After selecting the operating system, click “Next”.ħ.

In this tutorial we choose “Other” since Windows 7 option is not available in VPC as of now. Select the operating system that you would like to install using Virtual PC from the drop down box. To save it to a different location, use the “Browse” button.Ħ. The file is automatically saved to the My Virtual Machines folder. Here, type a name for the new virtual machine. I prefer this option as this lets you customize as you like. Select “Create a virtual machine” option from the available three options. Click on “New” option and click “Next” to continue.Ĥ. To do this, type Virtual PC in Vista Start menu search box and hit enter.ģ. Download and install Virtual PC from here.Ģ. The download size of VPC 2004 SP1 is 18.2 MB.* Microsoft Virtual PC (free) Install Windows 7 in Virtual PC 2007ġ. Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2004 SP1 software requires Windows 2000 Professional SP4, Windows XP Professional or later, and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later. The virtual machine allows users to test a new development environment, experiment with applications on other operating system or simply try out a new configuration without changing the underlying OS. Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 (VPC) mainly supports Windows operating system as guest operating system on virtual machines, namely MSDOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, OS/2, Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, and Other, which may be Linux. Virtual PC 2004 is a virtual desktop computer BIOS and environment for Windows that allows users to run multiple instances of operating systems on a single computer by creating an entirely software-oriented computer with a disk-based image, running on a version of AMI BIOS that simulates as a physical computer to whatever guest operating system, and shares physical devices such as optical drive and network interface as a virtual machine. Microsoft has released Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1 as a free virtualization software to public for free download.

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