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Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Go and get it:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Cheers,
Ben

Published Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:29 AM by Virtual PC Guy

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# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

I was wondering if you know if Virtual PC (not XP Mode) is still supported and avilable for 7 Home Premium?  The system requirements say that Home Premium can run Virtual PC, but when you go to download it, it asks what edition you have and says XP mode isn't avilable for it.  However, if you select Professional or higher, it gives you a download for XP mode and Virtual PC.  If you just download the virtual PC part, will that be fine for Home Premium (then install an OS you own already in the VM)?

Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:42 AM by Matthew

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Ben,

In Virtual PC 2007 we could change the default hotkeys (like, for example, Right-Alt to "unlock" the mouse cursor)

I did it a lot because I use a Spanish keyboard which has "Alt Gr" instead of a right-Alt.

How can you change the default hotkeys in Windows Virtual PC ?

By modifying the options.xml file? If so, how? I don't see it documented anywhere!

Kind regards.

Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:41 AM by Daniel

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

DG41RQ and E7500, Bios 11 with Intel VT enabled.  when I run the windows6.1-kb958559 64bit it gives me..."he update is not applicable to your computer" and will not finish install.  any ideas.    larainey@all-city.com

Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:32 AM by Laraine Yates

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Matthew -

Yes, you can download and use Windows Virtual PC on Windows 7 Home Premium.  You just have to create your own virtual machines as you cannot use the Windows XP mode virtual machine.

Daniel -

Unfortunately, there is no way to change this.

Laraine Yates -

What operating system are you running on your computer?

Cheers,

Ben

Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:46 AM by Virtual PC Guy

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

@Ben - thanks for the info!  I had one other question ... on the Virtual PC site, it is saying the application integration is only avilable for the Pro version guests (XP Pro, Vista Business+, 7 Professional+).  However, in the RC I have ran 7 Home Premium as a guest inside 7 ultimate, and it did the program integration (into the host's start menu) great.  Has something changed, or is this one of the things that works but is not "officially supported?"  Also, will a guest install of Windows Server (2003, 2008) do program integration with the host with the correct addon (xp, Vista/7 respectively)?  Thanks!

Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:25 PM by Matthew

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Can't use on my notebook (not netbook) as it has no processor virtualization.

Friday, October 23, 2009 12:38 AM by someone

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Hi Ben,

With various test machines that I have built recently I've kinda lost track of which have the RC of Windows Virtual PC and which have the RTM (a matter further compounded with the rather excellent Boot from VHD feature).

Anyway, is there a simple way to determine the build number of the version of Virtual PC deployed to a machine in order to be assured that the RTM is present?

Friday, October 23, 2009 8:51 AM by Simon

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Laraine Yates -

Windows6.1-KB958559 RTM only works on RTM version of Windows 7 (not on RC)

Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:30 AM by Luciano

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Matthew -

The integration features work no matter what version of Windows 7 you are using for your host operating system.  It is just that with versions that do not have Windows XP mode you have to set things up yourself.

In regards to Windows Server - you can install it, and it will work, but you will not get all of the integration features (just some of them).

Simon -

Check the version on C:\Windows\System32\VPC.EXE.  It should be 6.1.7600.16393.

Cheers,

Ben

Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:46 AM by Virtual PC Guy

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Ok, thanks for the info!  Wow, you're like having a direct line to the VPC team! :) (well, actually you are, right?) ;)

Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:34 AM by Matthew

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Is it possible to have multiple cores running under Windows XP mode on Windows Virtual PC?  How about other VMs under Windows Virtual PC?  I haven't seen a way to allow more than one CPU core under the client VM.

I'm a developer trying to set up a dev laptop and would prefer to use Windows 7 as the host rather than Windows Server 2008 R2.

Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:16 PM by Pavel Rozalski

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Hi. I am getting an error stating that Virtual PC requires hardware assisted virtualization support... I have an Intel DG41RQ with a core2quad, which I thought were able to run virtual machines. I am running win7 ultimate x64. Any ideas appreciated.

Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:45 PM by Mr.Wizzard

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

I just found out that my brand new quad core procesor (Q8200) is intel's ONLY quad core without virtualization technology! Bummer.

Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:00 PM by Mr.Wizzard

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Hi Ben,

Please, a definitive answer...

Is Microsoft Virtual PC 2700 SP1 fully compatible with Windows 7 RTM?

Monday, October 26, 2009 8:53 AM by Luciano

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

@Luciano, yes it is compatible but Windows Virtual PC 7 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 shouldn't/can't be installed both on the same installation.

Monday, October 26, 2009 12:15 PM by virtualserver

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Going backwards, can VHD's built in Windows 7/Windows Virtual PC be redeplyed on Windows XP/Virtual PC 2007?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:44 AM by Larry

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Pavel Rozalski -

No, Windows Virtual PC virtual machines are uni-processor only, however if you run multiple virtual machines each will take advantage of seperate cores in the system.  We also offload some of the device work (like storage and video) onto a different core if the resource is available.

Luciano -

I have been able to use Virtual PC 2007 SP1 on Windows 7 with no problems - but Microsoft has not qualified this configuration or issued a support statement.

Larry -

I have not tried.  The virtual machine additions / integration components are not compatible between the two products and I do not know what will happen here.

Cheers,

Ben

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:41 AM by Virtual PC Guy

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

@Virtual PC Guy  - I'll give it a try and report back. In *theory* anyway, you should be able uninstall the integration packages then mount in VPC, then reinstall the appropriate ones.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:50 AM by Larry

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

@Ben and virtualserver

Thanks very much for info

The best solution for one of my machines that has no processor virtualization

Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:02 AM by Luciano

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

I guess my whole question is this: Do I HAVE TO HAVE Win 7 Pro or higher to use XP mode? By now isn't there a way to use just the Win 7 upgrade or Win 7 home premium and then just download the XP mode sw as long as my processor is VT capable?

Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:27 AM by so much confusion

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Ben, I am very disappointed that shared folder support is gone from Windows VPC.  Floppy support too.  I am now stuck with a DOS machine that is sandboxed.  

I tried mounting the DOS vhd file in Windows 7 but Win 7 could not read the file system!  Must be FAT-16 I'm guessing.

I tried installing VPC 2007 but it would not install.  Next I will try uninstalling Windows VPC and try re-installing VPC 2007 again.

Why did you reduce functionality in this product?  Legacy support is a prime reason for virtual machines.  Will you be removing DOS graphics support next?

Friday, October 30, 2009 12:08 PM by Bill Wood

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

@ Bill Wood

It may be incredibly convoluted but you might be able to set up a guest XP machine in Virtual PC 7 and install Virtual PC 2007 in the guest and run your DOS box in the guest XP machine's Virtual PC 2007 :P ! The IT world's equivalent to playing with Russian dolls. I'll need to do a similar thing on my PC when I upgrade to Windows 7.

Friday, October 30, 2009 4:19 PM by Iain

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

@Iain I tried that, except I used VMWare as the host. VPC 2007 installed but would not run in the guest.  You can't have more than one virtualization layer.

I installed VPC 2007 under Windows 7 after un-installing Windows VPC.  Unfortunately VPC 2007 crashes a lot when running DOS; VPC 2004 under Windows XP never did.  I tried to install VPC 2004 under W7 but it would not let me.

Another problem with Windows Virtual PC is that it won't let DOS go full screen, and the graphics are slow.

I may have to keep an XP partition with VPC 2004 on it.  But that's not sustainable in the long term.  Which is why I'm all hot and bothered by MS pulling support for DOS from VPC.

Monday, November 02, 2009 7:22 AM by Bill Wood

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Just to clarify my last post, VPC 2007 doesn't crash when running DOS, its the DOS machine itself that crashes - even when running VPC 2007 under XP.  VPC 2004 runs DOS reliably but won't install under Windows 7 {sigh}.

Monday, November 02, 2009 7:25 AM by Bill Wood

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Hello,

I got Virtual PC on my machine, I`m using Windows XP x64 on real PC and Windows XP x32 on Virtual PC.

My problem is only about some games that I`m trying to run on Virtual PC, it just don`t work as in real PC. I belive this issue is related with the video card (is required to run), however on Virtual PC I can`t install the video drives as I did on real PC.

There is any why to fix it? Any update or procedure that I`m missing?

Thanks, any help is welcome.

Thiago Araujo

Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:43 AM by Thiago Ara[ujo

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

The network performance between Virtual Machines and host machine is still incredibly poor. Can't believe this hasn't been fixed. This means Windows Virtual PC is not a viable option for us. How can this be so bad compared to Virtual PC?

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:03 PM by Colin Paterson

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

The network performance between Virtual Machines and host machine is still incredibly poor. Can't believe this hasn't been fixed. This means Windows Virtual PC is not a viable option for us. How can this be so bad compared to Virtual PC?

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:56 PM by Colin Paterson

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Bill Wood:

It may be anathema to mention here, but have you tried VirtualBox? The latest versions read VPC's VHDs directly. The only problem is you can't run both it and XPM concurrently (they both want to be hypervisor).

Ben: I read recently a statement from some MS executive, but I can't find it again. The gist was that XPM in W7 isn't irrevocably tied to VPC, that other VM apps -- VirtualBox, VMWare -- could conceivably replace it as hypervisor for XPM. Is that correct?

Sorry to say, but I haven't used VPC since MS bought it out and stripped out support for non-MS OSes. And if the problems Bill Wood is reporting viz. DOS are true, that's even less reason to use it.

Nathanael

Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:00 PM by Nathanael Culver

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

The hardware assesment tool tols me that my computer is meeting windows virtual pc requirements but when i try to run Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu on my windows 7 ultimate x64 RC build 7127 it give me a message says: this update is not applicable on your computer.

although I enabled virtual technology on my core 2 duo 2.33GHz intel processor.

Please help me.

Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:41 AM by Feras Dabbagh

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Installed Windows virtual PC in my windows 7 ultimate box .

I've opened the virtual machine folder clicking the virtual pc link in all program but the menu does not have the option to create the virtual machines.

Running the vpcwizard I created a VM which I 've attached a VHD created on a windows 7 box and which contains windows 7 RC .

When I start the VM it seems not to recognize the OS and try to find a DHCP for remote installation

Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:14 PM by stefano

# re: Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

I have windows 7 ultimate X64 (7600)=RTM, I download and install XP mode = success, I download and install Virtual PC = not applicabel to this system? I've tried over and over again, I was installed and running fine on an earlier installation of RTM (I replaced my drives reinstalled from scratch, and restored easy file trasnfer and now it won't install....any ideas?

Monday, November 16, 2009 7:29 PM by Jeremy

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