For the last couple of days, I have been working to set up a Virtual PC of SBS 2003 so I can install and play with the CRM 3.0 beta. I have had some issues doing this on the new Virtual Server 2005 but I'll discuss this at another time. Instead I've decided to go to Plan B and install it on my notebook PC. In doing so, I've observered a little 'something'. I'll admit I'm a bit of a 'Newbie' on Virtual PC. Virtual PC likes to install whatever it can in the My Documents\My Virtual Machines folder. This is well and good... except! On my SBS 2003 network, I've configured My Documents Redirection. In other words, my My Documents actually resides on the server with a 'copy' on the local machine. Anytime I log on or off, My Documents synchronizes with the server. Having my Virtual PC files in the My Virtual Machine folders means these synchronize each time I log on or off or whenever the system decides it's time to do so. But these are multi-GIGABYTE images which must be copied back and forth. Also, when loading up or saving an image state, it takes FOREVER! My observation/recommendation: Put your VPC files on a static folder on your local hard drive.