This software can help IT's deal
with their old application. For those who are still not familiar with this
application you'll find this article helpful.
Do you love your old operating
system but can't use it anymore, because you’re now using the latest hardware
and operating system? Who cares about that old operating system? Maybe for some
people they still want it installed not just because of the OS, but also for
their legacy application that won't simply run on new OS's. Don’t lose hope,
Microsoft have a solution for you, they called it Microsoft Virtual PC.
For a short synopsis of Virtual
PC; Virtual PC is a software application that usually runs on Windows OS.
Originally created by Connectix Corp., and then later bought by Microsoft. It
was created to break the boundaries of multiple operating systems running over
a Windows environment; a technique that uses a simulation of a real computer.
Virtual PC mimic’s the entire computer’s hardware, creating a new set of
machine over a running Windows, and therefore users has the capability to
install all versions of operating systems without the risk of hardware
compatibility issue.
Simple as it seem, this software
has a great potential in making your system more flexible with less
maintenance, even consumers and corporate world have great interest in this
technology.
Let’s try out the software,
shall we? I will have an example procedure running on Windows platform. First
you must install Virtual PC on your computer. Download the latest version of
Virtual PC on Microsoft Download Center, or key-in to your search engine like www.google.com to find the latest version on
the web. After downloading, just run the “setup.exe” and follow the
instructions provided. When you’re done, you will find the program on your
Start >All Programs and search for Microsoft Virtual PC, click on it to
open the program. Now a new window will prompt you with an easy create wizard.
This wizard will help you create your new virtual machine. Here’s the
procedure:
1. Just click the next button on
the first window that you see.
2. On the next window, choose
“create virtual machine” then click the next button.
3. Now in this window, name your
new virtual machine; example: New Computer, then click the Browse button on the
right to choose where you want to save your file. If you’re done, click next to
continue.
4. In this window you’re now
going to choose what type of Operating System you prefer to install to your
“New Computer”. Click on the list box to see the choices, and then choose what
operating system you prefer. This enables the setup to decide what hardware
requirements should the Virtual PC to populate. After deciding what operating
you want to install later, click on the next button to continue.
5. On the next window, the
wizard asks you what memory capacity you prefer to use by your new operating
system. Just choose the recommended RAM, click next to continue.
6. On the next window, we’ll
create a new virtual hard disk so that our Operating system will allocate what
specific size to use on your hard drive. Choose “A new virtual disk” then click
next to continue.
7. In this window, we’re going
to name your hard disk. Click on the browse button on the right and then
type-in the name you want, example: Windows XP hard disk. Click next to
continue. A summary of wizard will show up, just click finish to end the
wizard.
Now you’re ready to begin
installing an operating system. To start with, we have to check some settings
here to see if you are capable of running a CD Drive into your virtual machine
so that you can install your OS.
1. On the Virtual PC Console,
click on the virtual machine that we have created earlier, ”New Computer”.
2. Now click on the settings
button. On the settings window, locate and click on “CD/DVD Drive”.
3. Here you can either choose
whether your CD/DVD drive is attached to the secondary IDE controller or
Primary slave. Note: This is important so that you can boot your CD installer
using the CD/DVD drive that you have on your PC. If you’re unsure about what is
this, just leave this to default settings.
4. Just click Ok to exit the
settings window.
5. Insert your Windows CD
installer to your drive.
6. Back in Virtual PC console,
click on start to launch your “New Computer”.
7. A new window will appear that
are similar to your computer when it’s starting up. Wait until your Windows CD
installer boots up.
8. And the rest is up to you.
This great and exciting new
technology that is continuously reaching its height onto potential advantage
over the past years, with new techniques and features that are implemented to
manage computers.
For your additional info:
Windows 7 there are new ways to
do this by combining it with Virtualization Technology that came from Intel’s
processor.
Ok wait! I don’t want to confuse
you with this one. Let us first characterize what is Virtualization Technology.
Since Virtualization Technology came from Intel, this one is more on hardware
related description, and I’ll try to explain this one into much simpler way so
you won’t get lost in our topic. Remember that Virtual PC is like a hardware
simulator or a system copier enabling you to generate a new system, like a real
PC. Virtualization technology is almost the same like software virtualization
like Virtual PC does, this technology enables a single processor acts like as
if you have multiple processors in your system, and this enables you to run
several operating systems at the same time. Instead of software, it creates a
Virtual CPU and runs multiple OS into a parallel manner.
Note:
Not all processor supports this feature. Check your BIOS to see whether you
have this feature or not.
So why are we now talking about
hardware here? When Windows 7 was created, Microsoft had anticipated about
application compatibility on their new operating system, since a native Virtual
PC has limited capability, Windows 7 has a new feature called Window XP mode.
This is a combination of Microsoft Virtual PC, Windows XP mode together with
Virtualization Technology; all of your legacy application can now run into
Windows 7 environment.
Now you have all the reasons to
upgrade to Windows 7.
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