How to Install Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP1 on Windows 7 (Graphical Step-by-Step)
I use Virtual Server a lot in teaching and in my Project Server consulting practice. After upgrading to Windows 7 over the weekend, I come to install Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP1. It installs with no problem, but when I go to open the Virtual Server Administration Website and I receive the following error:
I then go to check the Services console and sure enough the Virtual Server service is not running:
So I decided to to try starting up the service and it was a No-Go. 
Time to do some searching and I found this great post on the Microsoft TechNet Windows 7 forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprovirt/thread/a98e77b7-95d4-444f-8dbc-630c98074436
So not missing another teaching opportunity I decided to take Robip’s post an transpose it into a graphical Step-by-Step procedure. Here it is: