SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 do not work on Windows Server 2008; therefore you cannot run a sequenced applications on the server; however, the release of version 4.5, although only for client based virtualisation, will work on Windows Server 2008 enabling you to run client based sequenced applications.

Sequencing server based applications is not supported.

SoftGrid Server components will work on Windows Server 2008.

SoftGrid does not change the licensing of any application; however, deploying an application through SoftGrid using the streaming protocol, only places the applications’ Icons on the Desktop.

Until the user double-clicks the Icon and uses the application, it is not installed and therefore does not require a license.

Using this in conjunction with SoftGrid Server licensing system and reports, you can restrict, monitor, or report on the number of licenses in use, enabling you to control and effectively purchase application licenses.

Applications pre-cached on a computer require a license.

Although SoftGrid makes the process of uninstalling an application very simple and quick, you should check the licensing of an application to ensure re-use on another machine; it is often the case that uninstalling an application does not release the license for a number of days before it can be used on another computer.

Can you sequence games? You bet you can; although how useful that would be in business I don't know. In contrast, in my early days, I used games such as Solitaire to teach beginners the basic principles of the interface, mouse, drag n drop, etc.

Pacman is one of my all time favourites and I spent many an hour playing this in the pub and so I decided to sequence the game to see how it coped.

I chose Pacman because it was a good starting point for two reasons.

1.     It does not require any special hardware (DirectX10 for example) or disk protection systems.

2.     It wasn’t designed to run on Vista, so to really test it, I used Vista virtual machines for the sequencer and client J

The sequencing went very smoothly, Pacman Installed and ran without flaw, as it did on the Vista machine.

Although Pacman is a simply game it does demonstrate that even programs developed many years ago, not intended for the Vista platform, can easily be sequenced and deployed.