Some useful tips and tricks for virtual pc
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Recently I installed Windows XP on my not fit for XP tx1t000 hp laptop, I call my laptop not fit for windows XP because there are no complete drivers provided by HP for XP and even some of the drivers provided by HP does not work at all. 
So, I installed Windows XP using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 but after installation I run into several troubles like I cannot move my mouse out of the Virtual PC machine window and cannot access and files and folders on my laptop in windows vista shown in the snapshot below
Let me tell you some useful tips and tricks which will help you using virtual pc
How to take your mouse out of virtual pc machine window
Problem: The first most problem I faced when I was not able to move my mouse out of the virtual pc machine window in which I was running Windows XP
Solution: Press Right Alt then you take your mouse out of the virtual pc machine window
How to toggle full screen window of virtual pc machine window
Problem: After changing to the full screen I was not aware how to revert back to normal small window with virtual pc 2007
Solution: Press Right Alt+Enter to toggle the full screen mode of a virtual pc machine window
There are lot more other questions like how can you speed up your virtual pc machine, how to share files and folders in between virtual pc machine and your computer and how to integrate mouse in between your main operating system and virtual pc machine etc
In order to get all these features you need to install or update virtual machine additions by pressing Right Alt+I
After installing virtual machine additions you can configure the settings of virtual machine to share files and folders, mouse integration and speed up your virtual machine.
To Configure your virtual machine go to Edit >> Settings
A new window will open up where you can tweak the settings of your virtual machine
How to speed up your virtual machine
Move the slider after selecting memory move the slider towards right to increase the RAM assigned to the virtual machine to speed up
How to share Files and Folders with virtual machine
Select Shared Folders and create new share by clicking Share Folder button and select the folder or drive on your computer to share with virtual machine
How to integrate mouse or pointer integration with virtual machine
Select Mouse and click the check box on the right pane which says use pointer integration
You can further play with other options to tweak your virtual pc machine.We hope you like the virtual pc tips and tricks mentioned above.
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Very Nice Post!
Really useful.
Nice post man. The title can be improved a bit.
@Syahid and @Rohit – Glad that you liked it
@Syahid – Suggest some thing i will consider it changing.
To be able to move your mouse out of the VPC Window without having to press the Right-Alt button, install the Virtual Machine Additions
Doh! I should have read all of your article before offering my suggestion
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Hey man,
Great yar, it is indispenble to everyone ( especially for IT professionals)
Thanks & Regards,
Tumbalam
Hey man,
Great yar, it is indispenble for everyone (especially IT professionals)
Thanks & Regards,
Tumbalam
Cool stuff !
But I have a problem.
I have a XP machine. I have installed VPC 2007 with Vista on it. Also installed the Additions as suggested. But I cannot access my host machine shared folder from within the Vista VPC.
When I see the Settings, it shows me the Shared Folder (“Z:”) on the right section, but I can’t select it, and the two buttons “Share Folder” and “Remove” both are disabled. Also, on the left side, it says “Not Installed” next to the “Shared Folder”.
In addition, I can’t even see this Z: from the VPC.
Any thoughts/ help would be higly appreciated.
Thanks.
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very useful and GREAT post.thank you
Hi, I have the same problem as NCH (Shared Folders appears to be “not installed” even if virtual machine additions are installed and the VM is running).
Any suggestion?
Thanks
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Thanky you,
A simple starightforward page for simple straightforward problems.
Made my life a lot easier!
Thanks for the tip about sharing folders between a virtual machine and the host! I had wasted toooo much time trying to install a network between the two, which never did work. Sweet!
@fabiano
i had the same problem as you. but i think i just figured it out.
hear this:
go to the virtual machine additions folder in your virtual OS then start the vpcmap.exe (you’ll notice that its the folder sharing service)
hope this works for you too
regards
i had the same problem as you. but i think i just figured it out.
hear this:
go to the virtual machine additions folder in your virtual OS then start the vpcmap.exe (you’ll notice that its the folder sharing service)
hope this works for you too
regards
Great tip, however, I have a special request. How can I disable REMOVE button in the Virtual PC Startup Window. I have had accidental incident where people have removed the Virtual PC than ‘start’ it. The Remove & Start button are darn too close to each other. Does anyone have directions to do this? I know that I can copy the Virtual PC and put it somewhere else safely. But, more pratical sense that I do not want to have to go to the computer everytime it is an issue. Just a function to disable it would help a great deal.
Thanks for your help
Gil
well i have been scratching my head for weeks on how to install xp on a vista system, this actually works!! i now have xp and vista. Many thanks yours paul.