XP.
I mean it creates memory dump. This situation not happened when I boot in Win 2000 Server & select the virtual machine with Win 2000 Professional.
If you have any solution then kindly alter the forum.

thanks

 

[ds_pandit]

Hi Nodsu Brou!
will u be more specific regarding ur reply. I am using vb as development language. Though I m satisfied with vmvare now, that will be usefull for my knowledge.
thanks in advance again

 

[Tedster]

wouldn't it be easier to export the needed files offline and import them back into the desired OS?