Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Update

Brief Description

Support for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1 and XP SP3

Overview

This update for Microsoft Virtual Server R2 SP1 includes support for the following additional Host and Guest Operating Systems

Additonal Guest Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Server® 2008 Core
Windows Server® 2008 Standard
Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

Additional Host Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) (non-production use only)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) (non-production use only)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)(non-production use only)
Windows Server® 2008 Core
Windows Server® 2008 Standard
Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server® 2008 Small Business Server
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (non-production use only)

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition ; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86); Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86); Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86); Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition; Windows Server 2008 Datacenter; Windows Server 2008 Enterprise; Windows Server 2008 Standard; Windows Small Business Server 2003 ; Windows Vista 64-bit Editions Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Ultimate; Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Service Pack 3

To install this software update, you must have Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 installed on your system. For more information about Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, see the Virtual Server Product Overview page.

Processor : Intel Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon; AMD Opteron, Athlon, Athlon 64, Athlon X2, Sempron, Duron Core DUO, or Duron Core 2 DUO processor

Minimum CPU speed : 550 MHz

RAM : Minimum of 256 MB of RAM (512 MB or more is recommended. Additional memory will be required for each guest operating system)

Required Available disk space: 2GB of available hard disk space (additional disk space needed for each guest operating system)

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Instructions

1) Download this software update only if you have Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 installed.

2) Choose the correct architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) for your computer and download the appropriate file.

3) To install the software updates for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, simply double-click the setup files to start the Setup Wizard and follow the remaining steps.

Note: Save the MSP file locally and Run the patch from an elevated command window in Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008

4) After applying the update, the product version would be updated to 1.1.629.0
Upgrade the Additions to the latest version (13.820) in the Guest OS.

Note: Virtual Server Web Application is not supported on Windows Server 2008 Core host operating system

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