I could be wrong, but I think the language I've seen on the virtual pc
newsgroup is that your copy of windows is licensed to run on ONE machine at
a time.
So legally you could not put it on a virtual machine at the same time,
because, even though virtual, it counts as a second machine.


"Julian" <msforums@tiger2.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Can one legitimately (i.e within the terms of the EULA) clone the Vista
> installation into Virtual PC (on the same PC as the licensed OS), if so
> how? I have some applications I want to trial and I know (cos I tried it
> before) that they don't sit well alongside the currently installed
> applications... and I would rather like to minimise the uninstall -
> install - uninstall - reinstall aggravation if at all possible.
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Julian I-Do-Stuff
>
> Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com