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Virtual PC on Windows 10

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  • 25-07-2016 6:21pm
    #1
    txpjl
    Registered Users Posts: 233 ✭✭


    Hello there,

    Anybody know what my options are for running Virtual PC on Windows 10?

    Getting the following:
    "Windows Update Standalone Installer
    The certificate for the signer of this message is invalid"

    I have virtual PC running on Win 7, but would like it to run on a new Win 10 PC. Any ideas?

    I've used VmWare years ago before EMC took them over. Looks like it isn't free now.

    Thanks
    T


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    #2
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    txpjl wrote: »
    Hello there,

    Anybody know what my options are for running Virtual PC on Windows 10?

    Getting the following:
    "Windows Update Standalone Installer
    The certificate for the signer of this message is invalid"

    I have virtual PC running on Win 7, but would like it to run on a new Win 10 PC. Any ideas?

    I've used VmWare years ago before EMC took them over. Looks like it isn't free now.

    Thanks
    T

    VMWare Player is still free.

    I prefer VirtualBox myself - also free.

    You should be able to convert your VPC to be accessible by either.


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    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    If you're running Windows 10 Pro you can install Hyper-V. There's a migration guide here that might be useful.


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    txpjl
    Registered Users Posts: 233 ✭✭txpjl


    Thanks guys.

    The Win 10 is a new install on a newly built PC. The other is a laptop running Win 7 but with nothing of any significance installed on virtual PC so no need to convert or migrate anything.

    I'll give both a go on Win 10. My son is 12 and I'm hoping to give him his own virtual PC for any games and downloads etc and keep the host computer as clean as possible.

    T


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    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    HyperV is a feature of Windows 10 and can simply be enabled in Add/Remove Programs.

    However I don't think it or any virtualised OS would be up to playing games requiring direct access to the GPU. As mentioned above you also need to enable Virtualisation in your PCs BIOS - if available.

    Ken


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Could also look into booting to a VHD as described here, only hard disk is virtualised so gaming etc. should be no issue

    Nick

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    txpjl
    Registered Users Posts: 233 ✭✭txpjl


    Guys,

    I don't think my DVD of Win 7 is bootable. Created a .iso file but both Hyper V and Oracle's Virtual Box cannot load the OS.

    Any ideas how I fix this?

    I would prefer to load Win 10 but I guess I'm too late for the upgrade deadline.

    Thanks
    T


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    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    just use the ISO file instead, no need to burn to dvd for a VM build


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