Activating virtual machines using virtual pc2004

[Cider]

Hi all

My mates and I are going over my course material for MCSE. We have one problem

We cannot activate the virtual computers that are given on the course CD. When I attended the lectures we had to Google it but I cannot find it anymore and are in desperate need to find a solution.

With the one virtual pc open [ during the lectures ] we restarted and went "capture iso image" and did something to that extent and got it working during the lectures. However I cannot remember. Can anyone give some insight how to activate it.

Thanks.

[wolfman1984]

What are the extensions for the virtual machines on te MCSE course CD?

[Cider]

.exe ???

[wolfman1984]

Are you using Microsoft Virtual PC to load the virtual image?

[morganlefay]

You can activate windows over the phone need be

MLF

[wolfman1984]

You can activate windows over the phone need be

MLF

The Wolfman thinks Cider is trying to activate or start a Virtual Machine. Perhpas the Wolfman is in the wrongo.

[morganlefay]

You could very well be right Mr Wolf.

I remember having an issue with Virtual Server...and getting the image to load

I had to uninstall 3rd party remote software and other applications to get it to work.

Unfortunatly that was over a year ago...and I cannot remember what I did to get it to finally load.

Also you must me local admin of the machine

I would try to remove 3rd party apps....and disable unnessesary services

Go bare bones

MLF

[wolfman1984]

So Cider, my man. If you are simply trying to load the Virtual PC off the CD, do a search for *. vmc or *.iso. Either can be used in to load a OS in Virtual PC.

If you find a *.iso on your CD, it should probably be loaded as your virtual CDROM. The Wolfman knows that there is a way in Virtual PC to load an ISO iamge as your CDROM. When you do this, a simple reboot of the Virtual PC will automatically load the ISO image and treat it as if it were a real CD.

The Wolfman's got Virtual PC 2004 running on his fangtastic Mac. Let The Wolfman know if still can't figure this out.

[Cider]

Ok let me try this again. By the way thank you for the posts.

We get the virtual computers pre-setup for the exam however they are not activated. All I want to know is how do you activate them without using up my cd-keys in the office here ...

[wolfman1984]

Sorry ma'man. The Wolfman has no clue!!