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Windows Virtual PC: Good, bad, ugly

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 [...]

Posted 03 May 2009 † Bob Arnson § Virtualization ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged:

Virtual PC and Virtual Server now support latest Windows

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 [...]

Posted 16 May 2008 † Bob Arnson § Virtualization ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: