Hi Steven,

What you need is retail media with a Product Key. I doubt anyone will simply
give it to you, you'll have to peruse sites that may still sell it (might
try ebay) as it is no longer available through normal retail channels. The
only legit sources for downloading the .iso's would be via MSDN or Technet
subscriptions.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>I posted this question in different sections for different reasons. one
>reason was because I am not sure were to post this question. Another reason
>is because I am trying to virtualize a legacy operating system on Windows
>Vista using Microsoft Virtual PC and I seem to be having an issue with it.
>
> What I am trying to do is virtualize Windows 2000 on my Windows Vista PC
> using Microsoft Virtual PC. the only issue is that when i try to install
> Windows 2000 on the Virtual PC i get an issue. it gives me an issues
> saying that i cannot install the operating system because it did not come
> with the computer or whatever. yet when i install it on the physical
> machine itself, the computer will go through with the installation just
> fine.
>
> I think i am having this particular issue because the installation CD i
> have for windows 2000 is a OEM CD. what I am asking if anyone knows where
> I can download an ISO image of a Windows 2000 installation CD that will
> work with Microsoft Virtual PC. It would be nice if someone knows a place
> of where I could download an ISO of the installation CD or if someone can
> just send me a physical installation CD for windows 2000.
>
>
> there are a lot of reasons of why I reather Virtualize Windows 2000 over
> Windows XP. one reason is because windows 2000 takes up less hard disk
> space and plus it does not detect certian types of hardware devices. I
> virtualized Windows XP earlier and one or two of the devices that Wondows
> XP detected that Windows 2000 does not detect, made it so that it kept
> switching back and forth between Vista and XP whenever I used those
> particular hardware devices. another advantage of virtualizing Windows
> 2000 is that it works faster, and plus it is more compatible with older
> applications that Windows XP may or may not be compatible with.
>
> so, can someone please help me with this issue that i am having. windows
> vista just has too many program compatiility issues for its own good.
>
> From,
> Steven Wabik[/color]