Windows 7 Starter - creating a Virtual PC with Virtual Box (VirtualBox)

After several attempts to tweak my netbook that's running Windows 7 Starter, so that it can have some sort of Windows XP environment, I was pointed in the direction of VIRTUALBOX.

It's a free application that create's a Virtual PC machine on the host machine.
I mounted it with my image of my Windows XP installation disk, and it installed without many issues, EXCELLENT !

Just what the doctor ordered.

Check it out.
http://www.virtualbox.org/

Run Windows Virtual PC (XP Mode or VM) With No Hardware Virtualization

In my recent attempts to set up my windows 7 netbook with an windows XP partition, I stumbled across the following interesting article on using a virtual pc to achieve what I was after.

Windows 7 Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode Official Direct Download Links

• http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/12/14/windows-7-virtual-pc-and-windows-xp-mode-official-direct-download-links/

Download KB977206 to Run Windows Virtual PC (XP Mode or VM) With No Hardware Virtualization

• hack download link
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=837f12aa-1d37-464e-ae59-20c9ecbebaf6&displaylang=en
  
  
• background behind the hack
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/03/20/download-kb977206-to-run-windows-virtual-pc-xp-mode-or-vm-with-no-hardware-virtualization/

Seems like a less painful way of achieving my goal !!!

For tips on windows virtual pc, try:

• http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/D/6/7D686A6A-B0F7-42E5-BB3B-4972A8C42C9F/Windows%20Virtual%20PC%20Tips.pdf

or

• http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/1/7/A17D0058-EF7E-43B5-A615-711A3F4C46E7/VirtualPC_Eval_Guide.doc