Worse than that, running it on 8 isn't available at any price.

VirtualBox would be my second choice, but I haven't tried it on Win8.

Bob

On Sat, May 24, 2014, at 06:37 PM, John Gardner wrote:
> Virtual PC is (last time I looked) a free download from M$
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> (x86 and x64).
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> It works fine on my W7 Home Pro x64 laptop (with DOS
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> 6.22 - Have'nt tried to install XP, but it's alleged to work).
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> Interestingly, VPC refuses to install on my W8 tablet. I expect
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> that's been deliberately disabled, in favor of selling it as part
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> of an "Upgrade" to the W8 baseline package...
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