This means that the hard disk only takes up as much room as needed and can only grow to the specified size. As you can see, at this point the size of the virtual hard disk file is 4MB.
As I install the operating system and applications, the virtual hard disk will grow in size until it reaches the maximum size of GB.
At this point, move down to the IDE Controller 1 DVD Drive section and choose how you want to install the operating system and applications on your virtual machine. This will make it easy to install Windows XP from the optical disc. Click Apply to save your changes. When you do, you'll see a virtual machine window that tells you that the machine is turned off. At this point, just click the Start button on the menu bar. Once the installation is complete, you'll see the Windows XP desktop in a virtual machine in Windows 8, as shown.
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Image 4 of Previous Next. This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic Photo Gallery. You can quickly create a virtual machine using the preconfigured default settings Creating the virtual machine In last week's article, I told you that there are two ways that you can create a virtual machine from the New Virtual Machine Wizard. Renaming the virtual machine will help you to keep track of it When you see the new virtual machine appear in the Virtual Machines list, right click the name and rename it to something like XP Virtual Machine, then go back to the Actions pane and click the Settings command.
Add a legacy network adapter Editing the virtual machine's settings When the Settings window appears, you'll see that there are a multitude of settings that you can configure to customize how your virtual machine will work. If you have already configured a Virtual switch, just select it When you do, Hyper V will add the Legacy Network Adapter to the Hardware list and immediately take you to that section.
Chances are that you'll want to expand the size of the virtual hard disk To continue, go ahead and click Apply to save your settings. The Virtual Hard Disk Properties dialog box shows the current size of the virtual hard disk Keep in mind that Hyper-V creates dynamically expanding virtual hard disks.
Seeing the basic looking Windows XP Setup screen in Windows 8 is quite a stark picture You'll then see the installation begin. Following are the versions of Windows client that are supported as guest operating systems for Hyper-V on Windows Server.
The following table gives links to information about guest operating systems supported for Hyper-V on other versions of Windows. Issues found in Microsoft operating systems and in integration services are supported by Microsoft support. For issues found in other operating systems that have been certified by the operating system vendor to run on Hyper-V, support is provided by the vendor.
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Submit ». Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. If its used infrequently, you can install a trial of XP and recreate the VM after 30 days. Thai Pepper. I don't know how legit this is perhaps on of the Microsoft folks here can address this?
Bryan This person is a verified professional. How did you license your Windows OS? Pure Capsaicin. DragonsRule This person is a verified professional.
Microsoft Licensing expert. Upgrade VLs are just that, upgrades. They cannot be used where a previous OS didn't exist. The same way you do for a bare metal machine.
The fact that it's a VM doesn't change the requirement for a full license. I have no idea. Chris Microsoft Ghost Chili. You cannot legally purchase and install an OEM copy on a machine that you own and use. OEM is for system builders only, to be installed on a machine that is being resold. I'm not sure if FPP has downgrade rights, but if it does, that should work. CD and key of what, exactly? Don't make an idiot. The world has enough of those :.
I have a cd and key for Windows xp pro still from my previous PC build. Yeah that's why I said I'm good I'm not sure about OP's position I'd also be interested in what he can do because I'd like to be able to do it without the cd since my laptop doesn't have a disc drive like I said though worse case I'll just take the disc to work and make an iso and save it to a usb stick.
Chris Microsoft wrote: I apologize for the delayed response.. CDW 22, Followers Follow.
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