Posted on 02/20/2007 10:56:28 AM PST by Echo Talon
Microsoft releases the latest edition of Virtual PC
Microsoft has released Virtual PC 2007 1.0 to customers. The program allows Windows users to run multiple operating systems at once from a single physical computer. Users can also easily switch back and forth between operating systems with the click of a mouse.
New features included with the latest release of Microsoft Virtual PC include:
The following operating systems are officially supported on host machines:
The following operating systems are officially supported as guests:
There is also unofficial support for MS DOS 6.22, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is available as a free download in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can view the release notes for the software application here.
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That box is at work, I'll have to check it, thanks.
what about osx86?
great distro you got there.(grins)
it works fine on Vista 32bit... (you get a message about an "unsigned driver" but just install it anyhow... and everything is good... ;)
you talking about the PCLinuxOS?
That would explain it. I think I got that and then rebooted and went into unsigned driver mode. Have you tried running the MS Virtual Server R2 on Vista yet? Possible, but not for the meek.
TexStar Rulez, and so Does Warren(Mepis) but, I'm poor as hell... And I'm even running Vista as a Demo... LOL ;)
I Will be purchasing Vista(Soon, probably in April I have 2 re-arms left...) LOL
no... I have Windows Server 2003 R2 Demo FREE for 6months from Microsoft do you want me to try that?
You probably would have to fire that 2003 server license up to be able to download the VSR2. I haven't used the VPC but the VSR2 probably is a better product, if you can get it working on Vista. Here's an article I saw about it.
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/10/10/Installing-Virtual-Server-2005-R2-on-Vista-RC1-_2F00_-RC2.aspx
When I try virtualization, it will probably be on an XP Pro machine with 3 or 4 virtual machines also running XP Pro. I could probably save one of those licenses by using Linux for the file server, but I'd have to learn Linux (and choose one of the way-too-many versions of it) and I don't know if or how I can set it up to share files over my network. I'd probably rather spend an extra $150 on an extra license than spend a month of Saturdays picking a distro and teaching myself how to use it.
Server 2003 was a little bit over my head.... I just wanted something "legal" that I knew for sure didn't have any viruses... ;)
LOL!
there is no payers in the front of the line group. i donate and don't get it any faster. only the admins get it faster and only by a couple of days.
RC2 looks perfect to me and i've placed it into production here at home.
far as vista that DRM and calling home everyday is way too much for me. i really liked XP and it will be the last microsoft product that i use.
right now my home is a mix of XP, pclinuxos and one mac.
any new hardware(often)for me is *unix based.
That's how many people including my shop setup our workstations for testing. You can do a "snapshot" backup of a VM, then test something on it, and revert back to the snapshot if the results aren't good.
I'd probably rather spend an extra $150 on an extra license than spend a month of Saturdays picking a distro and teaching myself how to use it.
I totally agree on that. When it comes to Linux, don't believe the hype.
looks better than the nasty blue bar and green start button. ;)
You could pick it up, easiest server O/S there is.
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