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Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same host

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 02/01/2009
From: Don
Message:

I am currently running VPC 2007 SP1. From what I can tell, the oldest MS OS
it supports is Win98 SE, whereas VPC 2004 SP1 supports the older MS-DOS and
Windows products.

My question is whether it is possible to also install VPC 2004 on my host PC
without interfering with my VPC 2007 installation.
--
Don

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Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same host

Sent: 02/02/2009
From: "Jeff Gaines" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On 02/02/2009 in message
<(email address - cut out)> Don wrote:

I am using VPC 2007 here with older OS's back to DOS 6.22 running fine. I
don't think you need to install VPC 2004.

--
Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation

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>I am currently running VPC 2007 SP1. From what I can tell, the oldest MS
>OS
>it supports is Win98 SE, whereas VPC 2004 SP1 supports the older MS-DOS and
>Windows products.
>
>My question is whether it is possible to also install VPC 2004 on my host
>PC
>without interfering with my VPC 2007 installation.

Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same host

Sent: 02/02/2009
From: Dave Warren <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In message <(email address - cut out)> Don
<(email address - cut out) (donotspam)> was claimed to have wrote:

2007 can run older OSes, it's just not considered a supported
configuration, so Microsoft won't provide assistance with this
situation.

I believe you'll also need to keep the VM Addition from the old version,
although I can't speak to that, I've got all of my Legacy OSes on VMWare
now.

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>I am currently running VPC 2007 SP1. From what I can tell, the oldest MS OS
>it supports is Win98 SE, whereas VPC 2004 SP1 supports the older MS-DOS and
>Windows products.
>
>My question is whether it is possible to also install VPC 2004 on my host PC
>without interfering with my VPC 2007 installation.

Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same h

Sent: 02/02/2009
From: Don
Message:

Thank you...your information has been very useful.
--
Don

"Bob Campbell" wrote:

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> "Dave Warren" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > I believe you'll also need to keep the VM Addition from the old version,
> > although I can't speak to that,
>
> This is true. VPC 2007 does not have the DOS VM Additions. I use the
> additions from 2004 and run DOS 6.22 in VPC 2007 with no problems.
>
>

Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same h

Sent: 02/02/2009
From: Don
Message:

Thank you...your information has been very helpful.
--
Don

"Jeff Gaines" wrote:

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> On 02/02/2009 in message
> <(email address - cut out)> Don wrote:
>
> >I am currently running VPC 2007 SP1. From what I can tell, the oldest MS
> >OS
> >it supports is Win98 SE, whereas VPC 2004 SP1 supports the older MS-DOS and
> >Windows products.
> >
> >My question is whether it is possible to also install VPC 2004 on my host
> >PC
> >without interfering with my VPC 2007 installation.
>
> I am using VPC 2007 here with older OS's back to DOS 6.22 running fine. I
> don't think you need to install VPC 2004.
>
> --
> Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
> There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation
>

Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same host

Sent: 02/02/2009
From: "Bob Campbell" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Dave Warren" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

This is true. VPC 2007 does not have the DOS VM Additions. I use the
additions from 2004 and run DOS 6.22 in VPC 2007 with no problems.

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> I believe you'll also need to keep the VM Addition from the old version,
> although I can't speak to that,

Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same h

Sent: 02/02/2009
From: Don
Message:

Where can I find a download of the VM Addition for VPC 2004? I've read that
VPC 2004 was originally distributed on a CD, and the Additions were in a
folder on that CD. It appears that MS only has a download for VPC 2004 SP1,
and not a separate one for the Additions.
--
Don

"Bob Campbell" wrote:

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Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same h

Sent: 02/02/2009
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 22:06:00 -0800, Don <(email address - cut out) (donotspam)>
wrote:

You can download the full VPC app and extract, or get the additions
from my website.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

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>Where can I find a download of the VM Addition for VPC 2004? I've read that
>VPC 2004 was originally distributed on a CD, and the Additions were in a
>folder on that CD. It appears that MS only has a download for VPC 2004 SP1,
>and not a separate one for the Additions.

Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same h

Sent: 02/03/2009
From: Don
Message:

Excellant! Thank you!
--
Don

"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:

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> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 22:06:00 -0800, Don <(email address - cut out) (donotspam)>
> wrote:
>
> >Where can I find a download of the VM Addition for VPC 2004? I've read that
> >VPC 2004 was originally distributed on a CD, and the Additions were in a
> >folder on that CD. It appears that MS only has a download for VPC 2004 SP1,
> >and not a separate one for the Additions.
>
> You can download the full VPC app and extract, or get the additions
> from my website.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

Re: Is it possible to run both VPC 2004 and VPC 2007 on the same host

Sent: 02/04/2009
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 19:00:01 -0800, Don <(email address - cut out) (donotspam)>
wrote:

Yes you can. I do it all the time.
You have to install VPC2004 *after* VPC2007 though, because the
VPC2007 installer detects the VPC2004 being present and requires it to
be unbinstalled first.
When you install VPC2004 make sure to select the Custom install so you
can change the install directory! You *must* use a different install
dir otherwise you will trash it.

Then you also have to manually create a shortcutr to VPC2004 because
the existing one will start VPC2007.

Finally, you cannot run both at the same time...

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

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