I have received a couple of emails asking me about installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Windows Vista RC1 / RC2 (and I will admit that it is very lazy of me to have not posted directions yet). For the most part it is just like it was for Windows Vista Beta 2 – but to provide a more detailed and up-to-date set of instructions:
There are two main parts.
First you need to configure IIS correctly. To do this you will need to enable to following subcomponents of IIS:
Under Web Management Tools enable:
- IIS Management Console
Under IIS 6 Management Compatibility enable:
- IIS Metabase and IIS6 configuration compatibility
Under Application Development Features enable:
- CGI
Under Common Http Features enable:
- Default Document
- Directory Browsing
- HTTP Errors
- Static Content
Under Health and Diagnostics enable:
- HTTP Logging
- Request Monitor
Under Performance Features enable:
- Static Content Compression
Under Security enable:
- Windows Authentication
N.B. Just checking the top level entry for IIS will *not* install all of these components. You need to select them individually.
The second part is that you need to run Internet Explorer ‘as administrator’ by right clicking on it and selecting ‘Run as administrator’.
N.B. The ‘Run as administrator’ option is not available on the Internet Explorer shortcut on the start menu, but it is available on the one under ‘All Programs’ and the one on the quick start toolbar.
The reason for this second step is that the Virtual Server COM interfaces are secured to only allow authorized users to access them. If you do not run Internet Explorer ‘as administrator’ it will not provide your full credentials to Virtual Server, and hence will not be able to access Virtual Server.
Cheers,
Ben
Is it possible to get Virtual PC running on Vista RC1/RC2?
perfect timing !!.. THANK YOU.. I was installing the vmware player, as it was the only app I could find to run on RC2 of Vista and run a VPC image..
🙂
thanks !
Hi,
I have an issue about Virtual Server and Vista. When I start "Virtual Server Administration Website", IE7 purpose me to download VSWebApp.exe.
Have you got an idea?
Thanks for your help,
Regards,
Michel DEGREMONT.
Hey Ben,
I recently had a hell of a time getting this working on RC1. With the help of Charlie Russel (a fellow MVP) I found out that you ALSO need to make sure that the local machine is in the TRUSTED intranet zone to properly connect up. Once I did that, the "Access Denied" errors went away and I could properly connect.
Thought I would give you the heads up on that.
Tim –
Use VPC 2007 (now in Beta)
Michel –
You need to install CGI support in IIS
Dana –
Thanks for the heads up – I have never hit this cause I always have intranet mode enabled.
Cheers,
Ben
Trying both in Vista RC2 x64. Running into network issues. In Virtual Server R2 x64, the network connection in the virtual machines show as cable disconnected.
In Virtual PC 2007 x64, have the same issue, but with some tweaking, it works for a bit, and then start getting some sparatic issues.
Boot back into XP, same files, and no issues… The virtual machines have real static/dhcp addreses. The host has a broadcom network adapter.
Ideas?
Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 on Windows 7 Ultimate x 64
Hi Ben,
I have a problem to access my virtual server 2005 R2 SP1. After I have installed this virtual server on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and click the "Virtual Server Administration Website", a pop up winodw informed me to input both user name and password. After I had input all of them and pressed "Enter" key, the same pop up window showed up again and requested me to input both user name and password. I repeated input all of them again and a new window page showed "HTTP Error 401.1 – Unauthorized". I repeated the previous steps again and the same error result came out ??
I certainly sure that both my user name and password are correct. Is there anything misstake I have done during installing the virtual server 2005 R2 SP1. Now, I list out my installation procedure as below :
1. Go to Computer ConfiguratonAdministrative TemplatesWindows ComponentsApplication Compatibility and enable all of the "Turn off" entries.
2. Go to Computer ConfiguratonAdministrative TemplatesSystemTroubleshooting and DiagnosticsApplication Compatibility Diagnostics and disable all the entries.
3. Reboot the PC.
4. Install the virtual server 2005 R2 SP1 which is download from Microsoft Web site.
5. Go to C:Program FilesMicrosoft Virtual Server and rename Vssrvc.exe to Vssrvc_win7.exe.
6. Run regedit and replace all occurrences of "Vssrvc.exe" to "Vssrvc_win7.exe." There are around 5 to 6 enteries need to be replaced.
7. Undo the group policy changes in step 1 above.
8. Undo the group policy changes in step 2 above.
9. Reboot the PC.
After system reboot, click "Start" and select "Virtual Server Administration Website".
Can you help me to solve this problem ?
Thanks.