Running XP Pro 32 on Vista Ultimate 64

[Oren]

Hello,

Is it possible to install XP Pro (which is 32 BIT) as a virtual PC on Vista ultimate 64 BIT ???

Did anyone here tryed running a 32 BIT OS as a virtual on a 64 BIT Host?

If so, is it working good??

Thanks in advance....

[jdhurst]

I haven't tried it yet, but it should work. VMware isolates the VM hardware from the machine hardware. VMware provides its own hardware, and then passes through where necessary (CD Rom, floppy disks, sound). ... JDH

[richarddd]

I was running 64 bit Vista Ultimate under 32 bit XP using VMware, so I'd imagine you can do the reverse. You might check VMware's docs.

[Oren]

One more thing...

What's more recomended?

Vmware or MS Virtual PC ?

any opinions...

[jdhurst]

In my opinion (with 5 bucks added will get you a cup of coffee), VMware is industrial strength, whereas Virtual PC (at least what I saw) was more consumer strength. ... JDH

[Oren]

In my opinion (with 5 bucks added will get you a cup of coffee), VMware is industrial strength, whereas Virtual PC (at least what I saw) was more consumer strength. ... JDH

I agree.
Im using Vmware on few of my 2k3 servers to run Unix and XP, works great.

But i read some info online saying that for MS OS's it is better to run V-PC.

I guess ill install both of them on my X60 testing machine and play with that a little....

Ill post my results....

[hart22]

I just installed XP Pro 32 as a virtual PC on my Vista Ultimate 64 machine using MS Virtual PC 2007. I can't put in any words for VMWare, but everything is working flawlessly with V-PC.

There is a guide available here on optimizing XP Pro as a virtual PC, which I am currently implementing.

Networking, sound, graphics, removable media drives, usb, etc all work right out of the box, and Microsoft Update works as well.

This way there is full compatibility with some older applications, as well as the ability to run 64-bit optimized versions of some newer apps (mostly work-related proprietary ones, in my case).