DriverPacks.net Forum - Virtual PC 2007

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (coop75) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:34:26 +0000

ophielx wrote:

...But Virtual Box is the best of both worlds: It's small, fast, and free. (and I haven't had any compatibility issues)

I agree! Been using VirtualBox for a long period now and it works great!

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (OverFlow) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:47:26 +0000

Please don't post off topic...

we all saw your other post...

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (pablomole) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:02:09 +0000

Hi All,

Can anyone shaed any light, and add content to the last thread on the following post?

http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=1770

Cheers,

Pablomole

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (mr_smartepants) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:38:33 +0000

I've used both VPC2k7 and VirtualBox and I prefer VirtualBox. It's about 500% faster than VPC in my testing. XP installs in about 15 min on VirtualBox as opposed to an hour on VPC.
Time is precious!

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (Helmi) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:28:29 +0000

VirtualBox is quite nice, I like it much better than VMWare, however it will sometimes produce some unexplainable BSODs for me (freshly installed OS even).
Going back to VPC using the same source, everything works fine.

Also, VB is yet missing Virtualization support for the CPU (the box is there but you cannot check it).
VPC does this already.

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (ophielx) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:24:18 +0000

+1 on VirtualBox. It's the only VM I've been using for the past 6 months.

I used to use only VMWare because it was more compatible and was quite a bit faster than VPC. But Virtual Box is the best of both worlds: It's small, fast, and free. (and I haven't had any compatibility issues)

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (dado023) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:04:28 +0000

when i first discovered virtualization it was vmware and often i used "easywmx" with it, but after that m$ rolled out Virtual PC 2007 and it was free, so i started to using it. Now i discovered VirtualBox and i like it. For now i am sticking with VirtualBox coz of ease of use and speed(it is not superb, but it is satisfying)

if you r still wondering wtf is VirtualBox go here:
http://www.virtualbox.org/

cheers m8s

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (axpe) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:42:42 +0000

#What Works and What Doesn't in Microsoft Virtual PC (unofficial list of which OSes)
http://vpc.visualwin.com/
----
#Virtual Machine Downloads (overlooked-resources, Utilities, Tech-Ref, links, Other-Emulators,nthing)
http://vpc.essjae.com/

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (mr_smartepants) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:49:44 +0000

Try using a clean XP source and reslipstream SP2 and retest.

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (Evil_Ed) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:57:43 +0000

I did try to replace the GDIPLUS.MAN as per instructions from google searches. It didn't help. And yes, was using ISO's, which only confused me since most explainations for that problem were blaming CD or CD-ROM problems. Also, I can open the problem files with a notepad and it looked fine. And, the same ISO's worked fine with VMware. Another interesting thing is that of the 3 or 4 different files (different file in different ISO's), some were compressed and some were not.

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (Jaak) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:21:24 +0000

LOL...
Watsons use google.

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (Helmi) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:14:30 +0000

mr_smartepants wrote:

Jaak wrote:
thanks.
We learn something new every day.
Yes, Google is a wonderful resource.

If you know how to use it...

*ducks for cover*

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (mr_smartepants) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:01:42 +0000

Jaak wrote:

thanks.
We learn something new every day.

Yes, Google is a wonderful resource.

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (Jaak) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:56:03 +0000

thanks.
We learn something new every day.

Re: Virtual PC 2007

null@example.com (mr_smartepants) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:39:47 +0000

Evil_Ed wrote:

I tried Virtual PC 2007 first (because it was free), but half of my WinXP builds would get an error in a file in a sub-folder of \I386\ASMS\ that would stop the install. It wasn't always the same file, but GDIPLUS.MAN was one of them. I tried VMware with the same ISO's and it NEVER had that error.
It's really too bad... I liked the video driver support better on Virtual PC.
Ed

Are you using VPC to test your .ISO files or the actual burned CD/DVD?
If this is happening with .ISO files, it might be a corrupted gdiplus.dll file. Grab a replacement from here:
http://dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?gdiplus

This error is almost always caused by a botched SP2 slipstream, a dirty disc, or a failing optical drive.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1017113594
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/15875/