I know that....

I was just hoping that someone could send me an ISO image of the Windows
2000 installation CD. I already have a valide activation key that would work
with it.

I have an OEM copy but OEM copy won't work with Microsoft Virtual Machine. I
need a Retail Installation CD. and I do not care what service pack revision
it is... and by the way I sadly lost my retail installation CD for Windows
2000. if I still had the CD this post would not exist.

at this point I'm starting to beta testing Windows 7. oddly at times I am
using virtual machine on the operating system. I'm virtualizing Windows XP
on that particular computer, but thats just for beta testing purposes. on my
primary machine, i wanna virtualize Windows 2000.

From,
Steven Wabik
SPW.net Technologies




"Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message
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You can get a Windows 2000 download from MSDN. You will need to subscribe
unless you already are.

Also you might find someone selling one on EBay

--
Peter

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"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
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