How to increase RAM size of XP Mode and other Optimization Steps
I just upgraded a client's HP PC to Windows 7 Pro (32-bit). It has 2GB of RAM currently. It also has the hardware virtualization switch turned on in the BIOS. The Win7Pro installation process was...
View ArticleXP Mode Crashes When Accessing Network Shares
I am using Windows 7 Professional and have installed XP Mode to use a legacy accounting application.In the Virtual Machines folder on the host under settings I have set the network adapter to Realtek...
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 ArticleXP Mode Question
I have XP Mode working perfectly. Users with Laptops sometime use them wirelessly. When Wired they are using NAT. So the XP machine cannot be seen from the outside.When Wireless, this is not the...
View ArticleLoad a System Image into Virtual PC
Hello,I have images of all the different model computers that we use. Is it possible to launch the .VHD files that are created by the System Image in Windows Virtual PC?
View ArticleStarting Virtual Machine will not start from hibernate mode.
Hi. I had a BSOD and upon rebooting my machine one of my virtual machines is stuck in "hibernate" mode and will not boot up. I attempted to restore to previous versions of the vmc, but that did not...
View ArticleWmiPrvSE.exe very high CPU consumption on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
I have a newly installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit that is often running very high CPU utilization and WmiPrvSE.exe is using 50% of the CPU or better continuously and constantly. It seems that the...
View ArticleUnable to activate Windows 7 automatically from KMS
HiWe use KMS in our environment to activate windows 7. But we have a set of windows 7 VM's that is not getting activated from KMS. When we manually do using SLMGR commands it gets activated. Kindly...
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DHCP problem.
I keep getting the following problem when trying to run a Virtual xp mode system.I am running windows 7 pro.Can anyone suggest how to fix it?
View ArticleUsing XP software with a parallel port dongle in windows 7 professional
Please help... Looking to have my parallel port dongle recognized for my older version software (XP) in Windows 7 under the XP PC mode. Help in figuring out if LPT1 is set correctly or what I am...
View ArticleHow to configure Parallel port with Parallel port to USB adapter in Windows...
How to configure Parallel port with Parallel port to USB adapter in Windows XP mode? I am running Win 7 64-bit. Win 7 recognizes the device when I plug it into a USB 2.0 port. Windows XP mode...
View ArticleVSV corruption
Hi all, I think I have gotten myself into a predicament and I am hopeful someone can come to my rescue..:-) Before my PC crashed I created several Virtual PC's and associated VSV files for their saved...
View Articlehelp seting usb as paging file.
how do i set usb as paging file if the usb isant showing up in the vertual memory settings i am trying to use a kingston 8gb usb 2.0 flashdrive =...
View ArticleWindows XP mode Freeze
Hello, I installed VS 2008 within Windows XP Mode running under Win 7. The installation successfully completed. I closed the final window. After that, when I click on anything there is no...
View ArticleXP Mode Freezes
I have Windows 7 loaded on a newly built computer consisting of the following components:Gigabyte EX58-UD4P System BoardIntel i7-920 Processor12 Gb Corsair DDR3 RamnVidia GeForce 9800GT PCI-e Graphics...
View ArticleShut down XP Mode via command line
Sometimes I need to shut down, not hibernate, XP Mode. I was wondering if there was a command line or PowerShell method of sending "Shut down" to the XP Mode VM.
View ArticleTransferring files from Windows 7 mode to Virtual PC Windows XP mode
I have my business software on the virtual PC XP mode becasue it will not run on Windows 7.I make Journal Notes .jnt files with my tablet PC in Windows 7 mode.I can't figure out how to get those files...
View ArticleCan't install windows 95 on virutal PC
So I found some old games I want to play, but they only work in windows 98/95, so I dug out my old windows 95 CD, and decided to try to install it on a virtual machine. But all I get is this message...
View ArticleBasic Virtual PC questions plus XP mode
I have looked at the various forum posts, and I am still confused. According to the MS site, you can install Virtual PC and setup almost anything. I am running Win 7 Ultimate on a AMD FX 6200 6 core...
View ArticleXp mode cannot log on...
XP mode has reset/forgot my logon details. I had previously removed the password in the virtual pc control panel and enabled guest account and had used xpmode for a month with no problems. One day when...
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