3 Simple Ways to
Share What You Make

With Instructables you can share what you make with the world — and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.

PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

Step by StepStep-By-Step

Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

Virtual PC 2007

Virtual PC 2007
VIRTUAL PC 2007 IS FREE AND EASY! It runs multiple operating systems running inside of an operating system. Save time and money as Virtual PC allows you to maintain the compatibility of legacy and custom applications during migration to new operating systems and increases the efficiency of support, development, and training staffs.

ONCE AGIAN IT IS A FREE PROGRAM (Unlike VMWare or Parallels for Windows)

With Microsoft 2007, you can create and run one or more virtual machines, each with its own operating system, on a single computer. This provides you with the flexibility to use different operating systems on one physical computer.

For more information about the ways you can use virtual machines, see Virtual PC at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78095.
 
Remove these adsRemove these ads by Signing Up
 

Step 1System Requirements

System Requirements
System Requirements

Basically Virtual PC can run on any computer although the better your computer the better it will run and if you have a really shitty computer it probably won't run to well. Although the average computer should manage to run it very well.

Processor: AMD Athlon/Duron, Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium II, Intel Pentium III, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core Duo, and Intel Core2 Duo

RAM: Add the RAM requirement for the host operating system that you will be using to the requirement for the guest operating system that you will be using. If you will be using multiple guest operating systems simultaneously, total the requirements for all the guest operating systems that you need to run simultaneously.

Available disk space: To determine the hard disk space required, add the requirement for each guest operating system that will be installed.
« Previous StepDownload PDFView All StepsNext Step »
36 comments
Apr 16, 2011. 6:33 PMTC1dude says:
Like it. But For me, I have XP Basic. Would it still work?
Feb 28, 2011. 8:52 AMAdam-S says:
are you able to use ubuntu?
Dec 12, 2010. 8:08 AMTimeDroid says:
Woot 4 98! good old times
Nov 3, 2010. 2:45 PMcommander1332 says:
can you run this program on a fedora 13 computer? if so, do you know how? thanks
Mar 27, 2010. 9:02 AMbowmaster says:
Could an computer with an i7-620M at 2.66 Ghz (3.33 Ghz turbo mode) quad core processor and 8GB of RAM run Windows 7 at the main OS and Windows XP at the virtual OS?
May 20, 2010. 1:54 PMjunits15 says:
is that even a question?! of course yes!!! but with win 7 you need professional or higher to use virtual PC if you dont have it you can use sun virtual box.  An i7 has virtulization so it will run almost as fast as the host os
May 20, 2010. 2:54 PMbowmaster says:
It's a joke. Of course it can run it. I upgraded to an i7 920XM at 2.0Ghz (3.2Ghz turbo mode). The 620M was a dual core, the 920XM is a quad core. And I'm planning to quad boot. Windows 7, Windows XP, Ubuntu, and Mac OSX.
Jun 30, 2010. 11:25 AMjunits15 says:
oh...... lol.....its hard to see these things in text..... :) lol
Jan 9, 2009. 8:42 PMalex-sharetskiy says:
I don't have the willpower to change Operating systems....
Sep 25, 2009. 10:17 AMjimvandamme says:
That's what I thought until I downloaded LinuxMint, which is a falling-off-a-log distro of Ubuntu. Click-click, 15 minutes & you're surfing the web again. You can dual-boot if you have the HD space (1-10G for Linux). Ubuntu has a tutorial on setting the boot loader to whichever you want. I set it to Vista cuz my wife gets to the confuser first in the morning.
Jan 10, 2009. 10:38 AMalex-sharetskiy says:
Vista and XP
Mar 22, 2009. 9:07 AMdraftbounty says:
Try live-cd, like slax, dsl etc. It'll just run on cd, no installation onto your pc required. When you're done on 'em, reboot, take out the cd, and you got your vista/xp back.
Jul 7, 2009. 7:13 AMmattdias says:
Please send me iso for windows xp if you have it. just private message me and i'll give you my email.
Jul 21, 2009. 1:12 PMspiker says:
if you got the iso please message me. i'd like it too :D
May 27, 2009. 2:47 PMArbitror says:
Could you send me an iso file of your Windows 98 install disk? Please? I've been looking everywhere!
Jan 10, 2009. 2:43 PMDavidRobertson says:
Cool, I'm running the windows 7 beta on Virtual PC 2007
Mar 24, 2009. 9:04 AMcsmiler says:
How is windows 7?.currently using vista. worth upgrading to beta?
Apr 11, 2009. 5:40 PMArbitror says:
Don't even. The BETA expires on Aug. 1st, 2009. The BETA is used for testing programs for the first release of Windows 7, not as a main operating system.
May 27, 2009. 1:22 PMbrewtendo says:
there's something called "Windows 7 release candidate" that expires june or july 2010, it is also free and just came out like a few weeks ago! the only thing bad about it is that it starts shuting down your computer every 2 hours starting march 2010, but you'll probably buy it by then
Apr 12, 2009. 11:26 AMNobodyInParticular says:
You should change the link to download Virtual PC. The software is now at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5&displaylang=en
Apr 8, 2009. 10:52 PMbillb says:
I thought I read somewhere that the virtual OS's can't access anything connected via USB. Is that correct. If it is, its a deal breaker. If not then its very cool.
Apr 11, 2009. 5:37 PMArbitror says:
Oh It can. But instead of using the Micro$oft Virtual PC, I use Sun Virtual Box. It is simple to use, even though it has some advanced features. With Virtual Box, you can access anything on the host computer. (including 99% of all the computers RAM!)
Apr 12, 2009. 2:26 AMbillb says:
I've used VMware/XP Home, and found it buggy. When I get some time I'll have to give Virtual Box a spin. Have you done anything with the WindowsVM that hammers your processor ? Does it choke or is it smooth? I've read a lot of good posts lately about Parallels and was thinking about trying that but since Virtual Box is FREE I'll try that instead.
Apr 12, 2009. 9:15 AMArbitror says:
Microsoft is all about $. Anyhow, VM is not compatible with almost anything but Micro$oft products. Sun Virtual Box is way better, you can set the amount of ram sacrificed from your host machine, you can make a dynamically expanding virtual hard drive, which expand\becomes bigger when it is full, and many other features Micro$oft wanted to keep from you.
Feb 26, 2009. 8:04 PMjuggalo_assassin183 says:
can i install lunix on the virtual or is it only windows
Mar 21, 2009. 9:36 AMxc1024 says:
It's Linux, not lunix. It won't work, use VirtualBox.
Mar 13, 2009. 1:15 PMrobotguy4 says:
Try Qemu. Like Virtual PC, its free. Unlike Virtual PC its open source and not made by the "geniuses" who brought us Vista. However, its an emulator.
http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/

or, if you have a Mac, use Q (same thing, shorter name):
http://www.kju-app.org/

Sure, its just an emulator, but it seems to work...
I can run the XO-1's OS using this! =D
Mar 21, 2009. 9:35 AMxc1024 says:
SUN VirtualBox is better. Cross-platform, non-Micro$oft, and can run other OS's as well. Once, I managed to install Linux on Virtual PC, but it didn't work when rebooted. If Linux doesn't work well with Virtual PC, don't blame it on Linux. Virtual PC is designed to run Windows and ONLY Windows, nothing else. I would even risk saying that they put special effort to achieve that.
Feb 8, 2009. 7:00 PMReCreate says:
hello how big in filesize is the windows 98 VHD file and the iso you used to install it also for xp Thanks!
Jan 12, 2009. 8:09 PMReCreate says:
(removed by author or community request)
Jan 13, 2009. 9:45 AMReCreate says:
windows 95? well i want windows 95 or 98 (prefer 95) I have some ftp account space(few terabytes) but i don't have a way for other people to upload it! I will send you a message with info
Jan 10, 2009. 4:15 PMberky93 says:
just to help, if you try to install this on vista and it says your opperating system is not supported, just ignore it. it still runs perfectly.
Jan 9, 2009. 8:46 PMicurdrive says:
this is going to come in very handy thanks for the heads up!

Pro

Get More Out of Instructables

Already have an Account?

close

All Steps Viewing
View all steps of an Instructable on the same page when you're a Pro Member.

Upgrade to Pro today!
33
Followers
9
Author:CyberTech2000
CyberTech2000 is your cyber gateway to all technology. We provide you with top of the line D.I.Y and How To videos and instructables. If you have any questions feel free to comment them or email us at...
more »