Test new software without affecting your PC, with Returnil

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Test new software without affecting your PC, with Returnil

December 4, 2007 in Security | Permalink

Grab140_2 The best part of broadband is that we can quickly download software, archives, videos and other multimedia, from the Internet, to our system. We don't have to hang around either. The downside is that we end up testing and installing more applications that we ought and, as we've all experienced, this can cause more problems that it will solve. For instance, when removing software, entries will not always be removed from your Registry, whilst startup items will often remain. Unless you know what you're doing, most people will only see system slowdown.

Returnil Virtual System 2008 is a beta preview of forthcoming technology that will enable you to test your software with a virtual and temporary environment. It's very different from Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 as this requires an operating system to be installed within a virtual manager. Returnil will take your current system partition and load elements in to memory, so your system remains untouched.