Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Now your virtual PC work space main windows would look like this,

VPC

So now Click File then option to some advance settings of the VPC software…

VPC

Now there enable the Hardwrae virtualization if available…

VPC

Now back at the main VPC Window, right click on your VPC Iteam you just have setup, in my case Its win2k3 ,

VPC

Here you may modify settings as like RAM size, networking settings and other stuff, how at this point for a new VPC image you need to just enable the Hardware virtualization if available…

VPC 

Now interesting feature of any virtualization softwares are you can start the booting from your physical drive of from a ISO file saved on desktop, so suppose you have download a OS like suppose Windows Server 2003 SP2 as in ISO format, so you may load the ISO as Bootable CD/DVD in the VPC directly…

So Start the VPC image… Click on CD and either capture one ISO bootable image by browsing for in your HDD or insert a Installation Bootable Disk in any or your Systems physical drive and capture it… Once done Now Click Advance and then Ctrl+Alt+Del to resset the VPC….

rest is just like normal OS installation … So carry on with the installation of your OS in side the VPC….

Post Installation Settings

Once you have completed the setup, dont install any Physical systems drivers in side Virtual PC Guest OS…

rather Click, Install or update Virtual Machine Additions… as they will act as Drivers in side the VPC OS…

Choto Cheeta on September 1, 2007 | Filed Under Computer, Software

22 Comments

Quiz_Master  on September 1st, 2007

Hmm…. wow.. Nice and Big tutorial…
Got every step… thanks to included pics…

Pity it doesn’t support linux (atleast my fedora…)

Jain  on September 18th, 2007

Thank you for the tutorial, can you please tell me will my Laptop be able to run virtul pc

Ana Meneses  on October 26th, 2007

I’ve been searching for a “real” manual on how to install software such ms access 2007 RUNTIMES on a virtual pc but there is none to be found.

salkis  on November 1st, 2007

is it possible to run MS virtual PC 2007 in Vista Home premium
should the version of guest OS be legal?

Choto Cheeta  on November 1st, 2007

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is fully compatible with any version of Vista…

How eve the Guest OS must have its own license…

Quiz_Master  on November 1st, 2007

I found VirtualBox to be much efficient.
And it run linux too . :p

Ashish  on November 5th, 2007

+1 for VirtualBox! It is easy to use, supports non Microsoft OS, low on resources, size only ~18 MB. A lil bit buggy but still a very good freeware!

Link:- http://www.virtualbox.org/

Brian  on November 15th, 2007

For free virtualization, VMWare Server is a free product. Supports Windows XP/2003/Vista, Linux (Redhat, Fedora, Ubuntu, SUSE), FreeBSD, and Solaris 9 and 10.

It actually supports MANY MANY operating systems, as it’s emulation is extremely accurate and compatible.

I use it to do OS development :)

http://www.vmware.com

Akash  on December 2nd, 2007

I Am Using Windows Xp-sp2. My Sys. is AMD2500+512m/b+ 80gb HDD.I Want Install Windows SERVER2003 In Virtual PC 2007.My Host System is As per Above.
SO It will Done OR NOT?

WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON HOST SYSTEM?

WHY MY HOST SYSTEM IS GOING SLOW WHEN I RUN 2003SERVER WITH VIRTUAL PC 2007?

HOW can I Up My Host System Speed?

And Last but not Least, May i Use 2003Server As real SERVER means with all control,with all lan connection?

Akash  on December 2nd, 2007

May I See My Host System Partion In server2003 which is running in Virtual pc?how?

And Then may i share this Partion Or Folder In to My Lan Network?

please tell me help me…………….////////???????

Frank  on December 27th, 2007

I installed virtual pc 2007 on win2003 server (Host) the guest is win2000. When I started the guest OS the host cpu runs at 100%. After that, I installed virtual pc 2004 (where the win2000 was originally created) and I have the same response 100% cpu utilization and the gust OS seems to be starting forever (in both cases).

What could this be for and what can I do ? Thanks.

prasanth  on January 1st, 2008

hey,

i want to install Ubuntu 7 on vmware workstation, will this Linux installation give the same performance as a normal Linux installation?

thanks,
p

Satyam  on February 1st, 2008

Owesum Article
Solved my Problem on dual PC
Thanks

pradyumna  on April 22nd, 2008

Hi,
i have Virtual PC 2007 , i am using this for accessing remote machine , but i dont know how to copy data from my desktop (My local machine Hard disk ) to that perticular machine .Would it be possible using VPC.

Rahul  on May 25th, 2008

wonderful and complete guide for virtual pc setup.

Well i expected little bit high with virtual pc, but i felt some disadvantages.
-My resolution wont with my native resolution (1680*1050) even in full screen mode in my 22″ LG LCD. May be am doing something wrong.
-I thought of two OS at once, but after installation i felt that i can access only 1 drive (virtual). It wont allow me to access files from my Host OS. Again may be am missing something.
-I installed, 64bit version of microsoft virtual pc 2007 on my Vista Ultimate ( host OS ) and installed XP_SP3 as my guest OS, with 1gb ram alloted from my total of 4GB ram. Now i feel, my vista goes slow.
-I tried to copy paste some files from my host os to virtual os, but failed.

Overall, am more than happy with my new experiment from this useful post. It was the awesome moment when i saw two OS at same time. As per your words ” it allows IT Professionals and Developers to test some thing 1st hand on Virtualized environment but in real time and 1st hand to teach and prepare them self for the New Technology of software which they have developed or wants to develop under them…”

Seeking for some more new experiments in future.

Regards
Rahul

George  on July 12th, 2008

I am a newbie at this. I just got a HP Pavilion machine with Vista home premium 64bit version, 4gb Ram, Nvidiaa GeForce 8600M GS with 512mb dedicated mem. NICE!! only one problem. My Chief Architect refuses to run even under the compatibility mode! WHATS THE USE OF A SWEET MACHINE THAT CAN’T DO THE JOB! Can VM handle the job? What are my alternatives? Suggestions anyone, anyone?
HELP!!!!

Owen Biewahn  on July 17th, 2008

Are there any plans to add USB support to Virtual PC 2007 or a subsequent product in the future?

Mitch  on August 8th, 2008

Can I run windows server 2003 and run windows xp and have the server 2003 acts as a DC and do networking with the XP box logging into the 2003 box…all in in a virtual environment. My host OS is Vista. I think I can do it if my host os was 2003 and all my virtual machines were xp.

Thanks

vpc  on September 14th, 2008

i want vpc dowload

Name  on February 9th, 2009

SWAP FILE ERR – When trying to install XP under Vista, when I run the ‘winnt.exe’ file from the virtual DOS prompt of Virtual PC 2007, I get a blue screen which says there isn’t enough space for a swap file. I’ve directed the set to a space that has plenty of HD room, allocated even 500mb of memory..no juice…keep getting the XP install err ‘NO SWAP FILE SPACE’. My drives have more empty space than full space.

This program doesn’t work on Vista SP2..Business. Also according to the PC 2007 website, the prog isn’t compat with all Micro OS.

Choto Cheeta  on February 10th, 2009

@Name

Which application gives this error, is it inside the VPC operation or it is Windows Vista which is showing this error ?

Also, VPC do support booting from CD using the available CD / DVD ROM of the PC.. So can you please try and see if you can start the installation via booting from WinXP installation CD ROM ?

Thanks,

kanniga  on August 1st, 2009

What is VPC?Explain me clrly in few words

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