I'm running a 70-271 class and many of my students have laptops that we've
installed the VPC software.  the laptops are XP Pro SP2 wtih 1 gig of ram.  
As we run through the labs the software keeps hanging.  Here is the error
message:

hey all,
if i open up my vpc, which is a primary domain controller, up to my main
network to receive window updates, wouldn't that add my vpc to the list of
valid domain names for users to log into?

I Already have XP Installed on two different Hard Drive. I just want to run
the the xXP from the 2nd Hard Drive. Can I do that with Virtual PC?

I have a laptop with Windows XP Professional. I would like to run Small
Business Server 2003 in the same machine. Can I?  I have already install
VirtualPC  in the Laptop. How I proceed to install SMS?

I cant find any good installation guides for virtual pc.
Do I start Virtual PC, then put an OS disk into cd rom, then load it into
Virtual PC?
Is that it?

I use Virtual PC 2004 SP1 for several things, but also to run
attachments I receive that I don't completely trust.  My question is:
how safe is it to the host OS to open files in the guest OS (regarding
viruses, worms, spyware, etc.)?  That is, is it possible for a virus to

I managed to finally get the Windows 95 CD to work, but now I get this:
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R:\>setup                                                                    
Please wait while Setup initializes.  ...

My wife's PC died and we don't have the budget for another PC at this time.
All she does is mostly web browse and I'm wondering if I could use her old
monitor and keyboard and setup a sort of terminal for her to do her thing on.
Virtual PC seems like it might do what I want. Does ...

Hi. I have an old scanner with a Windows 95 driver that I cannot use because
there is no driver for Win XP.
Can I install Win 95 on my VM and load the scanner driver so I can still use
it.  Thank you in advance for your reply.

We have seen the requirements sheet to set up VPC 2004 from the below link...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx
Towards the bottom of the page,they say, Virtual PC can run most x86
operating systems, not just the operating systems listed above, in a ...

I am running Virtual PC 2007 beta under Windows Vista RC2. The guest OS is
Windows XP Home SP2, NAT is enabled. Browsing the Internet works fine on the
guest OS.
I have installed Windows Live OneCare Beta 1.5 on the guest OS (security

I've experimented in created a virtual floppy drive, mounting it from a WinXP
VM, and formatting it as a "boot floppy".
I can then create a new VM with a blank VHD, and boot off the WinXP boot
floppy, and get to an A: prompt, and see the contents of the virtual A: drive.

As of today Microsoft is providing virtual hard disks with evaluation
versions of Microsoft Software pre-installed.  This means that you can
download virtual machines and try out complex server software without
the need to set up anything.

According to what I can figure out,
you need to have a windows license for
each O/S you run in a virtual machine...
So, if I want to "do the right thing", just

I'm facing cofusing problems with two virtual machines, which should
talk to each other. As long as the network cable is connected
everything is working fine. But if I remove the cable, I'm running into
serious performance problems. I have tried to start the virtual