>>>>>>I setup Vista to dual boot with XP. The Vista install program handled everything for more.
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>>>>>>>No, Virtual PC is different... You run a machine inside your machine. For example, on your Win2003 machine you could have another window that is running Vista.
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>>>>>>>I haven't done any dual booting with the newer OS'es, but with XP and 2K you needed to modify the boot.ini file to be able to select the OS on startup.
>>>>>
>>>>>Didn't Peter install Vista before 2003? That might be causing the problem, as I believe you are supposed to install the newest operating system last.
>>>>>
>>>>>I really need to get a copy of Vista. I am starting to feel left out. My dad wants to get a new laptop, but all we can find are laptops with Vista pre-installed. I haven't used it, so I don't know if I can help him out with it over the phone when he needs it.
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>>>>
>>>>Hi Mike.
>>>>
>>>>Think you should go for it... First I installed Vista as a dual boot, in a machine tha had XPPro. And as Craig mentioned, just had to ask Vista to install in a second partition and watch.
>>>>Kept that for a couple of months. Then I formated the HD and installed Vista on it alone. Afterwards, installed the Virtual PC 2007, which runs fine on Vista, and had a XPPro installed on it.
>>>>In Vista, I have Fox26 (don't laugh), VFP9, and Visual Studio with all .NET stuff. They've been all living very well together.
>>>>
>>>>Abraços.
>>>
>>>Hello Yvan.
>>>
>>>This one is out of topic a bit.
>>>
>>>Your configuration looks a lot like mine (except I don't have Fox26). Do you have Windows Media Player 11 installed also? Are you able to watch .WMV videos on it?
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>>Hi Denis.
>>
>>Yes, I've just tried one of the samples (bear.wmv) that come with Vista and it run well. It's Windows Media Player 11 here.
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>I'm able to play those samples too. It's with the videos of "LearnVistualStudio.net" that I've got problems.
>
>At least I can watch those on my virtual XP machine. Still it's a bit frustrating with my Vista installation.

Denis, I hadn't tried them yet in this machine! Got the same problem, it's a codec missing. This is what I got from their Forum:

"You can download and install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.67 from http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm and run the videos using the Media Player Classic provided by the pack."

I will try it and let you know...