Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode Team Blog

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There’s a new blog in town! The Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode team have created a blog to assist in understanding some of the work that goes on in the product!

They have just posted a great article around Windows Virtual PC……

Windows® Virtual PC (WVPC) is a client virtualization software, which can be used on Windows 7 to create multiple Virtual Machines (VMs), each running a different operating system (OS). WVPC can be obtained as a free download from Windows Virtual PC website. WVPC is the engine which supports Windows XP Mode, a preconfigured VM running Windows XP SP3 provided by Microsoft on Windows Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise SKUs.

A VM functions as an additional PC on your Windows 7 desktop, complete with its own Start menu, applications, folders such as My Documents, access to the network for email and Internet, and access to USB and serial devices. Installing WVPC creates a short-cut named “Windows Virtual PC” on Windows 7 Start menu (Figure 1). Clicking on the shortcut opens the Virtual Machines folder, with a command bar that has an option to create a new VM. You can create a new VM using a guest OS image (e.g. Windows XP SP3 DVD or ISO image, or a VHD containing the OS image).

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Figure 1. Start menu integration of Windows Virtual PC, VMs and virtual applications

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Check out the Engineering blog of Windows Virtual PC and Winodws XP Mode here:
https://blogs.technet.com/windows_vpc/