VS and Win7

Will a VS system built on a WinXP platform run on a Win7 multi core platform?
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Wesley

The answer to that is "It depends".

VS (assuming you mean Virtual Server), doesn't install on Windows 7 and if
you do get it installed, it doesn't support using SCSI disks in a VM. If
all you use is IDE disks, it should work, but not recommended.

Windows Virtual PC will run a VM built for Virtual Server in much the same
way as VS, except that it too doesn't support SCSI disks in a VM. Otherwise
it should run about the same.

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Bob Comer



"Wesley" <Wesley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:36BA7ADB-FFF7-4423-83A7-AE14EB119F37@microsoft.com...
> Will a VS system built on a WinXP platform run on a Win7 multi core
> platform?
> --
> Wesley

By "Windows Virtual PC", do you mean the VM that comes with Win7? Can 2 or 3
instances of WinVPC be networked to a database on one of the VMs? Like VS,
can each WinVPC instance be programed so that only the active instance see
the serial port?

My disks are IDE. Aside from not being tested, and no MS support, why is it
not recomended?

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Wesley


"Robert Comer" wrote
> The answer to that is "It depends".
>
> VS (assuming you mean Virtual Server), doesn't install on Windows 7 and if
> you do get it installed, it doesn't support using SCSI disks in a VM. If
> all you use is IDE disks, it should work, but not recommended.
>
> Windows Virtual PC will run a VM built for Virtual Server in much the same
> way as VS, except that it too doesn't support SCSI disks in a VM. Otherwise
> it should run about the same.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "Wesley" <Wesley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:36BA7ADB-FFF7-4423-83A7-AE14EB119F37@microsoft.com...
> > Will a VS system built on a WinXP platform run on a Win7 multi core
> > platform?
> > --
> > Wesley
>
> .
>

> By "Windows Virtual PC", do you mean the VM that comes with Win7?

Yes, but it's really a download, not included, but it does only run on Win7.

>Can 2 or 3
> instances of WinVPC be networked to a database on one of the VMs? Like VS,
> can each WinVPC instance be programed so that only the active instance see
> the serial port?

Yes, and yes.

> My disks are IDE. Aside from not being tested, and no MS support, why is
> it
> not recomended?

It's tough to install for one as the system blocks it because of the
incompatibilities. The SCSI is the only place that I found a sure
incompatibility, but there may be more.

Windows Virtual PC also has scripting support like Virtual Server and the
scripts can be easily changed over...

To tell the truth, Windows Virtual PC has more in common with Virtual Server
than it does to Virtual PC 2007...

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Bob Comer

"Wesley" <Wesley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2379628-EFCE-4000-BA20-4E7F6573941A@microsoft.com...
> By "Windows Virtual PC", do you mean the VM that comes with Win7? Can 2 or
> 3
> instances of WinVPC be networked to a database on one of the VMs? Like VS,
> can each WinVPC instance be programed so that only the active instance see
> the serial port?
>
> My disks are IDE. Aside from not being tested, and no MS support, why is
> it
> not recomended?
>
> --
> Wesley
>
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote
>> The answer to that is "It depends".
>>
>> VS (assuming you mean Virtual Server), doesn't install on Windows 7 and
>> if
>> you do get it installed, it doesn't support using SCSI disks in a VM. If
>> all you use is IDE disks, it should work, but not recommended.
>>
>> Windows Virtual PC will run a VM built for Virtual Server in much the
>> same
>> way as VS, except that it too doesn't support SCSI disks in a VM.
>> Otherwise
>> it should run about the same.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> "Wesley" <Wesley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:36BA7ADB-FFF7-4423-83A7-AE14EB119F37@microsoft.com...
>> > Will a VS system built on a WinXP platform run on a Win7 multi core
>> > platform?
>> > --
>> > Wesley
>>
>> .
>>

Thanks.
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Wesley


"Robert Comer" wrote:

> > By "Windows Virtual PC", do you mean the VM that comes with Win7?
>
> Yes, but it's really a download, not included, but it does only run on Win7.
>
> >Can 2 or 3
> > instances of WinVPC be networked to a database on one of the VMs? Like VS,
> > can each WinVPC instance be programed so that only the active instance see
> > the serial port?
>
> Yes, and yes.
>
> > My disks are IDE. Aside from not being tested, and no MS support, why is
> > it
> > not recomended?
>
> It's tough to install for one as the system blocks it because of the
> incompatibilities. The SCSI is the only place that I found a sure
> incompatibility, but there may be more.
>
> Windows Virtual PC also has scripting support like Virtual Server and the
> scripts can be easily changed over...
>
> To tell the truth, Windows Virtual PC has more in common with Virtual Server
> than it does to Virtual PC 2007...
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
> "Wesley" <Wesley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F2379628-EFCE-4000-BA20-4E7F6573941A@microsoft.com...
> > By "Windows Virtual PC", do you mean the VM that comes with Win7? Can 2 or
> > 3
> > instances of WinVPC be networked to a database on one of the VMs? Like VS,
> > can each WinVPC instance be programed so that only the active instance see
> > the serial port?
> >
> > My disks are IDE. Aside from not being tested, and no MS support, why is
> > it
> > not recomended?
> >
> > --
> > Wesley
> >
> >
> > "Robert Comer" wrote
> >> The answer to that is "It depends".
> >>
> >> VS (assuming you mean Virtual Server), doesn't install on Windows 7 and
> >> if
> >> you do get it installed, it doesn't support using SCSI disks in a VM. If
> >> all you use is IDE disks, it should work, but not recommended.
> >>
> >> Windows Virtual PC will run a VM built for Virtual Server in much the
> >> same
> >> way as VS, except that it too doesn't support SCSI disks in a VM.
> >> Otherwise
> >> it should run about the same.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bob Comer
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Wesley" <Wesley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:36BA7ADB-FFF7-4423-83A7-AE14EB119F37@microsoft.com...
> >> > Will a VS system built on a WinXP platform run on a Win7 multi core
> >> > platform?
> >> > --
> >> > Wesley
> >>
> >> .
> >>