Virtual PC

VPC 2007 Message: "The hardware standard (Virtual Server 2005) for virtual machine <"test system"> is not recognized."
Dear All: When I add a new system and open a VMC file created by Virtual Server 2005 R2 I receive message, "The hardware standard (Virtual Server 2005) for virtual machine <"test system"> is not recognized." The system appears to work. Will there be any harm in not defining the system from scratch? Also,... 23 Feb 2007 05:48

Problem with Windows Vista Update using Virtual PC 2007
I have installed Virtual PC 2007 onto a Windows XP SP2 platform. I have a licensed copy of Windows Vista. I was able to install it successfully within Virutal PC 2007. I was also able to activate my copy successfully. I went to "update" the software using Microsoft Update but an error was returned "Ox802440... 22 Feb 2007 04:09

video mode that is too large
I use vpc 2004. When trying to resize to full screen, I get the following message: "the virtual machine is using a video mode that is too large for your monitor" I tried to play with the computer's display settings but did not help. Any ideas? Thanks ... 23 Jan 2007 12:37

how to use iso?
I have some files made by the slax-linux, they are in the .iso format for CD burning. How do I use those with virtual pc? ... 23 Jan 2007 08:57

VPC 2007 Hardware-Assisted Virtualization
I'm trying to determine if hardware-assisted virtualization is actually enabled in my instance of VPC 2007. When I go to VPC options it says that Hardware Virtualization is Enabled, but when I select that option the right-hand side of the option window displays a disabled checkbox for "Enable hardware-assis... 10 Feb 2007 14:46

A valid Product ID is required to operate Virtual PC ??
I had VPC 2004 then installed the 2007 beta. Worked fine. Now I installed the release candidate for 2007 and I get an error popup after installation saying: _________________________________________________ Virtual PC has detected an invalid or missing Product ID. A valid Product ID is required to operate Vi... 21 Feb 2007 16:26

NONSPOOLED_LPT1 Error
I get a nonspooled_lpt1 error when I open a vhd in the free VPC 2004. Win98SE guest on WinXP SP2 Pro host. I can eliminate the error by first entering from the host "net stop spooler" which allows me to access my printer on the host lpt1. At support.microsoft.com/?kbid=893173 Microsoft refers to a... 16 Dec 2006 14:15

DirectX & Direct3D Issues
When I start Sims2, this message pops up: "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have DirectX 9.0c... yadda yadda yadda" Well, I have DirectX 9.0c. So I looked at some of the posts and did not know about RUN:DXDIAG, so I did it. I went to 'display'... 6 Dec 2006 14:55

increase hard disk size
I created a VPC setup such that it had a 16 GB hard disk that was a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk. I've now come to realize that it's not nearly large enough - it's reporting that I am near the disk size limit. Is there a way to change it from 16 GB maximum to, say, 30 GB, yet keeping it as a dynamic... 5 Dec 2006 23:33

Cannot create virtual machine in VPC 2007 beta
I've installed Virtual PC 2007 on my Vista RC2 machine but every time I go through the New Virtual Machine Wizard I receive the following error when I click the "Finish" button: "Virtual PC was unable to create a new virtual machine configuration with these settings." "Please verify that you have write-acce... 26 Oct 2006 16:49