Disabling Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC

re: Disabling Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC

Steve S — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:37:17 GMT

Thanks for this article, it gave me the information needed to back out the hole I dug myself into.

There is an additional reason for disabling integrated mode, there may not be a login for the VM, but once integrated mode is enabled there doesn't appear to be a way to get into the VM without logging in. Knowing how to turn off integrated mode solved the problem.

I support some clients with VB6 projects, different versions of Crystal reports and other third party dlls. When I went to Vista as my primary OS I found that VPC was a great way to sandbox each client's project code and dlls without cluttering my current OS and projects with antiquated tools. Now that I've installed Win 7 and WVPC I'm finding it more cumbersome than I'd like to bring the old VPC images into WVPC than I'd like, but I'm getting there.

Thanks for the articles and tips, I'll be back

Steve

re: Disabling Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC

Ravi — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:29:54 GMT

Thanks for the Shitt+Esc tip. I have always wanted to find out this without actually disabling IFs in the VM settings.

re: Disabling Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC

Frank — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:25:04 GMT

It was bad enough that Microsoft neglected to include 64Bit support but turning Virtual PC into a platform for backwards compatability to XP means that I can no longer use it for Product evaluation and learning. Turning off Integrated mode is essential if you are running a virtual DC and then working with the virtual machine without the ability to drag and drop or cut and paste between the host and the vm means that it is now un-usable for me.

Thanks microsoft