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Using VMs created in WPC2004 in VVPC2007

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 05/17/2008
From: "Turner" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Are there any "gotchas" waiting to get me if I try to open a VM created in
VPC2004 in VPC2007? The VM in question is a Win95 machine, which I believe
is no longer supported in 2007.

The VM additions are already installed on the virtual Win95 machine.

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Re: Using VMs created in WPC2004 in VVPC2007

Sent: 05/17/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

You may need to turn of hardware virtualization in the Settings for the vm.

"Turner" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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> Are there any "gotchas" waiting to get me if I try to open a VM created in
> VPC2004 in VPC2007? The VM in question is a Win95 machine, which I believe
> is no longer supported in 2007.
>
> The VM additions are already installed on the virtual Win95 machine.
>

Re: Using VMs created in WPC2004 in VVPC2007

Sent: 05/17/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

He should be OK with the vmadds installed on a Win95 vm. Since there is not
a replacement for those adds in VPC 2007 or VPC 2007 SP1 he might want to
try the vm as is first. I have a test box I use that for but that is
probably not necessary as long as he makes a copy of the vm first so he can
get back to a good copy if needed.

"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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> On Sat, 17 May 2008 10:55:09 -0600, "Turner" <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>Are there any "gotchas" waiting to get me if I try to open a VM created in
>>VPC2004 in VPC2007? The VM in question is a Win95 machine, which I believe
>>is no longer supported in 2007.
>>
>>The VM additions are already installed on the virtual Win95 machine.
>>
> Before you close the guest for the last time in VPC2004 do the
> following:
> 1) Uninstall the additions, they are not compatile to VPC2007
> 2) Shut it down all the way, saved states are not compatible either
> 3) If you have undo disks enabled I'd do a commit too because I don't
> know if the undo disks might not also have changed between VPC2004 and
> VPC2007.
>
> Then when you start it up in VPC2007 as one of your first things,
> install the additions from VPC2007.
> In some cases additions are not available from VPC2007 (DOS, Win95),
> in these cases I'd not do step 1 above because then the VPC2004
> additions will at least be better than nothing.
>
> I have a mix of 2004 and 2007 guests and I have both VPC2004 and
> VPC2007 installed on my PC and can start either one depending on what
> guest I want to run. If you want you can do the same. Just reinstall
> VPC2004 after you have installed VPC2007 and specify a different
> target folder for VPC2004 than the one suggested.
> Since VPC2007 won't install if VPC2004 is on the system you have first
> to uninstall VPC2004...
>
> About the "not supported" issue:
> Suppoorted does not mean "will not work" it just means that Microsoft
> will not support you over the phone if you run into problems with an
> unsupported guest in VPC2007. If it ran in VPC2004 it will run in
> VPC2007 too.
>

Re: Using VMs created in WPC2004 in VVPC2007

Sent: 05/17/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Sat, 17 May 2008 10:55:09 -0600, "Turner" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

Before you close the guest for the last time in VPC2004 do the
following:
1) Uninstall the additions, they are not compatile to VPC2007
2) Shut it down all the way, saved states are not compatible either
3) If you have undo disks enabled I'd do a commit too because I don't
know if the undo disks might not also have changed between VPC2004 and
VPC2007.

Then when you start it up in VPC2007 as one of your first things,
install the additions from VPC2007.
In some cases additions are not available from VPC2007 (DOS, Win95),
in these cases I'd not do step 1 above because then the VPC2004
additions will at least be better than nothing.

I have a mix of 2004 and 2007 guests and I have both VPC2004 and
VPC2007 installed on my PC and can start either one depending on what
guest I want to run. If you want you can do the same. Just reinstall
VPC2004 after you have installed VPC2007 and specify a different
target folder for VPC2004 than the one suggested.
Since VPC2007 won't install if VPC2004 is on the system you have first
to uninstall VPC2004...

About the "not supported" issue:
Suppoorted does not mean "will not work" it just means that Microsoft
will not support you over the phone if you run into problems with an
unsupported guest in VPC2007. If it ran in VPC2004 it will run in
VPC2007 too.

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>Are there any "gotchas" waiting to get me if I try to open a VM created in
>VPC2004 in VPC2007? The VM in question is a Win95 machine, which I believe
>is no longer supported in 2007.
>
>The VM additions are already installed on the virtual Win95 machine.
>

Re: Using VMs created in WPC2004 in VVPC2007

Sent: 05/19/2008
From: "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Bo Berglund wrote:

Why do you say that? I've sure had no problems. In fact, I've installed the old
additions under the new VPC.
--
..NET: It's About Trust!
http://vfred.mvps.org

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>>The VM additions are already installed on the virtual Win95 machine.
>>
> Before you close the guest for the last time in VPC2004 do the
> following:
> 1) Uninstall the additions, they are not compatile to VPC2007

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