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urlwolf:
Hi guys,

You probably will find this app interesting:
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/installation/hack-attack-safely-install-software-in-a-virtual-layer-162910.php

This is nice if you test many new apps a day. it does not change your system, as all the changes are captured in the virtualization layer. I guess it is safer than writing to the registry etc and then undo the changes *using e.g., your uninstaller 2006). It's kind of like UT3 but clearer (to me).

What do you think?

f0dder:
It's a very interesting concept, but I tend to do test software installations in vmware, which has it's own rollback stuff... I've been hesitating to try out SVS because I'm afraid it might affect performance - I already think NOD32 auto scanning is bad enough :)

Darwin:
Sandboxie www.sandboxie.com allows you to install and run applications sandboxed and works really well... It will also run any installed application sandboxed, including web browsers (hence the name sandboxIE) and this feature works well as well. The hit on performance is minimal and using sandboxie, and any app that is running within its virtual environment, couldn't be simpler. Finally, there is an active forum devoted to driving development of it http://sandboxie.com/phpbb/.

There are both freeware and shareware versions of it available. The differences are:

"In the registered version, Sandboxie can be configured to issue a warning whenever a particular program is launched outside the sandbox. You can also configure Sandboxie to automatically sandbox particular programs, even when they are not launched through the Sandboxie front end tool."

patteo:
I think there's a similar product call Shadowuser.

StorageCraft - Surf the web privately and free of adware and spyware!
http://www.storagecraft.com/SUdownload.html

There's also a $20 discount coupon SUDISCOUNT on the site that says it expires on 31/3/2006

Out of curiosity I tried it and it still works and gives a net price of $49.

Not sure how it differs from VMWare and Microsoft Virtual PC

Understand that Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is now free
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/default.mspx

urlwolf:
Hmm, I don't think this is the same as VMware.
At least the way I use it, it doesn't affect performance.
It is equivalent to a sandbox.

I use it to test applications
If you don't like the application, you delete the layer and it's gone. No uninstall necessary.

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