>but at least 2 of my colleagues say they have installed it on their own
>instillations of Home Premium.
>and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>recommend I go with ?
>I am running Vista Home Premium on my home PC and would like to learn (at my
>own pace) about virtual computing, however when I ask my more knowledgeable
>work colleagues as to whether I can install Microsoft Virtual PC on Vista
>Home Premium I get conflicting answers.
>Microsoft say that they don't support Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium -
>but at least 2 of my colleagues say they have installed it on their own
>instillations of Home Premium.
>Can I or can't I ..... and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>recommend I go with ?
>TIA

>>Microsoft say that they don't support Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium -
>
> That's a true statement.
>
>>but at least 2 of my colleagues say they have installed it on their own
>>instillations of Home Premium.
>
> That's also true. Just because it's not supported, doesn't mean it
> will not work, just that it's not certified to work. It runs just
> fine on home versions.
>
> The only problem is that if you find a problem with VPC, you can't get
> support from Microsoft to make it work. (there's always this
> newsgroup that can help. <g>)
>
>>and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>>recommend I go with ?
>
> That all depends on what you want to do.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:36:59 -0000, "Dayzed and cnofsude"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>I am running Vista Home Premium on my home PC and would like to learn (at
>>my
>>own pace) about virtual computing, however when I ask my more
>>knowledgeable
>>work colleagues as to whether I can install Microsoft Virtual PC on Vista
>>Home Premium I get conflicting answers.
>>Microsoft say that they don't support Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium -
>>but at least 2 of my colleagues say they have installed it on their own
>>instillations of Home Premium.
>>Can I or can't I ..... and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>>recommend I go with ?
>>TIA

>I am running Vista Home Premium on my home PC and would like to learn (at my
>own pace) about virtual computing, however when I ask my more knowledgeable
>work colleagues as to whether I can install Microsoft Virtual PC on Vista
>Home Premium I get conflicting answers.
>Microsoft say that they don't support Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium -
>but at least 2 of my colleagues say they have installed it on their own
>instillations of Home Premium.
>Can I or can't I ..... and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>recommend I go with ?
>TIA

> As a reply that was a waste of time don't you think? All you have done is
> confirmed that 2 statements I made were not blatant lies , suggested I use
> the NG for knowledge and stated the bloody obvious for the 4th time.

>All you have done is
>confirmed that 2 statements I made were not blatant lies
>suggested I use
>the NG for knowledge
> and stated the bloody obvious for the 4th time.
>
>
>"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>Microsoft say that they don't support Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium -
>>
>> That's a true statement.
>>
>>>but at least 2 of my colleagues say they have installed it on their own
>>>instillations of Home Premium.
>>
>> That's also true. Just because it's not supported, doesn't mean it
>> will not work, just that it's not certified to work. It runs just
>> fine on home versions.
>>
>> The only problem is that if you find a problem with VPC, you can't get
>> support from Microsoft to make it work. (there's always this
>> newsgroup that can help. <g>)
>>
>>>and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>>>recommend I go with ?
>>
>> That all depends on what you want to do.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:36:59 -0000, "Dayzed and cnofsude"
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>>I am running Vista Home Premium on my home PC and would like to learn (at
>>>my
>>>own pace) about virtual computing, however when I ask my more
>>>knowledgeable
>>>work colleagues as to whether I can install Microsoft Virtual PC on Vista
>>>Home Premium I get conflicting answers.
>>>Microsoft say that they don't support Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium -
>>>but at least 2 of my colleagues say they have installed it on their own
>>>instillations of Home Premium.
>>>Can I or can't I ..... and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>>>recommend I go with ?
>>>TIA
>
>As a reply that was a waste of time don't you think? All you have done is
>confirmed that 2 statements I made were not blatant lies , suggested I use
>the NG for knowledge and stated the bloody obvious for the 4th time.

> As a reply that was a waste of time don't you think? All you have done is
> confirmed that 2 statements I made were not blatant lies , suggested I use
> the NG for knowledge and stated the bloody obvious for the 4th time.

> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:36:59 -0000, "Dayzed and cnofsude"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>Can I or can't I ..... and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>>recommend I go with ?
>>TIA
>
> VPC2007 *can* be installed on Home versions of Windows, even though
> Microsoft will not support it in the sense that they will not answer
> questions on their hotline if the host is a Home version.
>>
> Finally, VPC2007 does not handle USB at all so any device you might
> want to use that connects by USB is invisible inside VPC2007, whereas
> it can be passed through to the guest in VMWare Player.
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)

> VPC2007 *can* be installed on Home versions of Windows, even though
> Microsoft will not support it in the sense that they will not answer
> questions on their hotline if the host is a Home version.
> Just click past the disclaimer and it installs fine.
>
> Concerning the way to go after, please be aware that if you want to
> test with different versions of Windows you need a separate license
> for each guest PC you create and install Windows on. This is a
> Microsoft licensing limitation.
>
> But if what you want to do is explore the Linux world I would advice
> against VPC2007 altogether because even if some Linux distros can be
> made to work with VPC2007 there are so many problems that it is not
> worth the bother.
> In such case get yourself VMWare Player from VMWare instead!
> For this here exists ready made downloade for many Linux distributions
> thta work directly. You can even get a Sun Solaris virtual machine
> from the net that is ready to go.
> VMWare Player is a free download from them.
>
> Finally, VPC2007 does not handle USB at all so any device you might
> want to use that connects by USB is invisible inside VPC2007, whereas
> it can be passed through to the guest in VMWare Player.
>
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)

> "Dayzed and cnofsude" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:ge24i2$ot5$(email address - cut out)...
>
>> As a reply that was a waste of time don't you think? All you have done is
>> confirmed that 2 statements I made were not blatant lies , suggested I
>> use the NG for knowledge and stated the bloody obvious for the 4th time.
>
> I wouldn't bother trying to use this newsgroup now either...
>
> <plonk>
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net

> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:11:29 -1000, "Melelina" <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:36:59 -0000, "Dayzed and cnofsude"
>>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>>>Can I or can't I ..... and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>>>>recommend I go with ?
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>> VPC2007 *can* be installed on Home versions of Windows, even though
>>> Microsoft will not support it in the sense that they will not answer
>>> questions on their hotline if the host is a Home version.
>>>>
>>> Finally, VPC2007 does not handle USB at all so any device you might
>>> want to use that connects by USB is invisible inside VPC2007, whereas
>>> it can be passed through to the guest in VMWare Player.
>>
>>How come Vista on VPC sees and uses my USB printer? How come my USB mouse
>>works? Do you mean other USB devices like my camera would not work if I
>>plugged it into a USB port on my monitor and then tried to download photos
>>from it to the Vista virtual machine, instead of the host, that I couldn't
>>do that? (I have no idea why I would want to do that though).
>
> As long as your USB printer is shared with a network share it will
> work. it won't work as a USB printer locally.
> USB mice and keyboards work because they are passed through to VPC as
> PS/2 devices. If you look at them in Device Manager, they're not shown
> as USB devices.
> A USB NIC will also work, why, because it can be mapped directly to
> VPC's emulated hardware.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/

>
>"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:36:59 -0000, "Dayzed and cnofsude"
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>>Can I or can't I ..... and if I can't what virtual set up would you
>>>recommend I go with ?
>>>TIA
>>
>> VPC2007 *can* be installed on Home versions of Windows, even though
>> Microsoft will not support it in the sense that they will not answer
>> questions on their hotline if the host is a Home version.
>>>
>> Finally, VPC2007 does not handle USB at all so any device you might
>> want to use that connects by USB is invisible inside VPC2007, whereas
>> it can be passed through to the guest in VMWare Player.
>
>How come Vista on VPC sees and uses my USB printer? How come my USB mouse
>works? Do you mean other USB devices like my camera would not work if I
>plugged it into a USB port on my monitor and then tried to download photos
>from it to the Vista virtual machine, instead of the host, that I couldn't
>do that? (I have no idea why I would want to do that though).

> As long as your USB printer is shared with a network share it will
> work. it won't work as a USB printer locally.
> USB mice and keyboards work because they are passed through to VPC as
> PS/2 devices. If you look at them in Device Manager, they're not shown
> as USB devices.
> A USB NIC will also work, why, because it can be mapped directly to
> VPC's emulated hardware.

>"David Wilkinson" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> If the host sees the camera as a USB drive, presumably it can be shared
>> and then used from the guest?
>
>Yes, definitely. Any USB device on the host which creates a new network
>drive (e.g. memory sticks, Iomega Zip drives, Iomega REV drives, card
>readers etc) can be used this way so long as the network drive it creates
>can be shared... I do this all the time...
>
>The reason for this is because Virtual PC knows about networking and drives
>through emulation.

> If the host sees the camera as a USB drive, presumably it can be shared
> and then used from the guest?