MacPro and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by cgntoonartist, Jan 11, 2009.

  1. cgntoonartist

    cgntoonartist Junior Member

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    Hello,

    When I install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 via Parallels Desktop, it won't let me run it.
    It says:
    "Virtual PC is incompatible with the physical processor in this computer. Virtual PC requires at least a Pentium II ( or equivalent ) processor.

    I am on a MacPro running Mac OSX 10.5.6. 2 GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive with lots of free space.
    I am running Vista Ultimate with my Parallels Desktop 4.0.

    My MacPro has a 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor. So I know it has more power than a Pentium II.

    How do I fix this so that I can run Microsoft Virtual PC on my Mac Pro?

    Thanks!
     
  2. cgntoonartist

    cgntoonartist Junior Member

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    Please help! Thanks.
     
  3. pcraddock

    pcraddock Member

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    Are you trying to run a VM inside a VM? . I doubt highly that would work. If it did, it probably wouldn't work well. Virtual PC not an Operating System, but a Virtualization Product.
     
  4. cgntoonartist

    cgntoonartist Junior Member

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    I am basically treating Windows Vista with Parallels the way I would treat Windows Vista on a PC machine.
     
  5. Olivier

    Olivier Forum Maven

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    You cannot run Microsoft Virtual PC on your Mac Pro.
    What you try to do is to run Virtual PC on your Vista which runs inside a VM hosted on your Mac Pro.
    That won't probably work, just as trying to run Virtual PC in a virtual machine created by Virtual PC on a real PC wouldn't work either.
    Now, if you boot your Mac natively in Windows Vista (BootCamp), then you CAN install and run Virtual PC on it.
     
  6. John@Parallels

    John@Parallels Forum Maven

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    Virtual PC requires hipervisor, which is already intercepted by virtualization processor,
    If you want to run virtualization software try Virtuozzo
    http://www.parallels.com/products/virtuozzo/

    Note, you need to uninstall Parallels Tools
     
    Last edited: Jan 13, 2009

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