Microsoft just released updated Virtual PC images for Windows XP that users can download. Virtual PC images are a single file that contain a “clone” of an operating system. The Virtual PC software is a free download provided by Microsoft and is used to run multiple operating systems inside of Windows.

Using these images is also great for keeping your PC free from unnecessary clutter! If youÂ’re thinking that you want to test out an application or game to see how much you like it, now all you have to do is install the program on the Virtual PC. That way if you donÂ’t like it, you can easily remove it from your computer without wondering what registry settings or folders it left behind.



The only downside to using these is that the images expire August 17th, 2007, but that is still 4–months of free access to a Windows XP testing station. Also, these images are pre-activated, but Microsoft has deactivated the product keys so that they don’t pass the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) check.
Download Virtual PC: 32–bit or 64–bit

Download Windows XP Image with Internet Explorer 7
Download Windows XP Image with Internet Explorer 6

Tutorials:
Run Windows XP inside Vista with Virtual PC 2007
Run Windows Vista inside XP with Virtual PC 2007

Virtual PC 2007 Homepage

that is awesome, does the XP just have a different partition or what? or can you not save stuff to xp??

no... its running in a virtual machine... so you dont have to do any partitioning!

Yep - it creates a folder on your drive that contains the virtual disk

The only thing that sucks is that it installs virtual hardware (generic graphics - no good for vista ultimate testing)

Yeah--and it can be very slow at times. Nonetheless a great find and I would +rep you if I could.

hmm, I wonder if this can work on linux

Do they work in VPC2003? The old version ran on Win2000, the new one doesn't as I recall,.