Best Virtual PC Software.

Swordfish · 1 Feb 2010 at 19:20

I need to run a virtual PC on my Windows HP x64 machine.

I was wondering which is the best one to use? It must support USB devices as well.

Cheers

Burnsy2023 · 1 Feb 2010 at 19:25

I'm a VMware user, so I'm very used to that, although I do use XP mode (Virtual PC) on my workstation for hardware that don't have Windows 7 drivers and that works fine.

Swordfish · 1 Feb 2010 at 19:36

Burnsy2023 said:
I'm a VMware user, so I'm very used to that, although I do use XP mode (Virtual PC) on my workstation for hardware that don't have Windows 7 drivers and that works fine.

Cheers for that.

Cant use XP Mode on Home Premium tho.

Will give the vmware a go.

EDIT : Is this a free program? The site I've found to download it from wants me to sign up with all my personal details etc.? Is that right?

Burnsy2023 · 1 Feb 2010 at 19:37

Swordfish said:
Cant use XP Mode on Home Premium tho.

No but you can use Virtual PC which is pretty much the same thing.

Swordfish · 1 Feb 2010 at 19:40

Burnsy2023 said:
No but you can use Virtual PC which is pretty much the same thing.

I did use Virtual PC quite a bit and was sure that did not work on 7. Daft me !

Swordfish · 1 Feb 2010 at 19:41

MMMM - According to the MS Site I am not eligible to run Virtual PC as I cant run XP Mode.

bledd · 1 Feb 2010 at 19:49

virtualbox is good

Burnsy2023 · 1 Feb 2010 at 20:01

Swordfish said:
MMMM - According to the MS Site I am not eligible to run Virtual PC as I cant run XP Mode.

Try Virtual PC 7: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/virtual-pc-2007.aspx

Swordfish · 1 Feb 2010 at 20:04

Burnsy2023 said:
Try Virtual PC 7: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/virtual-pc-2007.aspx

Ahh - that was the one I used to use, cheers

theheyes · 1 Feb 2010 at 21:35

I second VirtualBox as an alternative if you need one.

Fonz-Valo · 1 Feb 2010 at 22:29

I use VirtualBox on both my work and home PC and can highly recommend it

swinnie · 1 Feb 2010 at 22:39

VirtualBox, with VMware a close 2nd place.

Hoodlum · 1 Feb 2010 at 23:51

I use VirtualBox too.

DJDaz · 2 Feb 2010 at 09:07

another vote for virtualbox

subbass · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:45

I highly recommend Virtualbox. Very useful software. Supports USB as well.

pinki104 · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:46

virtualbox is deffo a good program

Swordfish · 3 Feb 2010 at 09:40

Cheers all, using Virtualbox

tripitaka · 3 Feb 2010 at 13:38

Does USB work for you?
I couldn't get it working last time I tried - Win7x64 host, XP guest.

madcat · 3 Feb 2010 at 14:09

wow theres more people using virtualbox than vmware in this thread! I might give it a try

Swordfish · 3 Feb 2010 at 14:12

tripitaka said:
Does USB work for you?
I couldn't get it working last time I tried - Win7x64 host, XP guest.

Not got round to the usb yet. Will update in a little while