Images: Install Windows Vista Beta on Virtual PC

By Bill Detwiler March 24, 2006, 4:17 AM PST billdetwiler

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Images: Install Windows Vista Beta on Virtual PC

In his The Hot Button blog, TechRepublic columnist Steven Warren wrote about his experience installing, configuring, and running the Windows Vista Beta 5308 on Virtual PC. This gallery’s 14 screenshots walk you through the installation and show you how easily you can have a virtual Vista machine up and running.

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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show.

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