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by rjapz

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Hi guys. Need help fast. MS Virtual Pc is givinb me a headach, Virtual is not letting me ajust the memory for Xp Pro. Im installing Xp on my friends new Compaq Presario with vista Home edition. He needs Xp cause he needs a particular software from his job, and it only works on Xp. A little wierd. But Virtual is not letting me move the sliding bar to adjust memory to 128Mb to run Xp. At the memory section, where it says "useing the recommended ram and adjusting the ram. I choose adjusting the ram, but the bar will not move for. I right click/hold and still can't get it to slide. And once I al ready created a New Virtual machine, and then I go to settings, and in the memory option, still wont slide. I know it's not this new laptop with vista, can it be MS Virtual 07. I repeated the same install's like 13 times. Im out of patience and ideas, help, what can I do or what to do guys.

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by older mycroft

Which version of Vista is on the Compaq - Home is not an edition.

How much memory is in the Compaq?

Are you running Virtual in windowed or full screen - windowed gives you access to the icons, but will use more Host memory. There may not be enough memory available for your purpose.

by rjapz

Hey Old Mycroft, Vista is a little confuseing to me. I see that its Home Basic, and its intel celeron 1.73Ghz 502Mb ram. New laptop, he just got it week ago. Im running in small windowed, and I tried in full window. When I 1st start xp pro installation of a bootable xp cd, and when gets to the part where it says press F6 to install a third party scsi, the blue screen freezes, every time. And it won't let me adjust the memory. That's 2, the laptop has enought memory " 502Mb and 1.73Ghz ". what could it be, i didn't think there would be any problems at all on a new computer.

by tsilkworth

I have the same problem you experienced. I was able to adjust the RAM on all of my images, but around the time I placed an additional VHD on one of my images I completely lost the ability to adjust an image's RAM!!

Host: Vista Ultimate 4gig RAM

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