vista virtual pc 2004

When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

We don't know if it will be supported, current builds continue to experience issues with Virtual PC 2004. I suggest you use either VM Ware Workstation 5.5 or Virtual Server 2005 R2. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message

When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

Thanks Andre, Downloaded VM Ware Workstation 5.5-just waiting now. Oh, VM workstation wants a cd for the o.s.;do you think MS will provide that in Beta 2?;or let me know how to set it up when Beta 2 is available.Thanks,
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

We don't know if it will be supported, current builds continue to experience issues with Virtual PC 2004. I suggest you use either VM Ware Workstation 5.5 or Virtual Server 2005 R2. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

Andre, Pardon the last part of the above post-Duh? You have to have some sort of media to install an o.s. I'm tired,it's late Jeff "Jeff" wrote in message

Thanks Andre, Downloaded VM Ware Workstation 5.5-just waiting now. Oh, VM workstation wants a cd for the o.s.;do you think MS will provide that in Beta 2?;or let me know how to set it up when Beta 2 is available.Thanks,
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message We don't know if it will be supported, current builds continue to experience issues with Virtual PC 2004. I suggest you use either VM Ware Workstation 5.5 or Virtual Server 2005 R2. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

You can install from the ISO with VM Ware 5.5, just creat the .vhd file first, browse to the location where the iso file is, boot the .vhd and it should automatically detect it. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message

Thanks Andre, Downloaded VM Ware Workstation 5.5-just waiting now. Oh, VM workstation wants a cd for the o.s.;do you think MS will provide that in Beta 2?;or let me know how to set it up when Beta 2 is available.Thanks,
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message We don't know if it will be supported, current builds continue to experience issues with Virtual PC 2004. I suggest you use either VM Ware Workstation 5.5 or Virtual Server 2005 R2. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

!Virtual Server 2005 R2 - all the way baby! You can have everything running, even Glass! :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

You can install from the ISO with VM Ware 5.5, just creat the .vhd file first, browse to the location where the iso file is, boot the .vhd and it should automatically detect it. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message Thanks Andre, Downloaded VM Ware Workstation 5.5-just waiting now. Oh, VM workstation wants a cd for the o.s.;do you think MS will provide that in Beta 2?;or let me know how to set it up when Beta 2 is available.Thanks,
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message We don't know if it will be supported, current builds continue to experience issues with Virtual PC 2004. I suggest you use either VM Ware Workstation 5.5 or Virtual Server 2005 R2. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

Even Glass? How long does it take to install? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

!Virtual Server 2005 R2 - all the way baby! You can have everything running, even Glass! :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message You can install from the ISO with VM Ware 5.5, just creat the .vhd file first, browse to the location where the iso file is, boot the .vhd and it should automatically detect it. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message Thanks Andre, Downloaded VM Ware Workstation 5.5-just waiting now. Oh, VM workstation wants a cd for the o.s.;do you think MS will provide that in Beta 2?;or let me know how to set it up when Beta 2 is available.Thanks,
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message We don't know if it will be supported, current builds continue to experience issues with Virtual PC 2004. I suggest you use either VM Ware Workstation 5.5 or Virtual Server 2005 R2. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

Less than 5 minutes (Virtual Server, not Vista <g>) -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" a écrit dans le message de news: %23OQfryabGHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | Even Glass? How long does it take to install? | --

I can successful install Vista under VPC2004 .
-- Hope this help and welcome to reply the testing result.
Regards Ken Lin, Kam Hung Founder and VP of Hong Kong .NET User Group(http://HKNetUG.com) MCP, MCP+I, MCDST, MCSA, MCSE(NT4 & win2k), MCSE+I, MCDBA(SQL7 & SQL2K), MCSD(VB6 & .NET), MCAD(.NET) Microsoft Community Star(Hong Kong & Taiwan) Microsoft Most Valuable Professional(.NET since 2003) MCT2004 & 2005
"Jeff" wrote in message

When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

Not for everyone though, its most likely to turn out with errors too, and it requires a minimum of 1GB of RAM. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"MS MVP ³sÀA¶¯ for VB.NET" wrote in message

I can successful install Vista under VPC2004 .
-- Hope this help and welcome to reply the testing result.
Regards Ken Lin, Kam Hung Founder and VP of Hong Kong .NET User Group(http://HKNetUG.com) MCP, MCP+I, MCDST, MCSA, MCSE(NT4 & win2k), MCSE+I, MCDBA(SQL7 & SQL2K), MCSD(VB6 & .NET), MCAD(.NET) Microsoft Community Star(Hong Kong & Taiwan) Microsoft Most Valuable Professional(.NET since 2003) MCT2004 & 2005
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta 2 does release;can you use it by running VPC2004 with a HD that has 40Gb total? The current o.s. is XP Pro?

LOL - Vista installes on Virtual Server 2005 R2 about the same sorta time - just less than an hour I do believe. Need a lot of RAM for the host operating system though - 1.5GB or more recommended.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message

Less than 5 minutes (Virtual Server, not Vista <g>) -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" a écrit dans le message de news: %23OQfryabGHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | Even Glass? How long does it take to install? | --

Thats crazy, I am not gonna run Vista in VM just to give it so much RAM. Anyway, I use VM's for legacy applications. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

LOL - Vista installes on Virtual Server 2005 R2 about the same sorta time - just less than an hour I do believe. Need a lot of RAM for the host operating system though - 1.5GB or more recommended.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message Less than 5 minutes (Virtual Server, not Vista <g>) -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" a écrit dans le message de news: %23OQfryabGHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | Even Glass? How long does it take to install? | --

What if you're running it on a full server in a full cabinet? That'd make more sense then.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Thats crazy, I am not gonna run Vista in VM just to give it so much RAM. Anyway, I use VM's for legacy applications. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message LOL - Vista installes on Virtual Server 2005 R2 about the same sorta time - just less than an hour I do believe. Need a lot of RAM for the host operating system though - 1.5GB or more recommended.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message Less than 5 minutes (Virtual Server, not Vista <g>) -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" a écrit dans le message de news: %23OQfryabGHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | Even Glass? How long does it take to install? | --

A terminal services client would be much cheaper Zack, all I would need to assign to a Terminal client is 256 MBs of RAM. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

What if you're running it on a full server in a full cabinet? That'd make more sense then.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Thats crazy, I am not gonna run Vista in VM just to give it so much RAM. Anyway, I use VM's for legacy applications. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message LOL - Vista installes on Virtual Server 2005 R2 about the same sorta time - just less than an hour I do believe. Need a lot of RAM for the host operating system though - 1.5GB or more recommended.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message Less than 5 minutes (Virtual Server, not Vista <g>) -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" a écrit dans le message de news: %23OQfryabGHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | Even Glass? How long does it take to install? | --

Has anyone successfully installed Vista beta2 on Virtual PC 2004? I have attempted this several times but get a file load error and have to quit. I figure if I can get it loaded on a virtual PC, then I won't ruin my personal XP workstation.

I might add that Vista iso was loaded to DVD as regular image. Maybe there is something I'm doing wrong or, as the other posts say, there is a problem using VPC 2004 with Vista.
"Boom" wrote:

Has anyone successfully installed Vista beta2 on Virtual PC 2004? I have attempted this several times but get a file load error and have to quit. I figure if I can get it loaded on a virtual PC, then I won't ruin my personal XP workstation.

The best way to do this I had success with is:
1. Load the ISO using ISO mount utility like Nero's ImageDrive or the free Dameon. 2. Use the physical drive where the ISO is loaded on the VPC. 3. Make sure the VPC drive has at least 512MB and 10GB space.
"Boom" wrote in message

I might add that Vista iso was loaded to DVD as regular image. Maybe there is something I'm doing wrong or, as the other posts say, there is a problem using VPC 2004 with Vista.
"Boom" wrote:
Has anyone successfully installed Vista beta2 on Virtual PC 2004? I have attempted this several times but get a file load error and have to quit. I figure if I can get it loaded on a virtual PC, then I won't ruin my personal XP workstation.

First of all, I would say Virtual PC 2004 is not a recommend choice, but persons have been successful. I recommend using VM Ware Workstation 5.5 or Virtual Server 2005 R2. VM Ware Workstation 5.5 preferrably. The more RAM you assign to the Virtual Machine, the better the experience, I recommend a minimum of 512 MBs or more.
You can download the VM Ware trial here: http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/eval.html
Virtual Server 2005 R2: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/software/default.mspx -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Boom" wrote in message

Has anyone successfully installed Vista beta2 on Virtual PC 2004? I have attempted this several times but get a file load error and have to quit. I figure if I can get it loaded on a virtual PC, then I won't ruin my personal XP workstation.