Vista - How to install xp onto Virtual Pc

So i've installed the VP onto my computer. Its asking which system. Do I
enter the current Vista or the the xp? Also how do I install xp (home) onto
the VP? Or will it just go to the correct place?
Thanks,
Diane

Open VirtualPC, click on "new" and follow the instructions to create the
environment to accept the guest O/S. . Install Windows XP just as you would
on any other computer. Put the XP CD in the CD tray and start the guest you
have just created.

Remember, VirtualPC **IS** a computer - but there is no operating system
installed until YOU take the necessary steps to do so. Once you have
finished you now have a functioning computer.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Alysonsmom" <Alysonsmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:987995B8-AEFA-4AEB-9805-18CEE9B556D2@microsoft.com...
> So i've installed the VP onto my computer. Its asking which system. Do I
> enter the current Vista or the the xp? Also how do I install xp (home)
> onto
> the VP? Or will it just go to the correct place?
> Thanks,
> Diane

Thank you !! And should I just ignore the wizard until then?

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Open VirtualPC, click on "new" and follow the instructions to create the
> environment to accept the guest O/S. . Install Windows XP just as you would
> on any other computer. Put the XP CD in the CD tray and start the guest you
> have just created.
>
> Remember, VirtualPC **IS** a computer - but there is no operating system
> installed until YOU take the necessary steps to do so. Once you have
> finished you now have a functioning computer.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Alysonsmom" <Alysonsmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:987995B8-AEFA-4AEB-9805-18CEE9B556D2@microsoft.com...
> > So i've installed the VP onto my computer. Its asking which system. Do I
> > enter the current Vista or the the xp? Also how do I install xp (home)
> > onto
> > the VP? Or will it just go to the correct place?
> > Thanks,
> > Diane
>
>

After you have created the guest environment, and named it Windows XP (I
presume), you just insert the XP CD and double click to start the Windows XP
environment. A normal Windows XP install will begin.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Alysonsmom" <Alysonsmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F4294EDB-20C4-48C9-B4EF-F9D7A7C70E33@microsoft.com...
> Thank you !! And should I just ignore the wizard until then?
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Open VirtualPC, click on "new" and follow the instructions to create the
>> environment to accept the guest O/S. . Install Windows XP just as you
>> would
>> on any other computer. Put the XP CD in the CD tray and start the guest
>> you
>> have just created.
>>
>> Remember, VirtualPC **IS** a computer - but there is no operating system
>> installed until YOU take the necessary steps to do so. Once you have
>> finished you now have a functioning computer.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>> "Alysonsmom" <Alysonsmom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:987995B8-AEFA-4AEB-9805-18CEE9B556D2@microsoft.com...
>> > So i've installed the VP onto my computer. Its asking which system. Do
>> > I
>> > enter the current Vista or the the xp? Also how do I install xp
>> > (home)
>> > onto
>> > the VP? Or will it just go to the correct place?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Diane
>>
>>