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VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 06/02/2009
From: vstud70 <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hi,

maybe you can help, with the following Qs:

i. How do i connect a usb device to my VPC?
When i click the VPC of my choosing and select setting USB is not
showing .

ii. On my Vista 64 machine the VPC console is minimized at all time
and i can't seem to bring it up. I have to right-click it and select
what i which vpc machine i want. But i can't bring the console to stay
up.
i need to delete one on my vpc machines and i can't seem to be able
doing it.

any help will be appreciated.

Av

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Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/02/2009
From: vstud70 <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"With VPC2007, it doesn't support USB devices. If you're talking about
the new VPC7, you need the integration components installed to have
the USB option."

I have VPC version 6.0.192 on a Vista, is there a better version that i
missed that i can upgrade
or is VPC7 a version will only works on Windows 7?

On a different note Q:
Can a visrus that was discovered on the VPC machine leak to the hosting
operating system as well?

Thanks for your help

--
vstud70

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/02/2009
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

>i. How do i connect a usb device to my VPC?

With VPC2007, it doesn't support USB devices. If you're talking about
the new VPC7, you need the integration components installed to have
the USB option.

A common problem, this explains how to fix it:

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/05/08/recovering-a-lost-virtual-pc-console.aspx

--
Bob Comer

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:44:12 -0500, vstud70 <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

Show quoted text

>When i click the VPC of my choosing and select setting USB is not
>showing .
>ii. On my Vista 64 machine the VPC console is minimized at all time
>and i can't seem to bring it up. I have to right-click it and select
>what i which vpc machine i want. But i can't bring the console to stay
>up.
>i need to delete one on my vpc machines and i can't seem to be able
>doing it.
>
>Hi,
>
>maybe you can help, with the following Qs:
>
>i. How do i connect a usb device to my VPC?
>When i click the VPC of my choosing and select setting USB is not
>showing .
>
>ii. On my Vista 64 machine the VPC console is minimized at all time
>and i can't seem to bring it up. I have to right-click it and select
>what i which vpc machine i want. But i can't bring the console to stay
>up.
>i need to delete one on my vpc machines and i can't seem to be able
>doing it.
>
>any help will be appreciated.
>
>
>Av

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/02/2009
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

>I have VPC version 6.0.192 on a Vista, is there a better version that i

VPC7 only runs on Windows 7, so you're kind of out of luck unless you
switch to something other than VPC.

Not normally, but if you have shared folders or drives, it's possible
that an infected file got transferred and would activate if you used
that file on the host. There are a few of other network based
exploits that could "leak" as well, that's why it's a good thing to
run A/V on both the host and the guests.

--
Bob Comer

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:39:07 -0500, vstud70 <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

Show quoted text

>missed that i can upgrade
>or is VPC7 a version will only works on Windows 7?
>On a different note Q:
>Can a visrus that was discovered on the VPC machine leak to the hosting
>operating system as well?
>
>"With VPC2007, it doesn't support USB devices. If you're talking about
>the new VPC7, you need the integration components installed to have
>the USB option."
>
>I have VPC version 6.0.192 on a Vista, is there a better version that i
>missed that i can upgrade
>or is VPC7 a version will only works on Windows 7?
>
>On a different note Q:
>Can a visrus that was discovered on the VPC machine leak to the hosting
>operating system as well?
>
>Thanks for your help

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/02/2009
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"vstud70" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

You don't - VPC 2007 doesn't support USB devices because it doesn't emulate
the USB subsystem. The only exceptions to this are USB devices which can be
accessed via standard network protocols e.g. external hard drives, printers,
memory sticks etc... In addition to this, there are products available which
wrap USB devices and make them appear as network devices with an IP
address - I've never tried these, though people have reported here that they
work quite well...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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> How do I connect a USB device to my VPC?

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/02/2009
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"vstud70" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#17

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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> Can a virus that was discovered on the virtual machine leak to the hosting
> operating system as well?

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/02/2009
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:23:32 +0100, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Yes, I have tested it and it works quite well (SILEX Device Server).
But it is not "free", you have to buy the unit and it comes with only
one connection so if you have more than one USB device to connect you
have to use a USB hub in the single connector first.

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

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>"vstud70" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> How do I connect a USB device to my VPC?
>
>You don't - VPC 2007 doesn't support USB devices because it doesn't emulate
>the USB subsystem. The only exceptions to this are USB devices which can be
>accessed via standard network protocols e.g. external hard drives, printers,
>memory sticks etc... In addition to this, there are products available which
>wrap USB devices and make them appear as network devices with an IP
>address - I've never tried these, though people have reported here that they
>work quite well...

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/04/2009
From: david1 <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hi.

So when I try to install VPC on my Vista SP2 64-bit home premium, I
get an message telling me that VPC can't run on my system. I tried VPC
2007 and the older version of VPC. They both told me that VPC and VPC
2007 can't run on my system but they still seem to work and fully
install anyways? So, what should I do and where can I find VPC or VPC
2007 for Vista 64-bit home premium SP2?

(I'm trying to run windows 7 RC on VPC/VPC 2007)

so please help me (A.S.A.P.)

Thanks,

~David~:cool:

--
david1

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/04/2009
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

VPC runs just fine on home premium. The message you're getting is
just that it's not supported. There's no version of VPC that is
supported on the home versions...

--
Bob Comer

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:55:10 -0500, david1 <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

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>
>Hi.
>
>So when I try to install VPC on my Vista SP2 64-bit home premium, I
>get an message telling me that VPC can't run on my system. I tried VPC
>2007 and the older version of VPC. They both told me that VPC and VPC
>2007 can't run on my system but they still seem to work and fully
>install anyways? So, what should I do and where can I find VPC or VPC
>2007 for Vista 64-bit home premium SP2?
>
>(I'm trying to run windows 7 RC on VPC/VPC 2007)
>
>so please help me (A.S.A.P.)
>
>Thanks,
>
>~David~:cool:

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/04/2009
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Very true, I didn't catch that one, thanks for the info!

--
Bob Comer

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:35:21 +0300, "SaGS"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

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>"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>> VPC runs just fine on home premium. The message you're getting is
>> just that it's not supported. There's no version of VPC that is
>> supported on the home versions...
>
>The February 2009 hotfix for VPC2007-SP1 adds some Home versions to the
>supported list (in addition to fixing some problems, increasing the max
>display resolution, etc). Note: the VPC2007-SP1 installer will still
>complain; I don't know of a VPC full installer with the hotfix included.
>
>Link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958162
>

Re: VPC on Windows Vista (32 or 64)

Sent: 06/04/2009
From: "SaGS" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

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

The February 2009 hotfix for VPC2007-SP1 adds some Home versions to the
supported list (in addition to fixing some problems, increasing the max
display resolution, etc). Note: the VPC2007-SP1 installer will still
complain; I don't know of a VPC full installer with the hotfix included.

Link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958162

Show quoted text

> VPC runs just fine on home premium. The message you're getting is
> just that it's not supported. There's no version of VPC that is
> supported on the home versions...

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