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Virtual PC 2007 Released as a Free Download by MichaelF on February 20, 2007 02:22PM

Just a quick note to let Port 25 readers know that yesterday Microsoft released Virtual PC 2007 as a free download.

With Virtual PC one can run multiple os's on a single physical machine which should be compelling for those developers needing to test and debug across multiple platforms.  From community feedback I know a number of readers are generally interested in virtualization and I'd be curious to hear about your experiences after giving this a try.

Ben Armstrong's Blog is a good resource for information regarding Microsoft and Virtualization (Here is some info on Linux and Virtual PC from his blog).

On an unrelated note Mary Jo Foley wrote about Ian Murdock's visit to campus today and I have to say I'm really looking forward to his presentation.  I mentioned it before but this is one of the things I really enjoy about this job:  I get to meet all sorts of interesting and intelligent people (both in person and virtually) many of whom I'd never expect to meet as a result of working at Microsoft.  Miguel de Icaza...Ian Murdock?  Who would have guessed?

 -michael 

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  1. MKR said:

    Looks like it can't be run in XP home. :(

    posted at 07:00AM 02/21/2007
  2. MKR said:

    Wait, never mind - it's just "unsupported". I'm ok with unsupported. :)

    posted at 07:12AM 02/21/2007
  3. Eric Jarvi said:

    For anyone who wasn't sniffing port 25: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2007/02/20/virtual-pc-2007-released-as-a-free-download.asp

    posted at 03:25PM 02/22/2007
  4. chrisvelazquez said:

    Last time I tried to run a Linux distro using Virtual PC 2004 on a dual-core machine, I got a kernel panic.  That never happens on a single-core machine.  Do you have any idea why that would happen, and if it has been fixed in VPC 2007?

    posted at 12:31PM 02/26/2007
  5. Virtual PC Guy said:

    chrisvelazquez -

    I have not heard of this specific problem, but we have made a number of fixes for Linux guest operating systems, so please try it out and let me know if the problem persists (you can ping me on http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy).

    Cheers,

    Ben

    posted at 02:15PM 02/26/2007
  6. Ivan Garnizov said:

    Have anyone created a fresh 2003 server on a fresh install of virtual PC 2007

    see what MS says about it

    there is no declared support for it

    notice there is no server for guest OS

    posted at 11:57AM 06/18/2007
  7. Virtual PC Guy said:

    Ivan Garnizov -

    Windows Server is not supported under Virtual PC, but I have set this up many times with no problems, and I know many users who have hit it.

    Cheers,

    Ben

    posted at 04:52PM 06/19/2007
  8. TJ said:

    Why can I not get to my virtuals from other workstations? It seems like i can only use the software locally. Is this true, I am running it on XP Pro SP2 with 2GB ram and 1TB of storage space. What is really the advantage if i can't get to the vertuals from other workstations with in my own network?

    posted at 07:58PM 04/04/2008
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