Virtual PC 04/07 problem?
Question by Tyler W: Virtual PC 04/07 problem?
I have tried virtual pc 2004 and 2007. When I am done making a virtual machine and I run it says there is not enough memory on the host. I checked the specifications and the memory is fine. What is wrong? Is there another program that can run other OSes?
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Answer by philby
Hard to say this without stating the obvious, but you don’t have enough memory on your pc to run a virtual pc with the settings you have specified.
When you create a new VPC, you have to specify how much memory you want to devote to it. When you run VPC if there isn’t enough memory to run it AND continue running your current OS, you get that error message.
It happens to me on my old pc if I’m running a few programs, then try to fire up my Win2K3 VPC, then I have to close some apps to get it working.
When you run VPC, it tries to “reserve” an amount of memory eqaul to your specified amount when you created it, if it cannot reserve that much memory, you get the error you mentioned.
The resolutions are…
1. Get more memory
2. Free up more memory by closing apps before you run VPC
3. Reduce the amount of memory required by your virtual machine
4. Have a look at apps like “Guest PC”, “iEmulator” and “Wintel” they probbaly won’t resolve your memory issues though!
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