Unique features of Virtual PC

To meet the requirements of desktop users, Virtual PC provides some features that are not available in Virtual Server. This section describes those features as well as the operating systems that Virtual PC supports.
Supported operating systems
For Virtual PC, both the host operating system (the one on which you install Virtual PC) and the guest operating systems (the ones running inside virtual machines) must be desktop operating systems.
Supported host operating systems include:
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Supported guest operating systems include those just listed and the following:
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Service Pack 6 (SP6) or higher
• Windows Millennium Edition
• Windows 98
• MS-DOS® 6.22
• OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 Fixpack 15, OS/2 Warp Convenience Pack 1, and OS/2 Warp Convenience Pack 2
Emulated sound card
Both Virtual PC and Virtual Server provide integration with the physical computer's mouse and keyboard. However, only Virtual PC provides an emulated sound card to support the needs and expectations of desktop users.
Extensive host-guest integration
Virtual PC is designed to provide user convenience in a desktop environment. This results in the following benefits to users:
• They can switch between operating systems as easily as they switch between applications by simply clicking on the window that contains the virtual machine.
• With a simple drag-and-drop operation, users can move or copy and paste items from a guest operating system to the host operating system, and vice versa.
• Users can dynamically resize the guest operating system desktop when resizing the virtual machine window.
• Users can share folders between operating systems.
Shared networking
Virtual PC offers shared networking through network address translation (NAT). This makes it easy for users to configure a connection to an external network that is shared with the host computer.