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InstallFree vs. Windows XP Mode

We've been asked by many customers to explain the main differences between our application compatibility solution and Windows XP Mode.

Posted on 12/1/2010 1:48:00 AM

Download FREE R1Soft Hyper-V VHD Explorer

R1Soft Hyper-V VHD Explorer is the easiest way to mount and dismount your Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files. Mounting VHD files could traditiona...

Posted on 6/20/2010 2:17:00 AM

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InstallFree vs. Windows XP Mode
We've been asked by many customers to explain the main differences between our application compatibility solution and Windows XP Mode.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 1:48:00 AM

Installing Windows Virtual PC on Windows 7 Home Editions
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/07/07/installing-windows-virtual-pc-on-windows-7-home-editions.aspx'; For a while now I have been seeing random people complaining about the fact that they cannot install Windows Virtual PC on Windows 7 Home Editions (Basic or Premium). This always struck me as odd – as I was sure that this was a supported configuration – but I did not reply as I did not have the time to try this configuration myself and confirm that it did i...
Thursday, July 08, 2010 4:05:00 AM

Talking about “Host-only KVPs”– or “How do you store random stuff in a VM configuration file”
Recently I have had a couple of different people approach me with this problem: They are developing software to manage / work with virtual machines – and they need a way to associate custom data with a virtual machine. The problem that they face is how to do this in a way that will survive if the virtual machine gets backed up, failed over, live migrated, snapshotted, etc…
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:11:00 AM

Download FREE R1Soft Hyper-V VHD Explorer
R1Soft Hyper-V VHD Explorer is the easiest way to mount and dismount your Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files. Mounting VHD files could traditionally be done with powershell scripts, and while Windows 2008 R2 adds attach and detach into the Disk Manager. R1Soft VHD Explorer makes attaching VHD files as easy as point-and-click.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:17:00 AM

PowerShell Script to Register a bunch of Virtual Machines
When I was getting ready to head out to TechEd this week I copied a bunch of my Windows Virtual PC virtual machines onto a USB disk. 60 of them to be precise. But then I had the problem of how to get them all registered.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:59:00 PM

Virtual PCs Still Need Real Security
If my CIO had his way, he would move the entire company to a virtual desktop environment. In his mind, it would be a cure-all for the costs of supporting thousands of PCs and the headaches caused by software distribution, security patching and configuration management.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010 12:51:00 AM

Microsoft White Paper: Virtual Hard Disk Performance
The following Microsoft white paper compares VHD performance on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It uses the new native VHD implementation in Windows 2008 R2 and loopback VHD. You can download the whitepaper at
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:38:00 AM

Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Memory & Windows Virtual PC without Hardware Assisted Virtualization
Great news these days from Microsoft Virtualization, Dynamic Memory allocation will be feature of new Service Pack for Hyper-V R2 and Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode will run now on computers that don’t have hardware virtualization capabilities.
Friday, March 19, 2010 4:35:00 AM

Microsoft Drops XP Mode Hardware Virtualization Requirement
Windows XP Mode no longer requires hardware virtualization technology in order to run, Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) revealed in the torrent of virtualization news it unleashed Thursday.
Friday, March 19, 2010 4:28:00 AM

Microsoft Disputes Virtual PC Vulnerability Report
Microsoft is disputing Core Security Technologies description of a security issue impacting Microsoft's Virtual PC software as a vulnerability.
Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:13:00 AM

Core Security Technologies Discovers Vulnerability in Key Microsoft Virtualization Technology
Core Security Technologies issued an advisory disclosing a vulnerability that could affect large numbers of organizations and consumers using Microsoft’s Virtual PC virtualization software and leave them open to potential attack.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:01:00 AM

Get the Most Out of Windows XP Mode With These Tips
While Windows 7 has several built-in compatibility features that are designed to allow you to run most Windows XP applications right from within Windows 7, there are other older Windows XP applications that will not run in Windows 7 even with those built-in compatibility features. For these types of applications, Microsoft designed Windows XP Mode for Windows 7.
Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:22:00 PM

How to Publish Internet Explorer with XP Mode?
I have been asked this one a lot of times now, so I thought I would pen a quick blog post on this. A lot of people are looking at using Windows XP Mode to allow them to access websites that still need Internet Explorer 6 / 7. Unfortunately Internet Explorer is not published by default.
Friday, February 12, 2010 2:02:00 AM

Running Windows XP Tablet Edition in a Windows Virtual PC VM
Over the weekend I spent some time going through my dusty archives of a virtual machines, bringing them all across to Windows Virtual PC and making sure they were all up to date. One of the virtual machines that I worked on was a Windows XP Tablet Edition virtual machine (which I blogged about back in 2005).
Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:59:00 AM

Auto-Start and Close Options for Windows Virtual PC
In Windows Virtual PC (WVPC), Virtual Machine (VM) start-up and close behavior can be configured to have a customized user experience. Some start-up options can actually lead to perceivably faster launching of Virtual Applications.
Monday, November 09, 2009 1:12:00 AM

Restricting Shared Drives under Windows Virtual PC
When it comes to minimizing the potential for malicious software running in a virtual machine to affect your physical computer, there are two golden rules to follow:
Thursday, November 05, 2009 3:38:00 AM

Using the keyboard to access useful functionality in Windows Virtual PC
When you use a Virtual Machine (VM) created using Windows® Virtual PC (WVPC), following keyboard shortcuts would be very useful to make life simple without using the mouse:
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:50:00 PM

Publishing Virtual Applications in Windows Virtual PC
Windows Virtual PC (WVPC) provides a feature called virtual applications, using which you can access applications running in a Virtual Machine (VM) seamlessly from Windows 7 host Start menu.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:06:00 AM

Help with Deploying Windows XP Mode
We have recently published a very handy video / guide / set of scripts to help with anyone who needs to deploy either a standard or customized version of Windows XP mode to a large number of virtual machines.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:14:00 AM

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