How Windows Vista Works - Windows Vista Cool New Features & API’s - Part II - You can run Vista in a Virtual PC on the same computer for free!

Posted on March 12, 2007 at 10:35 am

Make sure to read other posts from the Windows Vista Cool Features series!

  1. How Windows Vista Works - Windows Vista Cool New Features & API’s - Part I - Restart Manager API
  2. How Windows Vista Works - Windows Vista Cool New Features & API’s - Part II - You can run Vista in a Virtual PC on the same computer for free!
  3. How Windows Vista Works - Windows Vista Cool New Features & API’s - Part III - Windows DreamScene
  4. How Windows Vista Works - Windows Vista Cool New Features & API’s - Part IV - The new "Sleep" power state
  5. How Windows Vista Works - Windows Vista Cool New Features & API’s - Part V - Windows Anytime Upgrade
  6. How Windows Vista Works - Windows Vista Cool New Features & API’s - Part VI - Windows Meeting Space

If you’ve ever used Virtual PC to test out new software or browse scary internet sites or do anything that you didn’t want to affect your personal PC, then you’ll be glad to hear that Windows Vista will now allow you to install a virtual copy of the operating system on the same computer using the same product key! No more having to go out and get another copy of XP, which was quite an expensive task for most people and that’s why mostly only corporations ever used Virtual PC’s. With Windows XP, the license stated that only one copy of the software could be installed on one computer. In Windows Vista, the license agreement states that the licensed copy can be installed in a virtual pc on the same computer as the licensed computer. So now you can install Vista once and then install it again in Virtual PC without having to buy another license!!!

However, this will only be available for Windows Ultimate or Business editions, not the Home or Home Premium editions! So if you’re interested in using Vista virtually to avoid permanent changes to your personal computer (it’s a great way to avoid viruses and spy ware when browsing), then go for the Ultimate edition and the it’ll pay for itself as you’ll have two copies running instead of one!

And corporations will get even better benefits; the Business edition will allow up to 4 copies to be run on the same computer! WOO HOO for us IT guys! Now all you have to do is spend $5000 on a QUAD CORE computer with 8GB of RAM!!!!

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