Installing XP on my Virtual PC is sloooooooow

author Black Marble calendar Sep 7, 2006 · 1 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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When installing Windows (any version) on a Virtual PC get the Virtual PC extensions installed as soon as possible.

I have been installing a basic XP SP2 from an ISO image on a VPC and it has been hogging my P4HT processor, virtually melting my Dell 5150. After the basic installation I did a Windows update and this was really crawling along, with high CPU usage and loads of pauses. So I stopped the update, installed the VPC extensions did a reboot and now it is flying along, just I would expect.

I cannot stress enough how important these extensions seem to be to the efficient running of VPCs - get them installed