I would try to share what I have learnt
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
Virtualization is a very interesting and effecting concept, 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…
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is a free Virtualization software to allow all users to Virtualized any Windows platformed application or task…
Virtual PC helps users in many other way, like,
Running legacy applications in a virtual machine which may be running older version of the compatible OS instead of a new operating system which you have physically installed in your system…
You may read more of the benefits of Virtualization on Microsoft Web Site
OS under a OS
From END user point a view this is one of the main usage of Virtual PC 2007, that you may run different OS under your own native physical OS…
On the picture you see above is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is running Windows XP under native physical OS Windows Vista… This allows various tests and application to be run at Windows XP without installing them under Native Windows Vista….
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
Microsoft virtual PC 2007 is one of the leading and free software to run such setup… Its a Free software download, you may Click bellow links to obtain the setup file (note there are 2 versions, one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit)…
System Requirements
VPC 2007 can be run under 400 MHz based P-II processors also, but that’s not expected, see in one dumb word powerful system is better, so 1 GHz with 512 MB RAM I would say is good to run it under Windows XP to Virtualize Windows 98 / XP or 2000 or Server 2003, where as if you want to run it under Windows Vista 1.5 GHz or rather Dual Core is recommended with 1 GB RAM at-least….
Where as Under any condition would you need a lot of HDD space because the Virtual Installation of an OS will also need same amount of space like physical OS…
Try to keep the Partion where you would store the VPC images as NTFS…
Installation and Setup Process…
After you obtain the setup file just run the installation by double clicking it, pretty straight forward job… Once you install it, now the configuration comes… Which I would try to explain step by step and would try to Write a tutorial on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 operation…
When you launch the VPC 2007 you would get a window like this
At this point you dont have any OS environment setup, so to setup one environment, Click New,
^^ Click Next to Proceed….
^^^ Select Creat a new Virtual Machine and then Click Next….
Now Browse for a Location to save the VPC File, as it will need same amout of space like a normal OS, so I would say browse and select a Partition other than your OS drive which as lot of space… So once done Click Next…
Now Select the OS tipe, see though it says other but VPC 2007 only works with Windows OSes as I tried couple of linux, didnt work out well… anyway under my Case its Server 2003 what I intetend to run in VPC… So after you have selected your os, click next…
^^^ You may adjust the RAM size, alocate more if you have bigger RAM on physicall system and you plan to run Resourse hungry application under the VPC OS installation…
^^^ At the Next screen asign HDD value…. usually its just a value as by default un-like VMware VPC doesnt offer you any option to pre-reserve HDD space, so would can enter any value you like OS will use only when it needs to use… Usually I asign around 20 GB (20000 MB)… Click Next… and then Click Finish to Complete the wizered !!!
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about 1 year ago
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.
about 1 year ago
i want vpc dowload
about 2 years ago
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
about 2 years ago
Are there any plans to add USB support to Virtual PC 2007 or a subsequent product in the future?
about 2 years ago
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!!!!
about 2 years ago
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
about 2 years ago
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.
about 2 years ago
Owesum Article
Solved my Problem on dual PC
Thanks
about 2 years ago
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
about 2 years ago
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.
about 2 years ago
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…………….////////???????
about 2 years ago
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?
about 2 years ago
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
about 2 years ago
+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/
about 2 years ago
I found VirtualBox to be much efficient.
And it run linux too . :p
about 2 years ago
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is fully compatible with any version of Vista…
How eve the Guest OS must have its own license…
about 2 years ago
is it possible to run MS virtual PC 2007 in Vista Home premium
should the version of guest OS be legal?
about 2 years ago
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.
about 2 years ago
Thank you for the tutorial, can you please tell me will my Laptop be able to run virtul pc
about 3 years ago
Hmm…. wow.. Nice and Big tutorial…
Got every step… thanks to included pics…
Pity it doesn’t support linux (atleast my fedora…)