Microsoft Release Virtual PC 2007

Microsoft has released Virtual PC 2007 and is available for free download from their website. Virtual PC is a brilliant piece of software; it allows you to run multiple operating systems at the same time on a single physical machine.

With Virtual PC, you can test new software and see if it works in a safe environment without interrupting your physical PC. It can seamlessly switch over to other operating system, just like your switch applications. With the new version of Virtual PC 2007, users can drag and drop, copy and paste files between guest and host. Virtual PC 2007 enables you to run any of these operating systems along with your physical PC:

  • Windows 98: 64MB memory and 500MB disk space
  • Windows ME: 96MB memory and 2GB disk space
  • Windows 2000: 96MB memory and 2GB disk space
  • Windows XP Home/Pro: 128MB memory and 2GB disk space
  • Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, and Ultimate: 512MB memory and 15GB disk space

Other features include Mouse Integration and Time synchronization between virtual and host PC. Virtual PC 2007 supports both Intel and AMD Hardware and is packed into two versions, 32-bit and 64-bit version. They have put up a small demo of Virtual PC 2007, check it out.

via CyberNet

This post was published by on February 20, 2007

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  • http://www.anirudhsanjeev.org Anirudh

    I prefer VMWare. I can also run linux and other os/es on that. Make note that virtual pc supports running macosx

  • http://www.anirudhsanjeev.org Anirudh

    Hmmm… Apparently one virtual desktop is running kde over there. I think I’ll try this out. VMware’s not running on vista and it’s becoming a problem

  • http://techecho.blogspot.com AV

    Another freeware virtualization alternative is VirtualBOX.It supports both windows aswell as linux.

  • http://lagopi.blogspot.com Ramanathan

    i never knew this sorta software exists. thanks for the info mate. does it require more than 512 MB RAM for a smooth operation?

  • http://www.techaddi.com Paul J.

    I haven’t really tried out virtual PC but I am going to give it a go in the coming weeks.

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay

    Thanks for the update. I had major problems running Linux on 2005. Hopefully this works.

  • Elcio

    Estou tendo problema com a instalação do pc virtual e queria que vcs me ajudasem a resolver obrigado ….
    O erro que aparece é assim :”tsis version pc canno be runpae phisycal address extetion)mode enabled on the host.please disable this fiature aberofe running virtual pc again

  • Don Wilson

    Am having trouble printing with virtual pc. All setups seem right, but nothing prints, any feedback?