Should I run Windows maintenance programs in VMWare virtual machine?

I now use a Macbook Pro for my work, never looked back, but I need to run VMWare Fusion to use a couple of programs for work that have no viable Mac equiverlant, not an issue! my question is this, on our PC's we run maintenace programes to keep them as clear of rubish as we can, should I run one of these inside VM on my Macbook or will it cause problems?

Thanks Kappy,
I thought this might be the case but not too proud to admit when I don't know for sure.

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Thanks - Of Course the first thing I checked and did.
Disc Utility reads as follows:
Capacity : 159.18 GB (159,182,127,104 Bytes)
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I tried a Exchange 2007 SP3 install (over Windows 2008 R2 too) with the same error code message: "Error code
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It occurs to me:
1-The Schema master is in another site.
2-There are two ISA Servers in between but I shut down the feature "Strict RPC compliance."
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Luis Olías Técnico/Admon Sistemas . Sevilla (España - Spain)

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