Virtual PC 2007 SP1 now available
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Virtual PC 2007 SP1 adds support for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 as both host and guest operating systems. It also adds support for Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition as a guest operating system.
Cheers,
Ben
Comments
Anonymous
May 15, 2008
Are you still working on Virtual PC? I thought that like with Internet Explorer 6, development has stopped. Why no significant updates? What will happen to Virtual PC. Dropped all together? What about the next version of Virtual PC and Server? Now that HyperV is the main product and since Virtual PC and Server are free they will not be developed further? Tell me that I am worng please.Anonymous
May 15, 2008
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May 16, 2008
On the actual download page it says that the version for SP1 is 6.0.192.0. I had the same issues about explorer running and just clicked on ignore (had rebooted the first time to check the install from a clean login).Anonymous
May 16, 2008
Same issue with explorer here. I just hit ignore a few times, too. Blowdart, checking under Add/Remove Programs will show Virtual PC SP1 after the upgrade.Anonymous
May 16, 2008
I had the same issue with Firefox 3 Beta 5. It said that the window must be closed. I closed it, hit retry, and the install completed.Anonymous
May 17, 2008
I wonder if anyone tried to run VPC 2007 on Windows 2000. I know, I could check it myself, but I'm not sure it won't hurt my installation of VPC 2004 :). PS. Yes, I know, that officially VPC2k7 requires XP Pro, but for example C&C: The First Decade "officially" requires Windows XP, but doesn't complain about Win2000 :).Anonymous
May 17, 2008
Since it already works with Vista SP1, what does it actually do? It certainly doesn't fix the hardware-assisted virtualization flaws.Anonymous
May 18, 2008
Nektar - I cannot comment on future product plans, but I am not sure why you think that VPC is dead when we just released an update for it. Xepol - Testing and bug fixes were required. Cheers, BenAnonymous
May 18, 2008
What makes me think it is dead: still no x64 guest support. As a developer in the Exchange field I use VMs for test domains and Exchange is only supported on 64-bit. That drove me to your competitor. Hyper-V will not be usable for me on my laptop as it kicks out power saving features and hibernation. -- SvenCAnonymous
May 19, 2008
For other Operating Systems as guest/host (excluding XP SP3 & Vista SP1), is there any bug fixes or performance improvements? If I am not planning to use Vista SP1 & XP SP3, does this upgrade adds any benefit to me?Anonymous
May 19, 2008
heckuvalotta nothing in the release notesAnonymous
May 20, 2008
Also, no VM Additions Printer, no USB support, no Dock... ehm Taskbar integration, just to name some of the great features in VPC 7/Mac (sadly abandoned by Microsoft, while it was a great product!). ... And no Coherence/Unity/Seamless mode, etc. etc., if we compare VPC 2007 with competing desktop (not server) virtualisation products. So, ideally at least, it would really be time for a feature upgrade... :-)Anonymous
May 20, 2008
Upgraded, reinstalled, uninstalled Virtual Machine Network Services, installed it again, all by the book with restarts in between, and still Virtual PC displays "Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network Services driver".Anonymous
May 23, 2008
STILL no USB? How can it possibly not support the most common hardware interface on the planet???Anonymous
May 25, 2008
Svenc: Exchange 2007 is also available in 32bit version (trial only and limited to 120day's) but if you are testing only this is good enough. works just fine under virtual pc 2007, i use it all the timeAnonymous
June 02, 2008
I like to use some partitions on my local HD of my notebook unde VirtualPC 2007 sp1 (My so is Windows Vista Ultimate). ThanksAnonymous
June 02, 2008
Where can I download the additios for my VPC-2007 sp1 ?Anonymous
June 05, 2008
Everyone - This is a service pack - which traditionally is intended to address bugs, not add features. No - there are no new features. Cheers, BenAnonymous
November 23, 2010
Does VPC SP1 address the issue of 16bit color depth in Virtual XP? I have some legacy XP 16 bit apps that run much better than 32bit or 64bit bloated apps but they need at least 24bit (8 bit per channel) color depth.