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virtual pc 2004 is now 100% free.

 
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franpa
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:51 pm     Post subject: virtual pc 2004 is now 100% free. Reply with quote

virtual pc 2004 is now 100% free... that right go now and enjoy...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx

Virtual PC 2004 runs on: Windows 2000 Professional SP4, Windows XP Professional or later, and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:49 pm     Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats good news
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:35 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

Theres always a catch though

And that is

it will not run vista..
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franpa
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:00 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

lol i just hate how they specifically state it will run under windows XP home.

EDIT: i meant how they state that it WONT run under Windows XP Home


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:49 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

O
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Hell Yes!
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Larry Laffer
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:14 pm     Post subject: Reply with quote

I realy have't heard of it... What does it do to make you happy that its free now???
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franpa
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:58 pm     Post subject: Reply with quote

it is an emulator that emulates various Microsoft operating systems... such as dos, win95, win98, winME and win2000
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:22 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice... DOSBox REST IN PEACE!!!!
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:10 pm     Post subject: Reply with quote

franpa wrote:
lol i just hate how they specifically state it will run under windows XP home.

EDIT: i meant how they state that it WONT run under Windows XP Home


Yes it does... I have it on my laptop with XP Home...
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franpa
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:52 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you for that piece of inf0 kazer0... nicest thing you've done for me so far.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:34 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

virtual pc 2007 beta now available.
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Larry Laffer
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:35 pm     Post subject: Reply with quote

Haba Haba! What's improved?
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franpa
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:30 pm     Post subject: Reply with quote

added hardware accelerated hardware support in it... but it wont install on win XP home Sad ive sent an email to them requesting the system specs because the readme is found after installing it... which is screwed.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:41 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

Let us know when you het the response.
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franpa
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:02 am     Post subject: Reply with quote

in the first beta there is no support for any version of windows XP.... only vista... so we'll just have to wait for a newer beta that does support winXP as the email said they are working on adding winXP support to it...
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