Just when I thought windows 7 was ok
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I wanted to try XP Mode, so I downloaded and installed it. I already had Virtual PC 2007 installed, so naturally nothing works anymore. Can't uninstall KB95899, can't install it again, and VPC (after working fine for 3 days) is "incompatible" and won't run. Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone. Now I'm faced with reinstalling 7 so I can use VPC again.:mad:
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
i've had to reinstall w7 many times. once was because i installed a crappy WiFi driver, which sent my DPC latency through the roof, permanently - even after doing everything i could think of to uninstall every trace of the driver.
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I wanted to try XP Mode, so I downloaded and installed it. I already had Virtual PC 2007 installed, so naturally nothing works anymore. Can't uninstall KB95899, can't install it again, and VPC (after working fine for 3 days) is "incompatible" and won't run. Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone. Now I'm faced with reinstalling 7 so I can use VPC again.:mad:
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
Switch to VMWare. You'll be much happier for it. That's what I did 4 years ago.
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I wanted to try XP Mode, so I downloaded and installed it. I already had Virtual PC 2007 installed, so naturally nothing works anymore. Can't uninstall KB95899, can't install it again, and VPC (after working fine for 3 days) is "incompatible" and won't run. Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone. Now I'm faced with reinstalling 7 so I can use VPC again.:mad:
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
VirtualBox :)
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I wanted to try XP Mode, so I downloaded and installed it. I already had Virtual PC 2007 installed, so naturally nothing works anymore. Can't uninstall KB95899, can't install it again, and VPC (after working fine for 3 days) is "incompatible" and won't run. Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone. Now I'm faced with reinstalling 7 so I can use VPC again.:mad:
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
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I wanted to try XP Mode, so I downloaded and installed it. I already had Virtual PC 2007 installed, so naturally nothing works anymore. Can't uninstall KB95899, can't install it again, and VPC (after working fine for 3 days) is "incompatible" and won't run. Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone. Now I'm faced with reinstalling 7 so I can use VPC again.:mad:
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
Strange. I just followed the instructions provided by Microsoft to install XP mode under Windows 7 and it worked great. Installed on Dell XPS portable with 2GB memory. All applications ran under XP with no problems. Runs just as fast as my standalone XP systems. Ken :)
modified on Friday, November 20, 2009 3:42 PM
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Strange. I just followed the instructions provided by Microsoft to install XP mode under Windows 7 and it worked great. Installed on Dell XPS portable with 2GB memory. All applications ran under XP with no problems. Runs just as fast as my standalone XP systems. Ken :)
modified on Friday, November 20, 2009 3:42 PM
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I wanted to try XP Mode, so I downloaded and installed it. I already had Virtual PC 2007 installed, so naturally nothing works anymore. Can't uninstall KB95899, can't install it again, and VPC (after working fine for 3 days) is "incompatible" and won't run. Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone. Now I'm faced with reinstalling 7 so I can use VPC again.:mad:
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
Richard Jones wrote:
Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone.
Okay, so how much is recommended? I've had my eye on a 4GB box but based on this post I don't know if that's enough to run both XP Mode and the Weven OS. So I'm interested in what you determine.
_____________________________ I've often heard of an older, wiser person passing the torch. After witnessing something like that, I'm not sure who'd want the thing.
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VirtualBox :)
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IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth EditionI recently tried VirtualBox and it constantly crashed. It crashed during the XP install. I was able to install Windows 2008 Server, unfortunately it's not stable. So I gave up and went back to Virtual PC. (In the time I was able to run it and putting aside stability issues, I didn't find it any better than Virtual PC.)
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VirtualBox :)
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IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth EditionI'm using parallels... Yeah ok, it's for running Win 7 and VS 2008 on my mac pro...
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I wanted to try XP Mode, so I downloaded and installed it. I already had Virtual PC 2007 installed, so naturally nothing works anymore. Can't uninstall KB95899, can't install it again, and VPC (after working fine for 3 days) is "incompatible" and won't run. Oh and after all that, I discover I would have needed more RAM anyway. I only have 2GB and it needs that for XP Mode alone. Now I'm faced with reinstalling 7 so I can use VPC again.:mad:
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
Just install XP and forget about it.
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Just install XP and forget about it.
Doesn't help me test apps on Windows 7 does it?
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984
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VirtualBox :)
xacc.ide
IronScheme - 1.0 RC 1 - out now!
((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x))) The Scheme Programming Language – Fourth EditionI can't picture our users starting up VBox, signing in and starting apps. XP Mode videos look much easier, transparent. I've reinstalled Win 7, and when I get more RAM I will try this again without VPC already installed.
"The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984