<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thanks for all the replies regarding running a scanner's Windows software.<br> <br>How does it work with the vmware/virtualbox? do these applications create a window (for example in Gnome) which is a `virtual windows machine' (looks like a windows desktop) and I can run the scanner application in there?.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Mike.<br></td></tr></table><br>