I provide my screenshots below and you will see my onscreen keyboard as I am setting up this MS Virtual PC VM inside my Mac OS VMWare Fusion VM running a guest Windows 7 instance and of course Mac OS does not have a print screen button and MS does not provide a print screen keyboard shortcut. Open or launch Microsoft Virtual Machine and you will automatically enter the “New Virtual Machine Wizard”. In contrast to our VB instructions, you should download and install the MS Virtual PC version in accord with your system/OS (i.e. Regardless of changes, your best plan of action in all things IS/IT is to be well informed so please be patient and do not skimp on the research and if nothing else you will ask better questions.Īfter viewing the videos please perform additional Microsoft Virtual PC research as necessary. Windows 7 Microsoft Virtual PC Installationįor background, please see these YouTube videos noting you will see some differences in your implementation as the MS Virtual PC interface has changed and we will of course use a later up-to-date Ubuntu LTS version.

Note VMWare Player is also available for free for PC users ( download here) and provides equivalent functionality.

I present this in 2 components, first Win 7 Virtual PC installation instructions here and then on a separate page, Win 8 installation instructions where it has been renamed Hyper-V. It is also a nice resource for supporting XP functionality and applications providing Win 7 users with XP mode. Here is another VM option for Windows users if VB fails or gives you problems.

Microsoft virtual pc for mac version 7