Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

BaYaBas — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:37:09 GMT

tried to install and run Virtual PC 2007 on my Vista Home Premium edition under Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode and it's working fine :)

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re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

scheidel21 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:51:14 GMT

Apple has good reason not to allow OSX on other hardware, The reason Apple manages to make their software run so well and be optimized is they control the hardware. Simply put OSX theoretically would not run as well on other hardware and could cause system instability.

As far as VM goes I was really hoping XEN would emerge as a winner on the linux platform, but it appears that this will not be the case. But VM is the future and the number of virtualization offerings just shows what a competitive market this will end up being. The one on top will be the first to offer really excellent 3D performance in a VM.

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

endgamewon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:03:21 GMT

I ran VPC 2007 using Home Premium as the host and had no problems until I tried to update my XP install. The only thing that happened was a freeze, I just rebooted opened my VM and turned off auto update (which sucks because Having an up to date XP SP2 or 3 would really let me examine apps and tools realtime) as of now I just uninstalled VPC 2007 and am waiting for someone like linux to create their own lol, they do everything nowadays, other than the no updates I had no problem using the VM in Home. Too bad I couldn't download an ISO of all the current MS updates then install manually.

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

mmuncie — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:32:40 GMT

I need help! Why would my Windows 2003 Server running in V. PC 2007 on a Windows Vista Ultimate ot allow Internet access???

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

cfc106 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:46:56 GMT

Hi,

I tried to run 98 and XP in virtual PC and they keep coming up with the same error:

first it loads saying:

client MAC ADDR: [numbers] GUID: [more numbers]

DHCP..-

then after a while it comes up with a boot error message:

Reboot and Select proper Boot device

or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device_

do you have any solutions?

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

juca — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:53:58 GMT

Hi,

I have installed Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. I want to run Windows XP on it using Virtual PC 2007. Do I have to install full pack of XP, or update version could do the job?

Thanks

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

Nick White — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:54:35 GMT

Hey fizzicist: you might check out Apple's Boot Camp, which will allow you to actually install Windows Vista on Macs with Intel processors, thus getting around the need for any virtualization software.

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

fizzicist — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:45:57 GMT

My apologies in advance if this is not the place to post this question. I would greatly appreciate a redirect if that's the case.

I'm a VirtualPC 7.0.1 for Mac user (Windows 2000 Professional), running on a PowerMac G5 DP 2.5GHz (OS X 10.4.10). As far as I have been able to tell, VirtualPC for Mac does not support Vista, so there is no upgrade path to Vista within VirtualPC for Mac. Additionally, it appears that I'm locked out of an upgrade path on my MacBook Pro (Intel Core 2 Duo) because Virtual PC for Mac is not supported on that hardware.

My question is this: Is there any other upgrade path from my install of Windows 2000 Professional to Vista if I run alternative virtualization software...say, Parallels Desktop (or VMware Fusion on a MacBook Pro w/Intel processor, which I also own)?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Vito

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

Nick White — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:01:27 GMT

Hey hrdn: I'm thinking you'll want to check out the white paper located here for details: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/appcompat.mspx.

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

hrdn — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:04:05 GMT

I use VPC for development purposes primarily however, also I use it at home for the purpose stated below. What did 2007 break in this regards?

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re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

Nick White — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:26:06 GMT

Hey Gustav2020: technical questions of this type are best directed to the Microsoft public newsgroups, as that's the best place for you to seek product support outside of calling our Support team directly: http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups.

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

Gustav2020 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:26:29 GMT

I am not quite sure if any of you guys tried to install a W2K pro as a guest onto a Vista Business as host. I always got "Invalid Product Key" error at stage to enter those 25 characters. I know the key is valid, it's a legal copy and I could install it onto an XP pro as host. There is no problem to install XP as guest, but for W2K, it simply not working. Any suggestion?

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

Bryan-0 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:29:04 GMT

Everybody needs to realize that intellectual property law doesn't come from an implicit divine right to having a monopoly over things based on your own ideas. Instead, it is a social device used to encourage innovation and progress. The justification goes like this: "If the writers of books could not be paid for the fruits of their efforts, there would be no writers of books."

So, in an effort to see that the innovators, inventors, and tinkerers get rewarded for their efforts, the governments of several countries have agreed to sanctioning each of them a monopoly. Often we must succumb to one evil in order to overcome another. That is what is going on here. Which of the two is the greater evil, shall be determined by us, the general populace of the world.

From the looks of this thread, I think the general populace is beginning to question the wisdom of granting monopolies for the sake of "encouraging innovation."

re: Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista

Zoltan — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:28:34 GMT

I've always used Virtual PC on my previous windows versions, but as you said, when I've installed virtual PC 2004 on Vista there was some problems appeared. I haven't jet obtained virtual PC 2007 but it seems very useful, so I'm going to download right now.