Is Win/7's XP Virtualizaton specific to XP? Can I install w2k?

[Al Dykes]

If I download the free VT kit from microsoft can I install and run my
legal copy of w2k in it?

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Al Dykes
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[Andrew]

"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
news:hpl7t9$7p3$1@panix5.panix.com...
> If I download the free VT kit from microsoft can I install and run my
> legal copy of w2k in it?
>

Sure. you can run most anything in it.

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Andrew

 

[Scott]

Al Dykes wrote:
> If I download the free VT kit from microsoft can I install and run my
> legal copy of w2k in it?
>

Just wondering...are you using the pro or ultimate edition?

 

[Al Dykes]

In article <eYKdnTC_EcSFpiPWnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Scott <sws2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Al Dykes wrote:
>> If I download the free VT kit from microsoft can I install and run my
>> legal copy of w2k in it?
>>
>
>Just wondering...are you using the pro or ultimate edition?




It's Home Premuim, I may be screwed. I expect to play with VirtualBox.


--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

 

[Seth]

"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
news:hpl7t9$7p3$1@panix5.panix.com...
> If I download the free VT kit from microsoft can I install and run my
> legal copy of w2k in it?


If you mean VPC2007, then yes, you can run whatever OS you have a license
for.