Re: Running Vista Virtual PC on Win 7

Yes, it'll run. I don't think it's a supported scenario, but it should
work fine.

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Bob Comer




Michael Chare wrote:
> I see that the Windows 7 Virtual PC is only freely available on Windows
> 7 Ultimate.
>
> Will the Virtual PC that I have downloaded for Vista run correctly on
> Windows 7 Home Premium?
>

In article <>, bobcomer-removeme-
@mindspring.com says...
>
> Yes, it'll run. I don't think it's a supported scenario, but it should
> work fine.

virtual PC 2004/2007 was never supported even
on XP/Vista home editions, and works on them well.


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Poutnik
The best depends on how the best is defined.

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:41:52 +0100, Poutnik <> wrote:

>In article <>, bobcomer-removeme-
>@mindspring.com says...
>>
>> Yes, it'll run. I don't think it's a supported scenario, but it should
>> work fine.
>
>virtual PC 2004/2007 was never supported even
>on XP/Vista home editions, and works on them well.

But XP and Vista Home are supported with the VPC2007SP1 hotfix.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958162

The Virtual PC 2007 support matrix is extended to include the
following SKUs:
Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3 (SP3)
Windows Vista Home with Service Pack1 (SP1)

These additional SKUs were not supported before this hotfix. These
Home SKUs are currently supported in this hotfix rollup. Additionally,
the following SKUs are supported as guest operating systems:
Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3 (SP3)

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
http://smudj.wordpress.com/

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:11:08 -0500, Joseph Testagrose
<> wrote:

>On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:41:52 +0100, Poutnik <> wrote:
>
>>In article <>, bobcomer-removeme-
>>@mindspring.com says...
>>>
>>> Yes, it'll run. I don't think it's a supported scenario, but it should
>>> work fine.
>>
>>virtual PC 2004/2007 was never supported even
>>on XP/Vista home editions, and works on them well.
>
>Will I be able to install & run XP mode with VPC 2004 in a win7 64 bit
>system?

No, you need VPC 2007.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
http://smudj.wordpress.com/

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:41:52 +0100, Poutnik <> wrote:

>In article <>, bobcomer-removeme-
>@mindspring.com says...
>>
>> Yes, it'll run. I don't think it's a supported scenario, but it should
>> work fine.
>
>virtual PC 2004/2007 was never supported even
>on XP/Vista home editions, and works on them well.

Will I be able to install & run XP mode with VPC 2004 in a win7 64 bit
system?