App-V under VMware Player?
Hi, quick stupid question: can App-V run under VMware Player 5?I have an image of Win7 x64 with a pre-configured app-v environment for some legacy programs. I am testing it under VMware Player 5.02,...
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I have tried 2 different ways to try and get Native boot for VHD to work...The last one was:I created a Hyper-V machine and installed Windows Server 2008 R2 onto the FIXED VHD (40GB and called it...
View ArticleHow to start seamless application from Windows 7 custom shell
I need to run windows virtual PC application on windows 7 pro in seamless mode. The host OS (windows 7) is supposed to run custom shell instead of windows explorer shell. The problem is that virtual...
View ArticleI have an issue with Passwords & Windows 7 virtual machines
Hi I'm running windows 7 pro 32 bit, with a windows XP virtual machine for developing legacy software. Both have logons with the same name and password. Both host & VM connect to a file server on...
View ArticleVirtual PC recovery
I resently rebuit/upgraded our domain which required all Windows 7 pro clients to removed and added to the new domain. All user accounts were recreated using the same login ID's. One of the users was...
View ArticleHave latency in Xpmode not in host, Bridged NIC device driver?
I have a DOS legacy app installed in XPMode talking to files on a LAN fileserver. Lately it has begun to spout error messages which I interprete as "cant read/write file". Other clients on WinXp...
View ArticleWant to split my Virtual XP Drive
Hi TeamI want to split my virtual XP hard drive, due to work, it is increasing day by day and now it is 25 gb. I am not able to transfer it to my external hard drive.I think, if I can split it , it is...
View Articlewin7 virtual pc - attach existing vhd - error "Cannot attach the virtual hard...
I created a VHD using Norton Ghost, from a 136 GB disk. I attempted to use the VHD in Windows Virtual PC, but got the error: "Cannot attach the virtual hard disk to the virtual machine. Check the...
View ArticleXPmode will not enable integration features
I am having a huge problem with XPmodeXPmode starts, I get a black screen, then if I move the window it will start enabling integration features. It then either fails to load them and says I can log...
View Article\\TSClient\C not available any more in Virtual PC after installing RDP8...
Hello!Yesterday I installed KB2592687 Update (RDP 8.0 Protocol Update) on my Win 7 x64 box. Afterwards the\\TSClient\C Share was not available any more in a Virtual PC Windows 7 x86 Guest OS running on...
View ArticleHeadless Virtual Machine?
I've installed Windows Virtual PC and created a virtual machine running an evaluation copy of Windows Home Server to test it out. Is there any easy way to start (and stop) the WHS virtual machine...
View ArticleEven with fresh Windows 7 install, cannot get XP Mode to install!
Hardware: Modern Intel CPU & ATI videoSoftware: Windows 7 Pro (a brand new set of replacement disks -- with SP1 already in it -- which just arrived from Microsoft.)History: A previous Windows 7...
View ArticleHeadless Virtual PC on headless server
Is it possible to launch a VPC on a headless server, without logging in on that server? I need to run a virtual pc to act as a simple drop location, on a server that we leave not logged in. I've looked...
View ArticleXPMode on Windows 7 (Networking: NAT). Guest OS drops/suspends network...
We are migrating our office to Windows 7 64-Bit.Special Requirements/RestrictionsWe have a requirement to support an old 16-bit (NTVDM) DOS application. The app is run directly from one of our file...
View ArticleCannot bridge Netextender VPN to my Hyper in Hyper V in Windows 7 on a...
My client is using Windows 8 and HyperV to access a Windows 7 Virtual Machine to access an old DOS program on a Windows 2008 server. We have a TZ 200 router. Spit tunnel, I think.So we are now using...
View ArticleXP Mode - Could not Complete Setup. Please Try Again.
I have been looking for a fix and havent quite found anything exactly that applies, but have tried many, many fixes for this, I even got it to work for about 30 minutes at one point earlier...
View ArticleWindows XP Mode Applications Folder
I am running Win7 Professional 64 bit. I have three legacy applications that I use rarely, but I need them occasionally and they will not work in a 64 bit environment. I installed XP Mode without...
View ArticleUnable to open VM XP Mode in Win7 SP1
We are currently upgrading some people to Win 7 at where I work at. There is an application that some people use here that needs to run in XP as it does not work in Win 7. After installing XP Mode, the...
View ArticleXP mode licensing question
A client has a legacy app for which they no longer have installation discs that is running on a Windows XP desktop that is an OEM license.They have bought a new computer with Windows 7 Pro OEM.The...
View ArticleCopy/Paste on VPC not working
I am running Win7Pro and have setup VPC with Vista. I have tried to do a simple copy/paste of text from either machine to the other and it doesnt seem to work. I played around with various...
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