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Microsoft allows bypass of Vista activation
Hi everybody, I have made an installation of Vista B2 (Build 5472) in a Virtual Machine (and it is going very well with this release), but if I try to install the "VMAdditionsforVistaB2" I receive a error message: "Due to Group Policy, you do not have sufficient permissions to install Virtual Machine Additions.

Is Ubuntu better than Vista?
If you want to run 3D games in XP, then a virtual machine will not work for you. An advantage of using Virtual PC (or VMware which I prefer but it isn't free) is that the hardware is virtual so drivers aren't an issue. Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html Install

Localhost on Vista
lapache jean.pierre.kessedj...@gmail.com microsoft public fr windows vista general On 9 fv, 19:46, "mguiheux" <michel.guiheuxnos...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: Bonjour, Le cd s'ouvre-t-il bien dans la machine virtuelle? Et si oui, si l'installation ne se fait pas, c'est peut-tre pour cause de mmoire insuffisante pour la

Upgrade Vista Home Premium to Ultimate running Mac OS-X and VM
I'm using an OEM Windows VISTA Ultimate DVD And that's your problem... OEM copies of Windows are locked into the hardware with which they are supplied and, as such, won't install on any other hardware... Virtual machines emulate all hardware (apart from the CPU and memory), so the above OEM check will fail and

Vista virtual disks free from MS
Applications written in it (and compiled on XP) did work ok on Vista. Solution: Installed MS Virtual PC, installed XP in that, and ran Delphi there. Subsequently, Palm released a version of Palm Desktop updated for Vista. To install this I had to uninstall the old version, which I did, but then the new version

Best Installation Location on Vista
Essentially, Microsoft lets you use your new Vista license for an XP Pro install. You have such "downgrade rights", however, only if you bought Vista Business or Vista Ultimate. Note that you can't run both Vista and XP using the same license (so you can't, for example, install Vista on a virtual machine if you're

Internet access, Linux, Windows XP and Virtual Machines!
Alexei A. Frounze alex...@chat.ru comp os msdos djgpp Simply put, a virtual machine is effectively a fake computer, an emulated computer, a computer in computer. It allows you to install another OS within the virtual machine on top of the OS that you already have and work in that VM as if that was a real separate

Vista beta?
KDE knott...@NOSPAM.hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general you've mounted the CD drive in your virtual machine??..Right ? Then you install Vista by clicking on the setup or install option. The install will know you are doing an anytime upgrade and will now install Vista Ultimate.

Mini newsgroup FAQ for the week of 2/24/2008
You don't describe your network installation, so it's hard to tell you if you need the loopback adaptor; however, from the reading of your message, it looks like that you are However, when you are running a virtual machine, this doesn't the local host or local physical machine but the local virtual machine; ie.

Love Vista, Love Its License, Dammit!
I've tried to reset and start over, made no diff and of course MS Vista Home will NOT allow me to remove it, nor any other Vista OS if I understand Start the Virtual Machine you created and put the XP CD into the drive. It should automatically start the XP installation. Finish that as you normally would 4.

Protected Mode
I am not a big fan of compatibility mode anyway as I remember using it in XP early days for install issues, and finding while it worked in terms of allowing the usa.net> wrote: No, I do not have a test machine for Vista. It's not worth the expense (to me). I was running Vista in s virtual machine for a while,

Can I use the Host Vista Ultimate license for a Virtual Vista
Oh, and as for licensing - I believe the Vista Ultimate license allows you to install it as a virtual machine up to nine times, or something like that. I am not sure how many times you can do it with Business, but as far as I know, you are not supposed to use Home versions with it at all. ss.

Vista & Dell Computers - Just a wee bit to get it off my chest!
"Richard van Rijsbergen" wrote: Hi, I have VPC 2007 installed on my vista laptop. I made a new machine in VPC and i added the mac adresses to my router firewall to access the internet. My vista installation has internet access but when i start the virtual machine it stops at the dhcp check. What is wrong.

Installing Vista 32-bit on Virtual Machine with XP-PRO O/S
Microsoft has artificially (via EULA) removed the ability to run Vista Home in a virtual machine and then charges about $200 extra to grant you the right to run to cleanly separate Internet activities from private records, and to quickly try out new things without putting your primary installation at risk.

Simple Question
duhpastor duhpas...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general "tairobi" wrote: I'm not sure what's up with all of the hateful posts from Chad Harris, who obviously has Paul smith with Microsoft replied "I've had Vista typically take about 90 minutes to upgrade XP in virtual machine.

Simple Question
This was the recommendation from the Vista developers blog site, and it seems to work: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/download.php?mode=ViewCategory&catid=5 You should also install the Virtual Machine Additions. Even though they're designed for XP, they seem to work just fine in Vista.

Accessing files in a windowsimagebackup
The section on virtualization means you can run Windows Vista Ultimate on a virtual device, no where do I see in addition to the other installation. If you have a virtual installation and a normal installation, you have two and need two licenses. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar

Installation process & Printer accessibility questions.
Jeff Only those products allow the installation of that product in a Virtual Machine environment (look at the end of the EULA where there are specifics about VM use of the operating Did you try downloading and running Virtual PC from Microsoft? From what I understand Virtual PC will run on any version of Vista.

Vista Activation in Virtual Machine
I am using IE 7 on my "primary" installation of XPsp2 and IE 6 on a Virtual installation on the same physical machine running under Virtual PC 2007. IMHO before (re)installing IE7: Sandi's Installation Tips <= FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO THE LETTER! http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install [And I strongly

no DPMI memory under Windows vista
That would be C:\Users\ something or other on a fresh Vista install, though, right? If you use the environment variables, you don't have to worry about I'm not that familiar with Vista yet. Maybe, maybe not. I do have Windows Vista installed on a Virtual PC but I'm having a bit of trouble navigating the bowels.