Windows Vista Business and Virtual PC 2007

I've been using the beta version of Virtual PC 2007 on my laptop quite
happily for a week or two, but after upgrading my machine to Windows Vista
Business, when I try to launch the program it tells me the beta has
expired... can anyone help?

I'm worried I won't be able to use the VHDs I've created for self studying
Windows Server 2003!

 

You might try uninstalling VPC2007, and then installing the current RC
version that's on connect now. The VHD's and .VMC's wont be deleted, and
when you're done reinstalling, just double click on the .VMC file and it
will be re-added to the VPC console.

 

Thanks Bob, I'll give it a try. One or two other applications didn't work
initially after the Vista upgrade, but after re-installation they seemed to
work fine...I'll give it a try with VPC2007.

 

....I managed to get the application to start after re-installing it, but now
it gives me a message about not being able to bind network services, and so
the Virtual Machines have no network connectivity! I'm not sure if I will be
able to remove it and revert to VPC2004 and still be able to use the existing
VHDs.

 

You may be able to, but VPC2004 isn't fully functional in Vista. (turns off
glass and there's no parallel support are the 2 biggest gotchas.)

I'd try yet again to uninstall VPC2007 and reinstall it, I've seen this
particular problem cleared up this way. make sure and reboot after the
uninstall and another one after the reinstall. (before you use it)

 

Isn't it specific to run only under Vista Ultimate????

 

No. I have VPC 2007 running happily on Vista Business with Vista Home
Premium as the guest OS.

 

It should run on any edition of Vista. What you are probably thinking of
are the supported editions. Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate are
supported (by MS Product Support Services). "Supported" does not mean the
same as "runs on."

 

microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, Bill Grant

Which is of course a violation of the retail Home Premium EULA
(MSDN extends the EULA to allow for this however) Any version of
Vista can be used as the host, however, for retail and OEM
versions (that aren't BIOS locked) only Ultimate and Enterprise
are licensed for use as guests.

 

the microsoft.public.virtualpc news group, Paul Adare

Business may be eligible as well, it is listed as a supported
guest in the VPC 2007 readme but I haven't checked its EULA yet.

 

Business Edition is eligible per its EULA.

 

@microsoft.com>, in the microsoft.public.virtualpc news

Thanks Jane, saves me from having to go check.

 

Does that mean VPC will also run on XP Home as well as on Vista Home
but just not supported by MS?

 

Yes.