What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

ckdesign — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:10:00 GMT

well bleepity bleeeping bleep. Thanks for making this blog post, now I know why my integrated features are not working, network admin has disable remote PC. Thanks a bunch! Now I can inform the IT guys and maybe they can think of a compromise or workaround...

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

Jerry Goldring — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:11:23 GMT

I ran an update that popped up today when I startewd my Win XP system under EWin 7 Ultimate. Since then I have been unable to use WinXP because it A) has forgoitten the password and B) it no longer can start Intetgration services. I really do not want to reinstall because I have already installed a bucket of programs under WinXP and these will be lost if I reinstall. Any advice? Pleeeeez?

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

varun — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:31:31 GMT

my integration tools are not working...

it fails evrytym during startup..

help please..

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

anonymuos — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:25:44 GMT

MS have done too bad by 1.locking VPC 7 to Windows 7. 2. Requiring processor virtualization for XP Mode. 3. VPC 2007 doesn't run on Windows 7.

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

Benjamin Armstrong — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:43:00 GMT

Richard hinchliffe -

Those OSes are not supported in the beta release. I cannot discuss their future status.

Siimon -

You are correct, and we are looking into what to do about this.

Patrick Chipman -

You are correct about product installation. I am not familiar with the frontpage extension issue.

Wesley -

What do you mean "Is the remote desktop programable"? For details on which OSes can use integrated mode - check out http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/requirements.aspx

Isaac -

Make sure you are not using shared networking.

MikeMS -

Sorry, I cannot discuss future plans.

Cheers,

Ben

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

mcb — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:32:34 GMT

I second Siimon's post about systems that are only a couple of years old, perfectly capable of running Virtual PC and Windows 7, but which won't be upgradeable to Windows 7. Will there be a fix for this?

Also, I would love to read more about whether the new Virtual PC and Hyper-V are converging or not. I mean, when will be able to use the same extensions, the same "seamless windows", USB, etc. on both? When, if ever, will it become possible to move machines from one to the other, and back?

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

Isaac — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:55:11 GMT

One problem I'm having with the Virtual PC is that I tried to Remote Access the XP VM from another computer (not the host) but the remote computer cannot detect the machine, even though they are in the same domain.

And, what's more... it seems that I cannot connect to the XP VM via Remote Desktop even in the host machine.

Is that a problem and how can I troubleshoot that?

Thanks.

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

Wesley — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:43:52 GMT

Is the remote desktop programable? Will other OS (in addition to the WinXP WinVPC) be able to utilize intergrated mode in WinVPC?

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

Patrick Chipman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:31:19 GMT

You also need to turn off integration mode if you're attemping to run an installer that doesn't like Remote Desktop -- such as the prerequisites for Visual Studio 2003.

On that topic, there's also an issue with Windows File Protection blocking VS 2003's Frontpage Extensions installer in the Windows 7 XP Mode VM. One workaround is to mount an XP SP3 CD in the VM, but that's not really a viable solution for non-VL customers.

re: What is Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC?

Siimon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:26:48 GMT

Slightly off topic but...

Am I right in thinking that if my machine does not support Hardware Virtualisation then I can't use Windows Virtual PC but equally I cannot run Virtual PC 2007 SP1 because it is blocked by Windows 7 (compatibility warning)?

If so, it seems that this machine cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 if I intend to run any sort of VM?