windows vista beta 2 virtual pc 2004 sp1

I have installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on Virtual PC 2004 SP1. I am new to using this and would like to know that if I use NAT (shared networking), is this supposed to work?

Are you just trying to get internet connectivity? If so you should accept the default setup and it should just happen. We are expecting Virtual Machine Additions for Vista Beta 2 to be released shortly. The adds will greatly improve performace of your Vista vm. Info will probably show up on the VPC and VSR2 home pages but MS has not decided on the details of availability.
Colin Barnhorst - MVP [Virtual Machine]
"jhastie" wrote in message

I have installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on Virtual PC 2004 SP1. I am new to using this and would like to know that if I use NAT (shared networking), is this supposed to work?

Hello jhastie...
How did you install Vista B2 on VPC2004SP1? I tried it twice and got a blue screen.
1. First I tried to make a clean install. Blue screen when expanding... 2. Tried an upgrade to XP SP2 (clean updated version). The machine restarted once and then got the Blue screen just after expanding...
"jhastie" wrote:

I have installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on Virtual PC 2004 SP1. I am new to using this and would like to know that if I use NAT (shared networking), is this supposed to work?

Thanks for re3sponding, but no, it did not work in the initial setup.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Are you just trying to get internet connectivity? If so you should accept the default setup and it should just happen. We are expecting Virtual Machine Additions for Vista Beta 2 to be released shortly. The adds will greatly improve performace of your Vista vm. Info will probably show up on the VPC and VSR2 home pages but MS has not decided on the details of availability.
Colin Barnhorst - MVP [Virtual Machine]
"jhastie" wrote in message I have installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on Virtual PC 2004 SP1. I am new to using this and would like to know that if I use NAT (shared networking), is this supposed to work?

Perf can get so bad as to cause timeouts. I have gotten internet connectivity from Vista virtual machines following straight installation. Don't try to outguess the networking questions in the OOBE. I suggest you drop in on the microsoft.public.virtualpc ng and ask since it is about using VPC.
"jhastie" wrote in message

Thanks for re3sponding, but no, it did not work in the initial setup.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
Are you just trying to get internet connectivity? If so you should accept the default setup and it should just happen. We are expecting Virtual Machine Additions for Vista Beta 2 to be released shortly. The adds will greatly improve performace of your Vista vm. Info will probably show up on the VPC and VSR2 home pages but MS has not decided on the details of availability.
Colin Barnhorst - MVP [Virtual Machine]
"jhastie" wrote in message I have installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on Virtual PC 2004 SP1. I am new to using this and would like to know that if I use NAT (shared networking), is this supposed to work?