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windows 2000 with virtual pc 3.0.....
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Jun 14, 2010, 10:08 AM
 
hi everyone

Does anybody know if Windows 2000 will work on Virtual PC 3.0?

as on the box it only lists - windows 3.0 / 98 /NT / DOS / IBM OS2 and linux


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Jun 14, 2010, 10:37 AM
 
If the version you have is 3.03, or you can get access to the updater, it will run Win2K.
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 10:44 AM
 
Originally Posted by -Q- View Post
If the version you have is 3.03, or you can get access to the updater, it will run Win2K.
I can't find that updater anywhere - any idea where I can get it?
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Jun 14, 2010, 11:57 AM
 
Speaking of which… I had tried to install Windows 2000 under VPC 7 but the MDD optical drive doesn't work (running XP under same VPC7). Actually, it is like the optical drive was not present at all. I was wondering if there is a way to convert a W2000 image from either Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion to VirtualPC 7. There are tools to convert from VirtualPC to Parallels Desktop & VMware Fusion, but the other way, I fear not.

I would like to fix the optical drive issue, that's all as I guess W2000 would be a bit faster than XP.


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Jun 14, 2010, 06:41 PM
 
This belongs in the Alternative OS forum. I'll move it there.
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