I am using the latest version, v11.6. I made a virtual cd of the Windows XP SP2 CD and installed from that cd. I have made most of the applications I use like Adobe 8.1 into virtual DVDs and installed them from the DVDs in VDPro11.6.

Because I initially bought the Farstone software as a game improvement and not as an application improvement software, can someone enlighten this novice as to what I have actually done with the Windows XP installation in terms of virtualization.

I am not using virtual hardware but the the Intel 3.2GHz cpu is emulated as 2 cpus both working at 2.119GHz.

I am wondering what sort of virtualization it is I am experiencing. I am more interested in the operating system rather than the applications and games. The system is working very quicly and like that is quite a lot better to work with.

I do a little bit of drawing with MSPaint, watch DVDs, email and webbrowse alot, use Adobe Reader to read pdf files with the computer.

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I am wondering what sort of virtualization it is I am experiencing.

Farstone Virtual Drive Pro is just a drive emulator like Daemon Tools or Slysoft Game Jackal.

By "virtual dvds" I think you mean you have made image files of the original media, which can be mounted in a virtual drive.

You cpu is probably has HyperThreading or multiple cores, you can check with cpu-z (freeware):

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php