I have 20GB Hard drive with 256 MB RAM and Windows 2003 server is installed
on it with free space of 10GB. I downloaded Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP1
and saved it on my desktop. When I tried to run, I get the message image
file is valid for a machine type other than the current machine. Can someone
me with this? Why I am getting this error?

What OS is running on the host? Which version if Virtual Server did you
download?

If you are running a 32-bit OS on the host, you need the 32-bit version of
Virtual Server (and 64-bit for a 64-bit OS).

"boba" <boba@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have 20GB Hard drive with 256 MB RAM and Windows 2003 server is installed
> on it with free space of 10GB. I downloaded Virtual Server 2005 R2 with
> SP1
> and saved it on my desktop. When I tried to run, I get the message image
> file is valid for a machine type other than the current machine. Can
> someone
> me with this? Why I am getting this error?

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:17:33 +1100, Bill Grant wrote:

> What OS is running on the host? Which version if Virtual Server did you
> download?
>
> If you are running a 32-bit OS on the host, you need the 32-bit version of
> Virtual Server (and 64-bit for a 64-bit OS).
>
> "boba" <boba@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsA81AD2A-F85E-4854-A890-FB276087CBF3@microsoft.com...
>>I have 20GB Hard drive with 256 MB RAM and Windows 2003 server is installed
>> on it with free space of 10GB. I downloaded Virtual Server 2005 R2 with
>> SP1
>> and saved it on my desktop. When I tried to run, I get the message image
>> file is valid for a machine type other than the current machine. Can
>> someone
>> me with this? Why I am getting this error?

And with only 256 MB of RAM there's really no point even installing either
VPC or VS as you won't be able to run any virtual machines.

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Paul Adare
MVP - Virtual Machines
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