Good afternoon.
I am using a copy of Virtual PC 2004 (Build 582) with a virtual version of
MS-DOS (version 6.0).  I'm trying to load and play a computer game from 1994
that only works in a pure DOS environment.  I considered Virtual PC to be my

I'm new to virtualization, so please forgive the basic question....
When I install a guest OS, will it modify the hard drive boot sector (or
sector 0)?
I'm asking because I currently have a multi-boot setup, and I don't want to

I need a little help here,
I have a Host machine with WinXP SP2.
I installed Virtual PC SP1 as a guest system,
Win 2003 Server requires a Cntl-Alt-Del combo to start, but the machine

how do i install Virtual PC 2004  additions?

i am using vs.net 2003 in a virtual pc image-environment. each time i want
to use my sources files froma share (originally it is my external hard
drive), it crashes.
eventlog shows an error with id 1000, saying in detail:

Ruuning Vista under VPC. Have installed Vista VM additions. There is no
sound card listed in device manager

I have a  laptop [Dell Inspiron 9400 (Core Duo), 2GB memory] which runs VPC
2004. As soon as I install VPC SP1 - my keyboard response is slow, the mouse
locks up and it freezes intermittently. I had the VPC additions installed and
I did update them once installing SP1.

I am running Warp 3 fixpack 32 under XP.
When I try to install additions, nothing appears to happen.  I believe that
I am doing it right because it worked fine on my laptop with Warp 4.
I tried running OS2INST from /os2 on the virtual CD but that crashes with

What is the difference??

My first time with a VPC and my first time in this NG.
I downloaded and installed it and set up a Virtual Machine. It is running
under Win 2000.
Now I'm stuck.

I've just downloaded the free version of Virtual PC and installed it on
my XP machine. I am running XP as a virtual OS within Virtual PC, but
when I try to update Windows it fails the genuine Windows validation.
Does anyone know how to get around this?

I Downloaded the 2114 driver for dos and I get the error Could not Open
Protocol Manager when I try to load it in my config.sys.  I am using FreeDOS.
Anyone have a working driver and config.sys setup?
1?DEVICEHIGH=c:\nd2\mslanman\drivers\ethernet\dc21x4\dc21x4.dos[Y,N]?Y      

I have XP Pro SP2 as both the host and guest, but after I installed the
extensions, the keyboard stopped working completely. The mouse is fine. Both
my keyboard and mouse are no frills generic PS/2 devices. My attempts to
troubleshoot the issue have been kind of limited, since I ...

The ALTGR and ALT+CTRL key combinations do not work in Virtual PC 2004 with
Service Pack 1
Where can i download the files to solve the problem as described in KB
899474 ??

Is it possible to create an image in vpc for deployment to actual hardware?
How would you get around the hardware and HAL differences?