VirtualBox natively supports VHD format, so stop shaving those yaks. Where is th...

robocat · on May 9, 2012

Sure you can run the VHD in VirtualBox. Then you run into driver problems (the VM drivers are set up for VirtualPC) and activation problems (see comment on other thread). And you get to do everything again in three months and hope nothing else has changed.

The VMs are free if your time is free.

jongalloway2 · on May 10, 2012

The only VM that requires any driver config is IE6, and these scripts handle that: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms

You don't need to activate Windows, you can (legally, supported by Microsoft) extend the grace period to 180 days, and you can even automate that. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/vista-hands-on-9-use-vista-fo...

It's been that way for 5+ years.