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E:\VPC\TimeBombedBase\Base01.vhd?

Gill Cleeren

.net | Windows | WinFX | WPF

October 30, 2006

Today, I was installing the VPC (Virtual PC image) that Microsoft provides for all early adopters on future technologies, including .net 3.0. I intend to use this VPC for my presentation later this month.

This image-file includes a whole lot of CTP/preview versions, as can be seen here.

However, when opening the file, I received the following notice: E:\VPC\TimeBombedBase\Base01.vhd cannot be found... Appearantly, this is the parent image, of which the CTP is a differencing disk.

On the setup instructions page, MS appearantly forgot to mention that this 4GB download also requires you to obtain the parent VPC image, a 1.1GB download...
This file can be found here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/4/9/5499b008-8ae7-46f0-89ae-aeeb18df67ae/VSCTPBase.exe

Should you want to play around with .net 3.0/LINQ... and don't feel like installing all these on a VPC yourself, you can grab the download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82243606-d16d-445c-8949-9ee8c10cda2e&DisplayLang=en

Posted on: Monday, October 30, 2006 12:48:56 PM (Romance Standard Time, UTC+01:00) | Comments [4]

Friday, March 02, 2007 9:07:45 PM (Romance Standard Time, UTC+01:00)

Actually there is a link on the downloading page to the base.exe file. Read Instructions nr 2. There is a link...the one you posted in this post.

I did not see it either first! ;)

Magnus

Saturday, March 03, 2007 6:53:31 PM (Romance Standard Time, UTC+01:00)

Thanks for the tip! I had the same problem

Bryan Peters

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:02:19 PM (Romance Daylight Time, UTC+02:00)

same problem here....

thnks :D

Telmo Gondar

Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:55:56 AM (Romance Daylight Time, UTC+02:00)

Had the same probs, thanks for sharing.

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