Windows 7 and Virtual PC

**shatter99** · 09-07-09, 05:30 PM

If you have Windows 7 then you can download and install the special version of Virtual PC that is just for Windows 7. I just finished loading Windows 7 RTM X64 over the 3 days weekend on my gaming rig and the nice shell integeration & desktop integeration with Virtual PC kicks ass.

Here is the link to the blog I found this gem on.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...load-kb958559/

**WileECyte** · 09-07-09, 06:13 PM

The Windows XP mode is pretty limited with Windows 7 though, and it requires you to have a processor and motherboard that support either Intel's VT-x or AMD's AMD-V support for virtualization. Intel only supports VT-x on a limited subset of their processors. AMD supports AMD-V on most current generation processors.

Details on x86 virtualization here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization

The wiki article has an incomplete listing of processors that support VT-x and AMD-V. Intel and AMD both have tools on their website that give detailed information about the extensions and instruction sets supported by their processors.

**shatter99** · 09-07-09, 07:56 PM

This is not the XP Mode stuff. What I am refering to runs my work related development enviroments (Windows 2003, Windows 2008) etc..

I have a nice VT enabled setup so this is not an issue.

**WileECyte** · 09-07-09, 08:05 PM

Right, but others may not have hardware that meets the requirements. Basically it's the Virtual PC version that runs 'XP Mode'. All the enhancements were made specifically for XP Mode.

**Gumby** · 09-08-09, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by shatter99

This is not the XP Mode stuff. What I am refering to runs my work related development enviroments (Windows 2003, Windows 2008) etc..

I have a nice VT enabled setup so this is not an issue.

ESXi from VMware is free and is so much nicer than Virtual PC if you are running multiple VMs that there is no comparison.