Vista - Basic Virtual PC information needed.

I've got an "old" PC, about 6 years old, and I'd like to try Virtual PC on
it. Currently it has XP Home, but I do have copies of XP Pro and Vista.
Legal. :-)

MS's utility says the computer can run Vista, but I'm sure I'd be pushing
things if I did.

I found some articles in the knowledge base about Vir PC 2004, but they all
seem to redirect me to the Vir PC 2007 pages. And this intro talks only
about using 2007 on Vista.

Is there still anyplace where I can learn about 2004 and what I'd be able to
do with it?

From reading a thread in this group, I gather you can make 2004 run under
Home, but you have to manually edit some file. I've forgotten which file.

I don't mind installing XP Pro. I don't have any desire to run Vista at the
moment, what I'd like to do is run a couple older MS operating systems,
including DOS occasionally.

If you have any questions, ask away.

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:20:01 -0800, Ken Springer
<wordworks.nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:
VPC2007 is a later version of VPC.
You can use VPC2007
Wrong, VPC will run just fine on XP Home, the only thing you have to
consider is that you cannot call Microsoft for support if you use VPC
on XP Home.
During install there will be a message saying thta there is no support
for Home, but just continue, VPC will styill install and work fine on
Home.
If this is what you need then you should also check out Steve Jain's
website with resources for VPC (http://vpc.essjae.com/). Here are
instructions for creating virtual machines running old Windows and
also download of files no longer distributed with VPC2007.
You are the one asking....

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

"Ken Springer" <wordworks.nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:434B1026-C30C-45BF-BA08-03E09DC7D0AB@xxxxxxWhy not just download the latest version and give it a try?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

It might complain about XP Home not being supported, but it should
install and run OK.

Hi, Bo,

If you're read my reply to Bill Grant, you'll know what I've done to this
point, and my plans.

I must have misread/misunderstood the post I read about hacking some files.
But I don't want to hack any files anyway.

I'll read the info on the website you suggested before installing anything,
and thanks for that site.

As for asking questions....... I don't access these newsgroups often, but
invariably when I do, someone always asks me for more information! So now I
always tell people to feel free to ask about something I've forgotten to
place in my original post. LOL

Ken

"Bo Berglund" wrote: