What is the best solution to install a Win2k8 R2 virtual server on a 64bit Win7 host system?

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• Friday, May 18, 2012 3:11 PM

   

   
  

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  Virtual PC doesn't support 64-bit OS's, so you're only option is to

  use something else.  There's VMWare Player, VirtualBox, or Parallels,

  that could work for you. 

   

  VMWare player is probably more stable but more resource intensive, and

  if VirtualBox works on your hardware, it usually works pretty well.

  It's been some time since I tried Parallels so I don't really know the

  state of that is.

   

  And then there's also VMWare Workstation which is more full featured

  product, but it's not free.

   

   

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  Bob Comer - Microsoft MVP Virtual Machine

  • Marked As Answer by The-DaveO Friday, May 18, 2012 3:33 PM
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• Friday, May 18, 2012 3:32 PM

   

   
  

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  Thanks for the quick reply Bob. - I had a feeling that I was going to have to go back to VMware.  I'm installing it as I write this.

  • Marked As Answer by The-DaveO Friday, May 18, 2012 3:32 PM
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• Friday, May 18, 2012 3:42 PM

   

   
  

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  No problem, glad to help.

   

  fwiw, Windows 8 Client will come with Hyper-V which does support

  64-bit OS's, as well as multiple cores.

   

   

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• Friday, May 18, 2012 4:49 PM

   

   
  

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  the new Parallels Workstation 6 is pretty solid.  Picked up two copies when it was on sale for $9.99.

  Has some of the nice VPC features like drag and drop mounting of ISOs.

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