Virtual PC 2004 vs 2007

Menno Hershberger

I haven't been able to locate any information on the compatibility of
Virtual PC 2004 and the 2007 version.
However, I have 6 virtual PC's created in XP with the 2004 version.
They are Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME,
Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Server 2003.
I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except Windows
98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works normally.
It's no biggy, but I like to see everything work... :-)
ALL the virtual PC's run noticeably slower in Vista under the 2007 version.
But then again, *everything* runs slower in Vista.
I was just wondering if the 2004 version can be installed in Vista, and if
so, would that fix my problem with Windows 98?
If no one advises me against it, I'll probably try it anyway!

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S4 hangar 18

Virtual pc is a toy... If you want to do serious work get a vmware
product...

look into vmware server, free
and virtual box, free and open source

now you have the virtual machines already in virtual pc, I think you can
convert them to vmware ones..

> ALL the virtual PC's run noticeably slower in Vista under the 2007
> version.
> But then again, *everything* runs slower in Vista.

its more of a crawl than a run


"Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
news:Xns994EA2659B5A7butter@wefb973cbe498...
>I haven't been able to locate any information on the compatibility of
> Virtual PC 2004 and the 2007 version.
> However, I have 6 virtual PC's created in XP with the 2004 version.
> They are Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME,
> Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Server 2003.
> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except Windows
> 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works normally.
> It's no biggy, but I like to see everything work... :-)
> ALL the virtual PC's run noticeably slower in Vista under the 2007
> version.
> But then again, *everything* runs slower in Vista.
> I was just wondering if the 2004 version can be installed in Vista, and if
> so, would that fix my problem with Windows 98?
> If no one advises me against it, I'll probably try it anyway!
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---

Mario

VPC 2004 don't work in vista, only 2007 and yes *everything* runs slower in
Vista, you should install XP again if you want to run virtual machines or
create a partition and make dual boot, vista actually is not enought mature
to work with virtual machines...

"Menno Hershberger" wrote:

> I haven't been able to locate any information on the compatibility of
> Virtual PC 2004 and the 2007 version.
> However, I have 6 virtual PC's created in XP with the 2004 version.
> They are Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME,
> Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Server 2003.
> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except Windows
> 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works normally.
> It's no biggy, but I like to see everything work... :-)
> ALL the virtual PC's run noticeably slower in Vista under the 2007 version.
> But then again, *everything* runs slower in Vista.
> I was just wondering if the 2004 version can be installed in Vista, and if
> so, would that fix my problem with Windows 98?
> If no one advises me against it, I'll probably try it anyway!
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---
>

Jon

"Mario" <Mario@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news493E083-5862-4762-8E47-379D060AC40E@microsoft.com...
> VPC 2004 don't work in vista, only 2007 and yes *everything* runs slower
> in
> Vista, you should install XP again if you want to run virtual machines or
> create a partition and make dual boot, vista actually is not enought
> mature
> to work with virtual machines...
>



Actually everything runs at exactly the same speed in Vista. It just depends
*wbat* you run.

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Jon

Menno Hershberger

Yeah, I know. And that's about all I use it for. If someone consults me
about an older operating system, it's nice to be able to go back and take
a look at it.

"S4 hangar 18" <S4@hangar.18> wrote in
news:.gbl:

> Virtual pc is a toy... If you want to do serious work get a vmware
> product...
>
> look into vmware server, free
> and virtual box, free and open source
>
> now you have the virtual machines already in virtual pc, I think you
> can convert them to vmware ones..
>
>> ALL the virtual PC's run noticeably slower in Vista under the 2007
>> version.
>> But then again, *everything* runs slower in Vista.
>
> its more of a crawl than a run
>
>
> "Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns994EA2659B5A7butter@wefb973cbe498...
>>I haven't been able to locate any information on the compatibility of
>> Virtual PC 2004 and the 2007 version.
>> However, I have 6 virtual PC's created in XP with the 2004 version.
>> They are Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME,
>> Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Server 2003.
>> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except
>> Windows 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
>> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works
>> normally. It's no biggy, but I like to see everything work... :-)
>> ALL the virtual PC's run noticeably slower in Vista under the 2007
>> version.
>> But then again, *everything* runs slower in Vista.
>> I was just wondering if the 2004 version can be installed in Vista,
>> and if so, would that fix my problem with Windows 98?
>> If no one advises me against it, I'll probably try it anyway!

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--- Long live Fat32! ---

Menno Hershberger

That's what I'm doing now. Dual booting Vista and XP. And running the same
Virtual PC's from each.

Mario <Mario@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news493E083-5862-4762-8E47-379D060AC40E@microsoft.com:

> VPC 2004 don't work in vista, only 2007 and yes *everything* runs
> slower in Vista, you should install XP again if you want to run
> virtual machines or create a partition and make dual boot, vista
> actually is not enought mature to work with virtual machines...
>
> "Menno Hershberger" wrote:
>
>> I haven't been able to locate any information on the compatibility of
>> Virtual PC 2004 and the 2007 version.
>> However, I have 6 virtual PC's created in XP with the 2004 version.
>> They are Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME,
>> Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Server 2003.
>> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except
>> Windows 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
>> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works
>> normally. It's no biggy, but I like to see everything work... :-)
>> ALL the virtual PC's run noticeably slower in Vista under the 2007
>> version. But then again, *everything* runs slower in Vista.
>> I was just wondering if the 2004 version can be installed in Vista,
>> and if so, would that fix my problem with Windows 98?
>> If no one advises me against it, I'll probably try it anyway!


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--- Long live Fat32! ---

Menno Hershberger

"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in
news:#pD9aZhrHHA.2152@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>
> "Mario" <Mario@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news493E083-5862-4762-8E47-379D060AC40E@microsoft.com...
>> VPC 2004 don't work in vista, only 2007 and yes *everything* runs
>> slower in
>> Vista, you should install XP again if you want to run virtual
>> machines or create a partition and make dual boot, vista actually is
>> not enought mature
>> to work with virtual machines...
>>
>
>
>
> Actually everything runs at exactly the same speed in Vista. It just
> depends *wbat* you run.

So if everything runs at the same speed, why does it depend on what you
run? :-)

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Lang Murphy

<snip>
> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except Windows
> 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works normally.
<snip>

Well... if your 98 VM runs Scandisk in XP, then one must assume there's
something wrong with the VHD. That it blows up in VPC 2007? No clue... but I
would think if you can get it to run in VPC 2004 without it running
Scandisk, that it would run OK in VPC 2007.

Lang

Menno Hershberger

"Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
news::

><snip>
>> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except
>> Windows 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
>> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works
>> normally.
><snip>
>
> Well... if your 98 VM runs Scandisk in XP, then one must assume
> there's something wrong with the VHD. That it blows up in VPC 2007? No
> clue... but I would think if you can get it to run in VPC 2004 without
> it running Scandisk, that it would run OK in VPC 2007.

It runs scandisk in XP because it didn't shut down properly when I was
trying it in Vista. If I run it twice in a row in XP, then it is OK the
second time.

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Lang Murphy

"Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
news:Xns994F672F8CCB9butter@wefb973cbe498...
> "Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
> news::
>
>><snip>
>>> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except
>>> Windows 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
>>> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works
>>> normally.
>><snip>
>>
>> Well... if your 98 VM runs Scandisk in XP, then one must assume
>> there's something wrong with the VHD. That it blows up in VPC 2007? No
>> clue... but I would think if you can get it to run in VPC 2004 without
>> it running Scandisk, that it would run OK in VPC 2007.
>
> It runs scandisk in XP because it didn't shut down properly when I was
> trying it in Vista. If I run it twice in a row in XP, then it is OK the
> second time.
>
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> --- Long live Fat32! ---


So... have you tried using the VM when it's in the "not running Scandisk"
state?

Lang