A Microsoft program to virtualize another operating system within Windows.
Questions tagged [microsoft-virtual-pc]
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What's the default login for the Windows XP IE6 VPC image supplied by Micosoft?
I downloaded the Microsoft-supplied Virtual PC image for Windows XP / Internet Explorer 6 testing from http://modern.ie and tried to login using the documented credentials of IEUser / Passw0rd! (referenced in the MS supplied release notes)
This does…
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Windows 7 Virtual PC create from existing install
I have a current version of Windows 7 Professional where everything is working just fine. I have Visual Studio, Sql Server Enterprise and a number of other software development tools installed. I was thinking of upgrading my PC. Is it possible that…
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Where to place Virtual PC .vmc and .vhd files?
A colleague passed me a Virtual PC machine that consists of two files, a .vmc and a .vhd, where shall I put them, directly in the "My Virtual Machines" folder, or is there another location?
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The hardware on my PC is dying; I want to continue to use the OS "image". What are my options?
I have a laptop that runs Windows Vista Enterprise. It's a HP-Compaq nc8430, and for a long time the GPU ran very hot as a sort of default behavior set in the bios. This problem was reported and experienced by lots of different people.
I asked…
Cheeso
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Windows Virtual PC losing network connection
On my Windows 7 host machine, I have a Virtual PC guest which runs Windows 2003 server R2.
After 10-15 minutes the guest loses the network connection. To fix this temporarily, I have to change the network to "none" in the VPC settings, then I change…
Mario M
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Running different OS on Virtual PC XP Mode
I installed XP mode from this location: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
Now I would like to install some linux distro on that virtual machine, but I don't see an option for that. All I can do is to set up new windows…
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Anti Virus and Firewall on Virtual PC
Does the Virtual PC for Windows XP Mode on Windows 7 require anti virus package and firewall be installed in it to prevent viruses etc. I have an anti virus and firewall on my PC but not installed on virtual PC. I am using the Windows XP Mode to run…
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Transfering files into XP Mode
Is there an easy way to transfer files into an XP Mode virtual machine? Used to you could install the integration features in VirtualPC and drag and drop files from host to guest. However, I can't seem to get that to work. Is there a "new" way…
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Why VirtualPC reset clock to host clock?
I tried to change the hour of my windows inside Virtual PC but each time it comes back to the clock of the host. How to prevent this ?
asksuperuser
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WinXP on VPC - Unable to change the way users log on or off
On my Windows 7 computer, I have set up a new Windows XP VPC. In the VPC window, when I click Ctrl+Alt+Del, I see Windows Task Manager. As per this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, I can change this behavior to show the regular Windows Security…
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Why my computer check the whole data after restart
I am using superspeed cache.
Other computers also use superspeed with no problem.
Also I often got message that this dll not working that dll not working. I often have to reinstall dropbox firefox and office.
I do not set the C drive for late write.…
user4951
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VirtualPC asks for login credentials every time I toggle fullscreen
Every time I switch my VirtualPC VM window between full-screen and windowed mode, it asks me to login. This is getting a trifle irritating and I can't understand why it does this. Can I stop it happening?
Mr. Boy
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How can I format the data that is used by my Virtual PC only?
I have Win7 64 bit and I'm running Virtual PC emulating XP at 32 bit.
Problem is that there are program/driver errors on the stuff thats installed on the virtual and I want to format it - but not my main machine (which has lots of valuable data on…
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Copying files into a virtual PC is very slow
I have a winXP virtual PC running on a powerful win7 x64 (4 cores 8Gb RAM) workstation.
When I'm copying files in the virtual PC, from my workstation (\\\c$\etc.)
to the virtual, it goes extremely slow even for a 500kb file.
I can,…
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Virtual machine pauses at random intervals
Some of my virtual machines (using MS Virtual PC) recently started to show a very annoying behavior: from time to time (at random intervals) the virtual machine pauses/freezes for one minute. During these pauses, I can't do anything in the virtual…
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