re: DIfference between ms virtual pc 2007 and dual boot pc
Friday, March 9, 2007 at 6:54 am
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Handy Andy
(16 messages posted)
You got a new pc with vista preisntalled and alot of the hardware doesn't work? Man
did you shop at the wrong store.
Virtual PC 2007 is a piece of software which you can install within your current
operating system and then install other operating systems as a virtual pc. You will
need a fair bit of ram available if you want to run vista and XP as a virtual pc.
As for hardware, virtual pc uses virtual hardware, so things such as your printer,
DVD drive, keyboard and mouse will work, it really depends on which hardware isn't
working.
Which pieces of hardware aren't working? Have you looked for driver updates, given
it's a new pc with vista preinstalled I would contact your supplier and ask why the
hardware isn't working.
On Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 9:52 pm, jeff wrote:
>I got new pc presinstalled with vista and alot of my harware doesnt work. So i want
>to put xp on it.
>so is microsoft virtual pc like running xp from WITHIN vista?
>and if so, does this mean that ALL my hardware will work when i go to virtual xp?
>
>Finally i noticed that the demo on ms site says "any licensed version of windows
>will work on virtual pc".
>but in order to get xp on my new dell i have to use the xp reinstallation disc from
>my old system. --is that illegal, and will it work?
>thanks for any help!
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