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XGMan   02-01-2009 at 07:40:09 PM

Hi,

I love my PC and i want test Windows7 in it without any problems

So Can I Test Windows 7 in Microsoft Virtual PC..?

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montyuk   02-02-2009 at 03:13:11 PM
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yes, i think you'll need to say its a vista install.

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amdfangirl   02-03-2009 at 09:08:12 AM
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Yes, of course... VirtualBox and VMware are other options too.

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bhowell   02-03-2009 at 04:33:24 PM
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I don't believe you will be able to use some of the enhanced features of Windows 7 since virtual anything uses a generic video driver.

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renegeek   02-04-2009 at 07:04:00 PM
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yep, i installed it on virtual box, and ran great. but ya everything is a generic driver...

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mamw93   02-05-2009 at 03:28:23 AM
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Ya man... install it as an other operating system. But make sure you downlaod the x86 version. I have the x64 disc and it didn't work.

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randomizer   02-05-2009 at 03:57:01 AM
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renegeek wrote :

yep, i installed it on virtual box, and ran great. but ya everything is a generic driver...


That's because your real hardware "doesn't exist". ;)

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wingfan1991   02-10-2009 at 08:15:51 PM
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if i use virtual box and install windows 7 through that... is there any possibilty of it messing up my system (im using windows vista 64 ultimate edition)?

i really wanna try windows 7 but dont want to partion drive or create dual boot or buy new hdd.. this seems lke the only other way... but am i at any risk of messing up anything on the current vista 64?

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bhowell   02-10-2009 at 08:58:22 PM
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No, you shouldn't mess anything up. Your Windows 7 installation will install into an expanding file called a virtual hard drive that you create during the process. Virtual PC does a pretty good job keeping the guest and host operating systems seperate from each other....although you can have interaction between the two if you wish.

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wingfan1991   02-10-2009 at 09:03:40 PM
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just read a post from the virtual box forum that some guy installed windows 7 on it and he had vista 64 as the host now he boots up and gets MBR error .. messed up his system! yikes.. too scared to try it!

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randomizer   02-11-2009 at 12:27:58 AM
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PEBKAC. Virtual Machines don't have anything to do with the MBR, so he did something else to screw it up.

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bboysil   02-11-2009 at 12:53:32 AM
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XGMan wrote :

Hi,

I love my PC and i want test Windows7 in it without any problems

So Can I Test Windows 7 in Microsoft Virtual PC..?



I installed in VMware 6.5 as a Vista install and it worked... I couldn't start any 3d application (it just freezes) although VMware 6.5 supports directx 9.1.
The virtual machine freezes even when I try to find the experience index score.

Everything else works fine.

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halcyon   02-11-2009 at 01:37:43 AM
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I installed W7 in VMW 6.5 w/out any issues. ...of course I can't run Aero but can't really say Aero's an important feature either. Otherwise I had not issues and was a tad surprised at how polished Win7 is at this point.

Gotta love VMWare, its just one of those apps that I think every techy should have.

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wingfan1991   02-11-2009 at 02:31:10 PM
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got the courage last night and installed windows 7 to virtual box.. played with it for 15 min (worked great btw) and then uninstalled. dont see much if any difference from Vista 64 at this point, but its probably cause i dont get the bells and whistles due to the fact that its running on VB? was hoping for a bit more eye candy. the "shake" thing is cool where you can minimize/maximize all windows.

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Bronze Win 7 badge Scotteq   02-11-2009 at 02:33:45 PM
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You can 'snap' windows to the half and top screens, as well.

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bhowell   02-11-2009 at 03:11:59 PM
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If want all the bells and whistles, you will have to actually install it as you would any normal OS. Whether through a dual boot, or separate drive/partition. Running it in a virtual machine gives you basic functionality.

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wingfan1991   02-11-2009 at 03:14:14 PM
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ya but does it look much different then vista? looks identical on the virtual box.

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bhowell   02-11-2009 at 03:38:46 PM
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If I had to give a simple yes or no answer, then yes. It is very similar to Vista.

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randomizer   02-12-2009 at 12:21:48 AM
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The taskbar is the only significant eye candy difference.

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pjmelect   02-12-2009 at 06:02:21 AM
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Yes you can run Windows 7 in Microsoft’s virtual PC 2007. Chose Windows server 2008 to install and don’t forget that you will need to give the virtual PC at least a gig of ram. Aero wont work in virtual PC but apart from that it works just fine.

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halcyon   02-12-2009 at 11:57:20 AM
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Though it will in Virtual PC 2007 (and VPC is free, yea) if you want a really usable experience invest in VMWare for virtualizing. There's a notable difference in performance in VMWare's favor, you can even assign an OS two cores.

...always gotta get my vote in for VMWare.

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techdeuce   02-12-2009 at 10:37:35 PM
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Had it running in the vmware and virtualbox and virtual pc. ( I support all 3 ) so just wanted to monkey with it. 10.x gb's to install, just about the same as vista 64.
Bootup was a tad faster with 7, vmware booted it up faster than the other 2, opening windows is faster, file copy is faster, but only by small amounts.

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mrpresident19   02-14-2009 at 10:42:49 AM
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Honestly I suggest an install of windows 7 to evaluate it. Most people have plenty of hard drive space lying around to create a separate partition and set up a dual boot. Easy, yes, and if you end up not liking it, just fold the extra partition back into the original. :)

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