MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 & Windows Vista Beta 2

[Guest]

Hi,
I had this posted on Windows XP Help & Support but they advised to post here.

Is there a step by step procedure for installing MS Virtual Server 2005 R2
and then installing Windows Vista Beta 2 on it as a Virtual Machine?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

I don't know if there's a "step-by-step" but here's what I did:

a) Install IIS under WinXP SP2;
b) Deny adding IIS Exceptions to Firewall (I wanted only local access)
c) Then install VS 2005 R2; I took just about all the defaults.
d) After I got totally confused ) I then created a VM for Vista.
e) Don't forget to create a Virtual HD for it before you install.

I couldn't find anything equivalent to the convenient shares of
Virtual PC so I had to actually make Vista join a PTP Network
in order to do a little file sharing with the Host OS.

Hope this helps.
-AS