Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode Release Candidate Announced
Our Windows Team Blog has announce the availability of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode Release Candidate. RC is an important milestone in our path to final delivery of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode.
You can download the RC bits from Windows Virtual PC website.
Note: Beta to RC upgrade is not supported. You need to uninstall the Beta version of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode before installing the RC bits. Please read the install and setup instructions carefully before you install the RC bits.
The Release Notes contains important information for this release.
Bookmark Windows Virtual PC Engineering Blogs for further information on Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode
Thank you, for testing and giving us feedback during Windows Virtual PC Beta. Your inputs have helped us in achieving this important milestone. This release includes many fixes to improve functionality, reliability & robustness of the product some of the key changes made based on Beta feedback include:
· Manage USB devices with virtual applications: You canattach and detach USB devices while running virtual applications. The USB device management UI can be easily accessed form the right click context menu of the Virtual Applications icon, on task bar.
· Jump list for virtual applications: Right clicking on the virtual application icon, on Windows 7 taskbar, displays a jump list that allows one to easily launch virtual applications from the taskbar.
· Drive share settings: You can select the host computer drives that you would like to share with the virtual machine; in the virtual machine settings.
· Windows XP Mode tutorial: Atutorial that introduces the user to Windows XP Mode features is displayed during Windows XP Mode Setup.
· Faster Windows XP Mode setup: Improvements have been done to reduce the setup time for Windows XP Mode.
· Compact differencing disks: You can now compact the differencing virtual hard disk to reduce the size occupied on the disk.
· Support for optional components install in XP Mode: Windows XP optional components can be installed in Windows XP Mode.
Choose destination location for XP Mode files: You can choose the destination folder to store all virtual machine files for Windows XP Mode during XP Mode setup.
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