Re: Free Virtual PC

[Paul Breeze paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx]

Harry

We had a brief discussion about Virtual PC some months ago. It is
designed to run on any Windows operating system from XP onwards, but as
I pointed out then, it can also quite easily be made to run on w2000 too.


Paul Breeze

On 29/04/2010 16:33, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> Maybe this is already common knowledge, but you can get Virtual PC for
> free (but only free for Win7).
>
> I learned about it from the ludicrously named "Kim Komando" who
> sometimes has good daily tips (fewer now than in past years--her tips
> have been dumbed down):
>
>
> "XP compatibility will work with many programs. However, some programs
> can be pretty picky. In that case, there is another option.
>
> "You can run a virtual machine. Basically, one operating system runs
> inside another one. In your case, you would run Windows XP inside
> Windows 7.
>
> "Microsoft provides virtual machine software called Windows Virtual PC.
> You can download it for free from my site.
> http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=8681
>
> "Windows Virtual PC only works with Windows 7. Windows Virtual PC has
> stringent hardware requirements. However, it can be made to support more
> computers. Just install the newest patches for the program. You'll find
> links to the patches on my site."
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx