MacPro and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

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cgntoonartist

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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!
 
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.
 
cgntoonartist said:
How do I fix this so that I can run Microsoft Virtual PC on my Mac Pro?
Thanks!
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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.
 
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