Microsoft Virtual PC

E724305

desktop virtualization software hypervisor

Microsoft Virtual PC is a desktop virtualization program from Microsoft that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single Windows machine.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Windows Virtual PC	2
Connectix Virtual PC	1
Microsoft Virtual PC canonical	1
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004	1
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007	1
Virtual PC	1
Virtual PC for Macintosh	1
Virtual PC for Windows	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Microsoft Virtual PC
Context triple: [VHD, usedBy, Microsoft Virtual PC]

A. VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a popular open-source virtualization platform that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
B. VMware Workstation
VMware Workstation is a desktop virtualization software application that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
C. Hyper-V
Hyper-V is Microsoft's native hypervisor platform that enables the creation and management of virtual machines on Windows systems.
D. VMware Fusion
VMware Fusion is a virtualization software application for macOS that allows users to run Windows and other operating systems alongside Mac applications on the same machine.
E. VMware
VMware is a leading American cloud computing and virtualization technology company known for its pioneering hypervisor and software-defined data center solutions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Microsoft Virtual PC
Target entity description: Microsoft Virtual PC is a desktop virtualization program from Microsoft that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single Windows machine.

A. VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a popular open-source virtualization platform that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
B. VMware Workstation
VMware Workstation is a desktop virtualization software application that allows users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine.
C. Hyper-V
Hyper-V is Microsoft's native hypervisor platform that enables the creation and management of virtual machines on Windows systems.
D. VMware Fusion
VMware Fusion is a virtualization software application for macOS that allows users to run Windows and other operating systems alongside Mac applications on the same machine.
E. VMware
VMware is a leading American cloud computing and virtualization technology company known for its pioneering hypervisor and software-defined data center solutions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desktop virtualization software ⓘ hypervisor ⓘ
acquiredFrom	Connectix ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2003 ⓘ
allows	creating and managing virtual machines ⓘ running multiple operating systems simultaneously ⓘ
architecture	32-bit virtualization core ⓘ
basedOn	Connectix Virtual PC technology ⓘ linked to: Connectix
category	Microsoft virtualization technology ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
discontinuationApproxDate	early 2010s ⓘ
discontinued	true ⓘ
distributionMethod	downloadable installer from Microsoft ⓘ
genre	virtualization software ⓘ
initialReleaseDate	2004 ⓘ
integration	integration with Windows host desktop ⓘ
latestReleaseDate	2007 ⓘ
latestReleaseVersion	Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Virtual PC
license	proprietary software license ⓘ
operatingSystem	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows
platform	x64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ
predecessor	Connectix Virtual PC ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Virtual PC
replacedBy	Hyper-V ⓘ Windows Virtual PC ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Virtual PC
runsOn	Windows 7 ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ
supportsFeature	NAT networking ⓘ bridged networking ⓘ drag and drop file transfer ⓘ host–only networking ⓘ multiple virtual machines ⓘ shared folders ⓘ snapshots or undo disks ⓘ virtual networking ⓘ
supportsGuestOperatingSystem	MS-DOS ⓘ OS/2 ⓘ Windows ⓘ various Linux distributions ⓘ
supportsHardwareVirtualization	limited or no hardware-assisted virtualization support ⓘ
targetUser	IT professionals ⓘ developers ⓘ power users ⓘ
useCase	legacy application support ⓘ software testing ⓘ training and demonstrations ⓘ
userInterface	graphical user interface ⓘ
virtualizationType	hosted hypervisor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited