Yes, to use the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive you first must enable (capture) it
from the drop down menu. I have a different problem though. My host OS is
Windows XP Professional, but I don't think that matters. Anyway, I installed
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit in Virtual PC 2004. Of course I set the
memory to 512MB to meet the minimum requirements. The setup was succesful,
but I had two incompatibilities and I am not sure if this is due to Vista or
Virtual PC. First is that the emulated sound card (Creative SoundBlaster 16,
if I remember correctly) not even appears as a device, so I cannot install
any drivers. The other problem is that it sees the Network adapter (in
shared, NAT mode) but I cannot access any shared folder in the host or
connect to the internet. In the network status it shows a connection with a
network (probably the host) but not with the internet. The comment is "local
only", I don't know what this means. If there was no traffic, I would
understand that there is something wrong with the network properties in Vista
or in Virtual PC 2004. But there is some traffic! What's going on? Anyone
knows better? If it makes any sense, I have ZoneAlarm installed in the host,
but disabling it makes no difference. Please don't recommend Virtual PC 2007
as this is not free and I cannot use it in a PC Store! Besides Vista would
not install at all if there was some incompatibility with Virtual PC 2004.
Microsoft themselves suggested using Virtual PC 2004 to test Vista, so IT IS
compatible.
The host is a computer is in display in a computer store and it has two
monitors connected to it. So we decided to install Virtual PC 2004 and setup
Vista, so we can show them to customers using the second monitor, without
affecting our original Windows installation. The host is connected to a hub
and takes ADSL line via LAN for surfing the internet. Please help! I would
appreciate if you could reply directly to my e-mail address:
(e-mail address removed) so I don't have to read the forum. In fact, I found this
forum after a lot of search and I don't think I can find it again to check
for replies. So please e-mail me directly!
Thanks
Sotirios
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