[Johnnyboy]

Windows Virtual PC will be delivered to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate customers via a web download that includes two executables. The first, Windows6.1-KB958559-x86.msu (32-bit) or Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu (64-bit), depending on your platform, updates Windows 7 and actually provides the expected Start Menu entry points. And then you reboot.



When that's done you must also run a second EXE, VirtualWindowsXP_64_en-US (or VirtualWindowsXP_32_en-US) to install XP Mode and its Windows XP with SP3 virtual machine (VM). Once you've done that, you'll be prompted to run Virtual XP (XP Mode).



Now, you're prompted to configure a password for the default user (creatively named User and not changeable during Setup), and configure Automatic Updates. Then, Setup configures the virtual machine. This phase takes a long time and involves setting up the VM for first use, initializing the VM, starting the OS, and enabling integration features. What it's really doing, of course, is running through the XP Setup process in silent mode.







Eventually you'll hear the familiar strains of the XP startup sound and Windows XP springs to life in a window. Voila! It's time to do some XP configuration, install AV and any third party apps, and then shut down the VM and access those apps from the Windows 7 Start Menu.







Source: Paul Thurrott and Rafael

This post has been edited by Johnnyboy: 01 May 2009 - 06:17 AM

[PRATOSH]

wow amazing

[Ammarx]

ha ha ha my signature vid

[AMIRZ]

Really great feature. Btw is it better than VMware?

[fediaFedia]

Interesting, almost like parallel desktop in OSX

[Secured Tim]

Very simple.

[Bill_Puertas]

does winxp mode support for directx9c games????


actually, the virtualmachines doesnt support directx applications

i'll be perfect if it support directx 9c

[AMIRZ]

Bill_Puertas, on May 1 2009, 09:47 PM, said:

does winxp mode support for directx9c games????


actually, the virtualmachines doesnt support directx applications

i'll be perfect if it support directx 9c

Amen!

[PUGALENTHI]

What to do if i don't have hardware virtualization???

[Gragier_521]

^ I think your performance will be low or some features like hibernate won't work if you won't have Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled CPU but I'm not sure though.

[fediaFedia]

Why don't I think it will be very useful now?
Probably because 99% of applications run fine under vista\seven.
This virtual thingy is basically for playing around

[Abhi]

fediaFedia, on May 1 2009, 10:56 PM, said:

This virtual thingy is basically for playing around

For normal users, might be.
For companies and organizations, more than that.

[FalseAgent]

Abhi, on May 1 2009, 05:50 PM, said:

fediaFedia, on May 1 2009, 10:56 PM, said:

This virtual thingy is basically for playing around

For normal users, might be.
For companies and organizations, more than that.

+1

[redmenchu]

comedy_guy, on May 2 2009, 10:14 AM, said:

Abhi, on May 1 2009, 05:50 PM, said:

fediaFedia, on May 1 2009, 10:56 PM, said:

This virtual thingy is basically for playing around

For normal users, might be.
For companies and organizations, more than that.

+1

+2 here . . .

[InlineSkate]

This is not a consumer product it wasn't designed so you can play halo.

It was designed for company legacy apps.