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Virtual PC is a virtualization program that simulates a hardware environment using software. It is currently developed by Microsoft and intended for use on Windows.

Virtual PC is software that hosts virtual machines (which use software to simulate real hardware). It is designed for the Windows operating system, and is currently developed by Microsoft.

For Windows 7, there is a special version of Virtual PC called "Windows XP Mode" that can be used to run legacy software designed for Windows XP in a special compatibility environment. It is available free of charge for customers with qualifying versions of Windows 7.

Older versions of Virtual PC were released for the Mac OS, and allowed it to run Windows-based software under an virtualized Windows installation. They were chiefly developed and maintained by Connectix, before the software was acquired by Microsoft.

More information about the history and implementation of Virtual PC is available on Wikipedia.

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How do I access localhost ports on a virtual pc?

I've downloaded and installed the Microsoft Virtual PC and Windows XP mode image for testing IE6. I have several projects on localhost that I access by port numbers in my vhosts file, for example: Listen *:82 DocumentRoot…
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Virtual PC 2007 or Hyper-V for personal desktop use?

I'm running Vista on my laptop, but would like to virtualize Ubuntu so that I can boot it from time to time for my personal use (e.g. running code, testing Linux programs). I tried this with Virtual PC 2007 (I allocated 1G of RAM for Ubuntu), and it…
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Expanding Virtual Disk

Hey everyone, I'm using Virtual PC and working with a virtual hard disk (*.vhd) that is only sized at 8.2 GB. I would like to double the size to something like 16-20GB. I see options for compacting the VHD but nothing to expand it. It's set to…
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Virtual PC (XPMode) - How to access Webserver on guest from host

I have Windows XP running inside Windows 7 via Virtual PC (XPMode) and installed Zend Server CE on the virtual XP guest. The webserver is running and can be accessed on the guest, but I cannot access the webserver from the Win7 host. I configured a…
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How to connect to host machine from within Virtual PC image

I am putting together a SVN demonstration using a WinXP Virtual PC image, and am unable to see my host machine from within the VPC guest OS. This demo will be performed while disconnected from our LAN, so I installed the Microsoft Loopback adapter…
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Unable to connect to SQL Server 2008 Express from Virtual PC machine

I have the following configuration: A host Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 with SQL Server 2008 Express SP1 and SQL Server Management Studio. A Virtual PC 2007 machine with Windows Vista Ultimate, Visual Studio 2008 Express and Visual Studio 2010…
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Running and debugging program from Visual Studio in virtual machine like VirtualPC or VirtualBox

I have program that I want to test on clean Windows installation. For now I have image in VirtualBox and I start program from shared folder, but this is not comfortable and I can't debug. For debugging I found that I can use Remote Debugging…
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Changing domain password from TS box inside VPC VM

I'm running a VirtualPC 2007 VM with Windows2003 as the OS. Inside of this I am using a web based VPN to connect to my client's network. I cannot use this VPN from my host machine because it does not work with Vista (still!). Inside the VM I'm…
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Convert Parallels VM to Virtual PC 2007 VM

I'd like to convert a Parallels Virtual Machine image on my mac into an image usable by Virtual PC 2007. Does anyone know how to do that, or if it is possible?
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Replacing Virtual PC/Server with VMWare Fusion/Server for Development Environments

I develop exclusively on VMs. I currently run Boot Camp on a MacBook Pro and do all my development on a series of Virtual PC VMs for many different environments. This post by Andrew Connell litterally changed the way I work. I'm thinking about…
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Opening a vpc image with vmware?

I have found articles saying this is possible, but what are the issues? Is it 'always' straightforward as shutting down your vpc and then opening it with vmware? From this link which is nearly 3 years old it says you can but you have to copy some…
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problem with setting screen resolution for win 7 in virtual pc

I'm trying to run windows 7 on virtual pc. My host OS is windows XP. The vm is running fine but i could not set screen resolution in windows 7 to equal to host OS. My windows XP is running on 1366*768 but My windows 7 in virtual pc can only set to…
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ubuntu and Virtual PC

Is there a way to install ubuntu 7.04-8.04 in VPC 2007? I can't do it because it just goes black. :-(
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Hyper V to Virtual PC

I am currently using Windows Server 2008 Standard and have several Hyper V machines. These are development VM's and I want to now switch back Vista x64 because I am missing Aero. I know Windows Server 2008 can have aero but the host performance is…
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How to disable time sync in Windows 7 Virtual PC

I want to disable time sync between my Win 7 64bit host and Win XP SP3 virtual machine. The old tricks from Virtual PC 2007 does not seem to work anymore false …
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