Binoj Antony's questions

I was recently installing Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 to create my build server on a VM (Windows 2003 R2 Std), I was wondering that it would be nice to specify the temporary folder for the files being extracted by MSI for use during the installation.
This should ideally work for any MSIs.

I have some more virtual hard disks I have attached to this VMs, to point the temporary folder for MSI to one of these virtual hard disks would be quite productive since I can remove/discard this virtual hard disk later.

Compacting the C drive VHD is a pain, and does not always reclaim space correctly.

I tried changing the %temp% and tmp environment variable with no effect? Or is there any concrete/alternative solution to this type of problem?

References:
TempFolder Property ??
Windows Installer Wiki

I have Dell Studio laptop with Intel E6600 processor, I have checked and confirmed that this processor does not have Intel-VT support. (Its available in 6670 available on Dell Vostro)
Has anyone practially used VMWare Player 3.0 on a machine/laptop with processor not having Intel-VT support.

Some references.
Link # 1
Link # 2

[Edit]
I tried Virtual PC from MS and it does not work due to the absence of Intel-VT.
My OS is Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
I need to run only Windows 2003 32 bit Standard and Ubuntu, is this possible with the player 3.0?

I am using Virtual Server 2005 in my previous company, the new company that I have joined uses VMWare, is there any compelling reason for me to start using VMWare.

What are the points where each VM management software scores over the other?

In the long tradition of having hidden features, let us have a list of hidden features in MySQL.

Do put one feature per answer.

Also See:
Hidden Features of Linux
Hidden Features of PowerShell
Hidden features of Oracle Database
Hidden Features of Windows 2008
Hidden Features of Solaris/OpenSolaris
Hidden Features of SQL Server
Hidden Features of IIS (6.0 / 7.0)

Following in the rich tradition of hidden commands in Windows, what are the hidden or not well publicized features in Windows 2008?

As always with these polls, please list one feature per answer.

For other 'hidden features' of other technologies and tools:
Hidden Features of Linux
Hidden Features of PowerShell
Hidden Features of Oracle Database
Hidden Features of Solaris/OpenSolaris
Hidden Features of SQL Server
Hidden Features of IIS (6.0 / 7.0)