On the same day Microsoft released the Windows 7 RC to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, it also released a beta of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode. The former is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the Virtual PC you already know. The latter is an installable virtual machine that contains a licensed copy [...]
There is a hotfix/"update rollup" available for Virtual PC 2007 SP1. It includes several new features and bug fixes, including:
Additional operating systems are supported, both as hosts and guests.
Networking fixes.
Most interesting of all: The maximum graphics resolution supported in guests increases to 2048×1920 from 1600×1200. Still not quite enough to convince me to spring [...]
Virtualization products are low-level programs, pretty much by definition. They have drivers and often poke and prod both the host and guest OSes to perform better. That means they’re sensitive to changes in the OS from service packs. The recent releases of XP SP3, Vista SP1, and Windows 2008 Server have now been matched with [...]
A key part of most setup development is testing from a known state to see that your setup leaves the machine in another known state. Usually, it’s from a “clean” state to one with your app installed but I’m sure I’m not alone with needing to duplicate bugs that come from a “dirty” machine. In [...]