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Why VMware
 

Is VM ware over kill ? If creating a new user account works the same, why have VM ware?
What is the purpose of VMware just for multiple ebay accounts?

I keep researching it an all I see is that its great for running multiple OS on one machine.

Id really just like to know how to set up user accounts that give different browser fingerprints for 30 accounts at a time.

Would really appreicate a link or someting that can help out.

Re: Why VMware
 

Several Reasons for VMWare:
1. As you said, you can run multiple OS's thus allowing you to log into many Stealths at one time without having to switch users.

VMWare allows you to install different OS's with different configurations, you can modify screen resolution/size, fonts installed, plugins installed.

Portable-VirtualBox | Download of Portable-VirtualBox

Re: Why VMware
 

Virtual machines are great for portability, and you can essentially use your accounts on any machines with the right settings. You do not have to create a VM for each account, I personally just create one VM and have all my accounts under different user accounts on the VM.

Also MM78, I personally do not recommend your suggestion of using a 3rd party implementation of that "portable" VirtualBox. You still need to install drivers to use network capabilities, and this will cause a lot of mess in the system if the drivers aren't properly removed after the end of each usage. It's much safer to install VirtualBox/VMware Workstation on all your machines natively and then carry the actual VM files instead.

Re: Why VMware
 

It eliminates most possibilities of being linked. As everything sits inside a VM, and is sticked to it, so no problems with cookies, browser fingerprints, linking via images in mails, logging into wrong account etc. Of course, links can still happen, but if some possibilities can be removed, why not to?

Re: Why VMware
 

Desirable but not necessary:

Weigh up the pros/cons:

VPN + static IP + VMWARE

Re: Why VMware
 

Actually, VMware can be set up in some decent dedicated server located in some small datacenter. As a result, it is possible to remove that noisy box from the home, and ask for new static IP when old ones burn.

Re: Why VMware
 

Thank you guys. I appreciate the replies. I did searches and vmware came up a lot but never really gave me the info I needed. So Im guessing it is also easy to just delete that version of VMware rather than doing a complete reformat?

I will research it more and more than likely set it up for 20 accounts.

Re: Why VMware
 

Pretty much. Each virtual machine is encapsulated in files. If you delete those files for a specific VM, that VM will cease to exist.

These two are primarily IP related issues. They can still happen within a VM if you're using an IP address from a banned account.

Re: Why VMware
 

Just installed Virtual Box but I can not figure out how to give it a separate public ip address. Can anyone help?

Re: Why VMware
 

How? Anywhere information on how please?

So for example I can have a VM set up in a Hong Kong datacentre / server and access eBay/Amazon through that and I will be "located" in Hong Kong, is this correct?

Re: Why VMware
 

You can't do that easily. VMs typically shares the IP address of its host.

Re: Why VMware
 

I am using just separate user accounts. Works fine for years... No linkages between accounts..

Re: Why VMware
 

So what is the main difference
between this and firefox portable? From my understanding of this thread it is the option to work on several sccounts at the same time on separate windows? So each one still needs its on dedicated vpn ip?