how can install correctly virtual pc windows vista

I´ve installed Windows Vista build 5384, but when I try to install Virtual PC for support intentions the installation wizard show me "This version is not supported on your operating system, is only certificated for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional", but how I told before, I need install this software, because I need for support intentions with my users and clients.

"BNCR" wrote in message

I´ve installed Windows Vista build 5384, but when I try to install Virtual PC for support intentions the installation wizard show me "This version is not supported on your operating system, is only certificated for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional", but how I told before, I need install this software, because I need for support intentions with my users and clients.

Then put it on your primary production machine, not your Vista test machine. Obviously, if you're supporting users, you are doing this on a spare machine.

Thanks for nothing, by the way, if you need how to do this, finding the answer with someone who knows about, ACTK....

"Tom Scales" wrote:

"BNCR" wrote in message I´ve installed Windows Vista build 5384, but when I try to install Virtual PC for support intentions the installation wizard show me "This version is not supported on your operating system, is only certificated for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional", but how I told before, I need install this software, because I need for support intentions with my users and clients.
Then put it on your primary production machine, not your Vista test machine. Obviously, if you're supporting users, you are doing this on a spare machine.

BNCR wrote:

"Tom Scales" wrote:
Then put it on your primary production machine, not your Vista test machine. Obviously, if you're supporting users, you are doing this on a spare machine.
Thanks for nothing, by the way, if you need how to do this, finding the answer with someone who knows about, ACTK....
He's absolutely correct.

You should not even be *thinking* of installing a beta OS on a machine that is used to support customers.
If you have done so then go back to XP before your boss finds out & you're in a whole heap of trouble.
As for Virtual PC - what part of "This version is not supported on your operating system" is ambiguous?
Tony

BNCR,
Give me a bit of time and let me see if I can get it to work. This will be interesting. Running VPC on Vista which is itself running on a VMWare Virtual Machine. :)
I'll post again once I've tried a few things.
TowerDave
P.S. **jumping on his soapbox** If you aren't going to answer someone's request for help, and instead just bash them for what you THINK that they are doing, it would be more helpful if you would not post. There are plenty of apps that throw a message that this version of Windows is not supported when you try to run them in Vista, but there are workarounds for some. Let's see if we can find one, instead of playing Vista Police. Nothing is worse than asking a question and instead of answers, all you get is grief.
Ok, I'm off my soapbox now. Flame away.
"BNCR" wrote in message

I´ve installed Windows Vista build 5384, but when I try to install Virtual PC for support intentions the installation wizard show me "This version is not supported on your operating system, is only certificated for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional", but how I told before, I need install this software, because I need for support intentions with my users and clients.

"Dave Hampson" wrote in message

BNCR,
Give me a bit of time and let me see if I can get it to work. This will be interesting. Running VPC on Vista which is itself running on a VMWare Virtual Machine. :)
I'll post again once I've tried a few things.
TowerDave
P.S. **jumping on his soapbox** If you aren't going to answer someone's request for help, and instead just bash them for what you THINK that they are doing, it would be more helpful if you would not post. There are plenty of apps that throw a message that this version of Windows is not supported when you try to run them in Vista, but there are workarounds for some. Let's see if we can find one, instead of playing Vista Police. Nothing is worse than asking a question and instead of answers, all you get is grief.
Ok, I'm off my soapbox now. Flame away.

You make a valid point. The past two weeks have been a long month in this ng, what with people trying to upgrade Linux to x64 Vista and the whole laptop-in-the-freezer incident and all, so yeah, Tom may be a little stressed. But jeez-oh-pete, people need to relax , get a grip and learn to laugh a bit, too.
Still, it's one thing for me to run a dual-boot on my personal notebook; I wouldn't consider it at all to put a Beta ANYTHING on a unit that is mission critical. Not even Google Earth, or Skype. Too many things can go wrong. Call me paranoid, or read the horror stories here.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

"Dave Hampson" wrote in message BNCR,
Give me a bit of time and let me see if I can get it to work. This will be interesting. Running VPC on Vista which is itself running on a VMWare Virtual Machine. :)
I'll post again once I've tried a few things.
TowerDave
P.S. **jumping on his soapbox** If you aren't going to answer someone's request for help, and instead just bash them for what you THINK that they are doing, it would be more helpful if you would not post. There are plenty of apps that throw a message that this version of Windows is not supported when you try to run them in Vista, but there are workarounds for some. Let's see if we can find one, instead of playing Vista Police. Nothing is worse than asking a question and instead of answers, all you get is grief.
Ok, I'm off my soapbox now. Flame away.
You make a valid point. The past two weeks have been a long month in this ng, what with people trying to upgrade Linux to x64 Vista and the whole laptop-in-the-freezer incident and all, so yeah, Tom may be a little stressed. But jeez-oh-pete, people need to relax , get a grip and learn to laugh a bit, too.
Still, it's one thing for me to run a dual-boot on my personal notebook; I wouldn't consider it at all to put a Beta ANYTHING on a unit that is mission critical. Not even Google Earth, or Skype. Too many things can go wrong. Call me paranoid, or read the horror stories here.

OK, I was sarcastic, but WAY too many people have, in the last few weeks, put Vista on to machines they should not have. A production support machine has no business running Vista. Period.

Ok, I installed VPC inside Vista. When I got the message stating "This version is not supported.." I just clicked OK and it let me finish the installation. I then created a virtual machine and started it up but nothing is happening on the screen, no errors or anything. The HD/CD/Floppy/Network lights in the lower left aren't flashing either, so literally nothing is happening. I'm not quite sure why that is, without doing some troubleshooting. It could also be because I'm running Vista inside VMWare at the moment. :) It also could be because I don't have a CD in the virtual drive. I tried attaching to the VistaVM's CD drive which was pointed to the ISO for Vista. No dice. I'll have to keep working on that.
TowerDave
P.S. I have been in Tech Support/Help Desk for the past 8.5 years. I do all kinds of crazy things on my machine to support my users, because I can fix my machine. Like Jerry Pournelle says "I do all these crazy things so you don't have to" and that includes installing all kinds of crazy combinations of software to troubleshoot issues. I also use Virtual Machines. My point was, we have no idea what machine BNCR has this installed on. It may be a second machine at their desk that is not in "production." It may be a VM. It may be their primary machine. If they want to do that, it's their decision. The question was, can I install VPC in Vista, and the answer is, yes. :) Does it work? Not sure yet.
And as Forrest Gump says...That's all I've got to say about that.
"BNCR" wrote in message

I´ve installed Windows Vista build 5384, but when I try to install Virtual PC for support intentions the installation wizard show me "This version is not supported on your operating system, is only certificated for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional", but how I told before, I need install this software, because I need for support intentions with my users and clients.