Virtual PC - S3 Trio32/64

Does anyone know if there is a way to change to a more robust virtua
video card in VirtualPC 2007? I would like to experiance the ful
functionality of Aero in Vista. I'm running Ultimate64 w/ Ultimate32 o
the virtual PC. At a minimum I would like to have some control some o
the settings the "card" would use and such. Or am I just dreaming? I'v
googled, and visited many forums but none of the posts seem to addres
this head on. Thanks to any and all who might respond. RBI :confused

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rbi

"rbi" <> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know if there is a way to change to a more robust virtual
> video card in VirtualPC 2007? I would like to experiance the full
> functionality of Aero in Vista. I'm running Ultimate64 w/ Ultimate32 on
> the virtual PC. At a minimum I would like to have some control some of
> the settings the "card" would use and such. Or am I just dreaming? I've
> googled, and visited many forums but none of the posts seem to address
> this head on. Thanks to any and all who might respond. RBI
>
>
> --
> rbi

No - you cannot change the virtual hardware in Virtual PC.
If you want aero then move to an appropriately specified physical device.

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Mike Brannigan

Thank you Mike for the quick response. It's unfortunate that some o
these system attributes can't be based on user input or info reported b
the host to offer choices. Have a great day

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rbi

"rbi" <> wrote in message
news:...
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> Thank you Mike for the quick response. It's unfortunate that some of
> these system attributes can't be based on user input or info reported by
> the host to offer choices. Have a great day.
>


This is caused because VPC (or any virtual software) has to support older
OS' where drivers for current hardware isn't available and to make vm's
portable between computers.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:14:34 -0500, rbi <>
wrote:

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>Thank you Mike for the quick response. It's unfortunate that some of
>these system attributes can't be based on user input or info reported by
>the host to offer choices. Have a great day.

Software development always considers user input.

Your idea about being able to change to a "more robust virtual video
card" was... umm.... err... interesting.

"rbi" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to change to a more robust virtual
> video card in VirtualPC 2007? I would like to experiance the full
> functionality of Aero in Vista. I'm running Ultimate64 w/ Ultimate32 on
> the virtual PC. At a minimum I would like to have some control some of
> the settings the "card" would use and such. Or am I just dreaming? I've
> googled, and visited many forums but none of the posts seem to address
> this head on. Thanks to any and all who might respond. RBI
>
>
> --
> rbi

The way to use Aero in a VPC vm is to remote into a vm running on an Aero
capable machine. I haven't done it but ask about it in
microsoft.public.virtualpc where the VPC gurus hang out.