Virtual pc 2007 install#
Virtual pc 2007 upgrade#

In that dialog, the 'New virtual network switch' node should be selected and you'll see a list on the right.

In the settings for that machine on the right, click 'Virtual Switch Manager'.

Select your machine in the tree on the left under Hyper-V Manager.Type 'hyper' and Enter to find and start the 'Hyper-V Manager'.Press the Windows key to show the start screen.Once Hyper-V is enabled and you've rebooted, you can startup the Hyper-V Manager and configure it. You'll naturally have to reboot for those changes to be applied. Otherwise, check the 'Hyper-V' checkbox and press 'Ok'.If the 'Hyper-V' checkbox is disabled, then you're out of luck Hyper-V is not available for your machine and you'll have to try one of the other virtualization solutions mentioned above.If the 'Hyper-V' checkbox is already checked, then you're ready for the next step.

Type 'win fea' and Enter to show the 'Turn Windows Features On and Off' window.

Virtual pc 2007 install#

To find out if your machine supports it and to install it, follow the instructions below. Luckily, Hyper-V is available as an option for Windows 8 Pro and higher.

Virtual pc 2007 upgrade#

If you're already a user of Microsoft's Virtual PC, then it's likely you'd like to just upgrade to using Hyper-V, if possible.

Even Microsoft's own Hyper-V is only available on machines that have hardware support for it and, while the disk image is compatible, the configuration format is completely different.

You have to convert the disk image and somehow recreate the VM configuration file

VMWare's runner also doesn't have an easy upgrade path for Virtual PC images.

As of November 2012, VirtualBox is still having some compatibility and speed problems under Windows 8.

Neither is the configuration format that it uses directly compatible with any of the other virtualization solutions that do run under Windows 8. So that one's easy.Īnother is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. One of these is Microsoft's own Security Essentials product, which has been completely replaced with Windows Defender, which is built right in to Windows 8.

As usual, Microsoft manages to guarantee compatibility with a lot of software, but there are a few tools that will simply no longer run. Windows 8 was made publicly available a few weeks ago.