Vista - Does OS effect VPC?

Lets say you have XP 32, will VPC be different/better if you were to use XP
64? Is the video driver provided by VPC effected by which OS you use.

Also, where the crap is this ".vmc file"? I've looked everywhere. I know I'm
running 8mb, but I would love to be able to use 16mb.

OS on host PC: XP Pro SP2
OS on VPC: XP Pro SP2
.....I'm not out to try to achieve the use of different OS's. I'm using VPC
for the Multi side of things, without having to use 'fast-user-switch', or
partitioning. It is a very nice program, but lacks a few components that I
need.

"Confused Soul" <Confused Soul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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The only advantage of a 64-bit host is that it can address more memory,
thereby allowing more memory to be allocated to the host.
No. All emulated hardware in a guest is the same regardless of the physical
hardware on the host.
It's in the folder on your host's hard disk which you specified when you
installed the VM. E.g. if you installed the VM in D:\VMC\XP, then that's
where its files will be...


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

In XP, the VMC file is located by default in My Documents\My Virtual
Machines I think. Do a search inside the file for "Video" and you will
see that the video adapter is assigned 8. As you say, you can change it
to 16. Don't go any higher though as bad stuffs can happen to you.

GP

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"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:
............
............ are you refering to RAM, or any memory?(as in 'video')

"Grand_Poobah" wrote:
I wish I could say it was there. All that's in there, is the starter icon
and the virtual harddrive. Can't access the hdd either. I tried. I searched
the help html, and says exactly what you have said. That it automatically
saves the .vmc files to my documents/my virtual pc area, but I have nothing.
hmmm, guess im out of luck on this 1.

Howdie,
"Confused Soul" <ConfusedSoul@xxxxxx> schrieb/wrote:Try to search for the .vmc file directly on your computer.

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Peter Forster
MVP Virtual Machine
Austria

--->But make sure you have enabled "hidden folders and files" to be visible
from the Folder Options -> Views.

GP

--->That is only because it could have been hidden for some reason. Usually
it is not.

GP

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:27:01 -0800, Confused Soul
<ConfusedSoul@xxxxxx> wrote:
Nope, just need to search intelligently....
In this case the solution is close at hand! Go to:
C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Application
Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC\Virtual Machines

Here you will find a bunch of shortcuts, one for each virtual machine
you have created.
Rightclick the one you need and select Properties.
Now you will see the full path to the vmc file!

Advice1:
Go to ControlPanel/System/Advanced/Environment variables
Then create a new user or system variable named "MYVIRTUALMACHINES"
and set the value to a folder like E:\VPC (which you will have to
create). Note that I use E: rather than C:, that is because I have an
extra hard disk in my PC and then it enhances performance to put the
virtual machines on a separate disk from where Windows is located.

Now the next time you start VPC2007 it will know that you want your
machines *by default* to go to this folder (and subfolders).
It won't affect your already created machines, but all new ones will
go there by default.

Advice2:
Create a folder for each existing machine in this top folder and move
the vhd and vmc files for the guests you have already created to this
subfolder in the top folder.
When you start VPC2007 it will complain about lost machines, so let it
erase the list. Then go to the New... button and use "Add exsisting
machine" for each such machine. Now they will all come back in the
console and be better organized.

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Bo Berglund (Sweden)

"Confused Soul" <ConfusedSoul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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When a VM starts, it grabs the amount of memory assigned to it from the host
machine. If there isn't enough free memory on the host, the VM won't start.

Having more memory on the host machine allows more memory to be allocated to
the guest machine(s) without adversely affecting the performance of the host
machine...


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net