My main system runs Windows 7, because I play a lot of games. The only system I have running Linux at the moment is my mining box, but that has no monitor/keyboard and the only means of managing it is SSH.
You can try
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads to run linux in your Windows 7

Not sure how tc will work on virtual adapter though, but I think it should.
That's practically useless since I won't be able to mine fast enough to cause the issue without using a GPU. (remember that you don't get direct access to GPUs in a VM)
At best I can get about 20 Mhash/sec from this CPU, which will need more work and find a share about once every 3.5 mins.