"GateKeeper" <GateKeeper@earth1ink.net> wrote in message
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> Clint wrote:
>> A couple of weeks ago I upgraded my PC to Windows Vista Ultimate.
>> Previously it was running on an OEM version of Windows XP Professional
>> which came with my system.
>>
>> I have just tried to install Windows XP under Virtual PC 2007, however it
>> will not accept the product key, which was always valid whenever I had to
>> reinstall XP on my PC.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>
> From the Web page, it looks like Virtual PC can emulate Windows XP by
> itself, without you having to install anything. Isn't that how it is
> supposed to work?


No. Virtual PC creates a "virtual machine" on your desktop, on which you
then need to install the OS of your choice. Virtual PC doesn't come with any
OS.....