Windows Virtual PC

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Windows Virtual PC

Windows Virtual PC running Windows XP on aWindows 7 host

Developer(s)

Microsoft

Initial release

September 19, 2009; 6 years ago[1]

Stable release

6.1.7600.16393 / February 14, 2011; 5 years ago[1]

Operating system Windows 7 (all editions except Starter)[2]

Size

32-bit: 9.1 MB
64-bit: 16.3 MB[1]

Type

Virtual machine

License

Freeware[1]

Website

www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?
id=3702

Windows Virtual PC (successor to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Microsoft Virtual PC 2004,

and Connectix Virtual PC) is a virtualization program for Microsoft Windows. In July 2006
Microsoft released the Windows version as a free product.[3] In August 2006 Microsoft announced
the Macintosh version would not be ported to Intel-based Macintosh computers, effectively
discontinuing the product as PowerPC-based Macintosh computers are no longer manufactured.
The newest release, Windows Virtual PC, does not run on versions of Windows earlier
than Windows 7, and does not officially support MS-DOS or operating systems earlier
than Windows XP Professional SP3 as guests.[2] The older versions, which support a wider range
of host and guest operating systems, remain available. Starting with Windows 8, HyperVsupersedes Windows Virtual PC.
Virtual PC virtualizes a standard IBM PC compatible device and its associated hardware.
Supported Windows operating systems can run inside Virtual PC. Other operating systems such
as Linux may run, but are not officially supported, and Microsoft does not provide the necessary
"Virtual Machine Additions" (which include essential drivers) for Linux. [4]
Contents
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1History
o

1.1Virtual PC by Connectix

1.2Microsoft Virtual PC

1.3Windows Virtual PC

1.3.1New features

1.3.2Removed features

2System requirements

3Windows XP Mode

4Emulated environment

5Virtual machine integration components

6Supported host and guest operating systems

6.1Table of supported operating systems

6.2Linux guests

6.3Intel-based Mac support

7See also

8References

9External links

History[edit]
Connectix Virtual PC, Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, and Windows Virtual
PC are successive versions of the same software. Windows Virtual PC runs only on Windows 7
and only supports running Windows XP Professional and later. The earlier Microsoft versions
which run on older versions of Windows are still available and support operating systems older
than Windows XP. Microsoft then replaced this with Hyper-V.

Virtual PC by Connectix[edit]

Connectix Virtual PC version 3 inMac OS 9, running a Brazilian Portuguese edition of Windows 95

Virtual PC was originally developed as a Macintosh application for System 7.5 and released by
Connectix in June 1997.[5] The first version of Virtual PC designed for Windows-based systems,
version 4.0, was released in June 2001. Connectix sold versions of Virtual PC bundled with a
variety of guest operating systems, including Windows, OS/2, and Red Hat Linux. As
virtualization's importance to enterprise users became clear, Microsoft took interest in the sector
and acquired Virtual PC and Virtual Server (unreleased at the time) from Connectix in February
2003.
Virtual PC 4 requires Mac OS 8.5 or later on a G3 or G4 processor, but running Windows
ME, Windows 2000 or Red Hat Linux requires Mac OS 9.0 or later. Virtual PC 4 was the first
version with expandable drive images.
Virtual PC 5 requires Mac OS 9.1 or newer or Mac OS X 10.1 or later. For USB support, Mac OS
X is recommended. To run Virtual PC 5 in Mac OS X, a 400 MHz or faster processor is required.
Earlier versions of Virtual PC supported the following features: (now removed in Microsoft Virtual
PC 2004, 2007, and Windows Virtual PC):

Older versions of Virtual PC (v5.0 or earlier) may have the hard

disk formatted after creating the Virtual Hard Disk file. Newer
versions must partition and format the Virtual Hard Disk file
manually.

A Virtual Switch available in Virtual PC version 4.1 or earlier

allows adding multiple network adapters.

Older operating systems are supported with Virtual Machine

additions.

Older versions of Virtual PC for Macintosh can run on Mac OS

9.2.2 or earlier. Support of Apple System 7.5 are dropped in
version 3.

Under agreement with Connectix, Innotek GmbH (makers of VirtualBox, now part of Oracle)
ported version 5.0 to run on an OS/2 host.[6] This version also included guest extensions (VM
additions) for OS/2 guests, which could run on Windows, OS/2 or Mac OS X hosts using Virtual
PC versions 5, 6 or 7. A new version of the guest extensions was later included with Microsoft's
Virtual PC 2004.

Microsoft Virtual PC[edit]

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removed. (March 2011)

Virtual PC 6.1 for Macintosh

Virtual PC 2007 running the Live CDOS Knoppix

On July 12, 2006, Microsoft released Virtual PC 2004 SP1 for Windows free of charge, but the
Mac version was not made free. The equivalent version for Mac, version 7, was the final version
of Virtual PC for Mac. It ran onMac OS X 10.2.8 or later for PowerPC and was
a proprietary commercial software product.[7]
Virtual PC 2007 was released only for the Windows platform, with public beta testing beginning
October 11, 2006, and production release on February 19, 2007. It added support for hardware
virtualization, viewing virtual machines on multiple monitors and support for Windows Vista as
both host and guest. (The Windows Aero interface is disabled on Windows Vista guests due to
limitations of the emulated video hardware; however, Aero effects can be rendered by connecting
to the guest via Remote Desktop Services from an Aero-enabled Windows Vista host, provided
that the guest is running Windows Vista Business or a higher edition.) [8]
On May 15, 2008, Microsoft released Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1, which added support for
both Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 as guest and host OSes, as well as Windows
Server 2008 Standard as a guest OS.[9][10] A hotfix rollup for Virtual PC 2007 SP1, released
February 20, 2009, solved networking issues and enhanced the maximum screen resolution to

20481920 (32-bit),[11] enabling 16:9 resolutions such as 19201080. A security update was
released on July 14, 2009 to address an elevation of privilege vulnerability in guest operating
systems.[12]
Release dates of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Date

Version

Description

2006-10-11

6.0.122

Beta

2007-01-02

6.0.142

Release Candidate 1

2007-02-22

6.0.156

Release to Manufacturing

2008-05-15

6.0.192

Service Pack 1[13]

2009-02-20

6.0.210

Update[14]

2009-07-14

N/A

Security Update MS09-33[15]

Windows Virtual PC[edit]

Windows Virtual PC entered public beta testing on April 30, 2009, [16] and was released alongside
Windows 7.[17] Unlike its predecessors, this version supports only Windows 7 host operating
systems.[2] It originally requiredhardware virtualization support but on March 19, 2010, Microsoft
released an update to Microsoft Virtual PC which allows it to run on PCs without hardware
support.[1]
Windows Virtual PC is available free of charge for certain editions of Windows 7, [2] either preinstalled by OEMs or via download from the Microsoft website.[1]
New features[edit]
New features include:[18]

USB support and redirection connect peripherals such as flash

drives and digital cameras, and print from the guest to host
OS printers. However, USB isochronous transfer mode is not
supported[19] Other methods involve simply just treating an active
drive letter from a USB flash drive as a virtual hard drive.

Seamless application publishing and launching run Windows

XP Mode applications directly from the Windows 7 desktop

Support for multithreading run multiple virtual machines

concurrently, each in its own thread for improved stability and
performance

Smart card redirection use smart cards connected to the host

Integration with Windows Explorer manage all VMs from a

single Explorer folder (%USERPROFILE%\Virtual Machines)

The Virtual Machine console is replaced by an integrated Virtual

Machines shell folder. Several options from the console have
been removed such as Restore at start, CPU time performance
settings, muting sound in inactive virtual machines, full-screen
resolution related options, configuring the host key, mouse
capture options and settings for requiring administrator
permissions.[20][unreliable source?]

Official guest support for operating systems earlier than

Windows XP Professional

Drag-and-drop file sharing between the guest and the host[21]

Direct sharing of folders between host and guest operating

system (Only volumes may be shared between operating
systems)[22]

Ability to commit changes in undo disks upon turning off virtual

machines (Doing so is now only possible through virtual
machine Settings dialog box)[23]

Ability to use physical and virtual Parallel ports[24]

User interface controls for using virtual floppy disks (Virtual

floppy disk functionality, however, is still supported and may be
accessed using a script)[25]

Virtual PC additions for guest operating systems no longer

supported have been removed. However, installing Virtual
Machine Additions from an older Microsoft virtualization product
works for some guest OSes.[26][27][28]

Properties of the virtual machine, like guest OS, processor,

processor features, video mode, video RAM, code cache, IDE
controller reads and writes, Ethernet reads and writes, video
frame rate and command line options can no longer be viewed.

Removed features[edit]

[citation needed]

System requirements[edit]
System requirements for Windows Virtual PC:[29][30]

Computer running Windows 7 (all editions except Starter)

1+ GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)

1.25 GB memory required, 2 GB recommended

Additional 15 GB of hard disk space per virtual Windows

environment recommended

Optional: if the processor supports hardware-assisted

virtualization technology such as AMD-V or Intel-VT, it will be
used. Before March 19, 2010, such a processor was mandatory.

Windows XP Mode[edit]

Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, and 8 run concurrently on a Windows 7 Release Candidate desktop
usingWindows XP Mode.

Windows XP Mode (XPM)[31][32] is a virtual machine package for Windows Virtual PC containing a
pre-installed, licensed copy of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 as its guest OS.
Previously, both the CPU and motherboard of the host had to support hardware virtualization,
[4]
but an update in early 2010 eliminated this requirement.[33] Pre-installed integration components
allow applications running within the virtualized environment to appear as if running directly on
the host,[17][34] sharing the native desktop and Start Menu of Windows 7 as well as participating in
file type associations. Windows XP Mode applications run in a Terminal Services session in the
virtualized Windows XP, and are accessed via Remote Desktop Protocol by a client running on
the Windows 7 host.[35]
Applications running in Windows XP Mode do not have compatibility issues, as they are actually
running inside a Windows XP virtual machine and redirected using RDP to the Windows 7 host.
Windows XP Mode may be used to run 16-bit applications; it includes NTVDM, although it might
be impossible to run 16-bit applications that require hardware acceleration, as Windows Virtual
PC does not have hardware acceleration.
Windows XP Mode is available free of charge to users of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise,
and Ultimate.[30] Users of other editions of Windows 7 are not eligible to download and use it. [33]
[36]
This restriction does not apply to Windows Virtual PC itself.
Windows XP Mode can also be run with the VMware Player and VMware Workstation. However,
VMware products only import Windows XP Mode on Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or
Ultimate to adhere with Microsoft licensing requirements.[37]

Emulated environment[edit]
Virtual PC emulates the following environments:[38][39]

Intel Pentium II (32-bit) processor (but virtualizes the host

processor on Windows versions) with an Intel 440BX chipset.

Standard SVGA VESA graphics card (S3 Trio 32 PCI with

4 MB video RAM, adjustable in later versions up to 16 MB by
manually editing a virtual machine's settings file).

System BIOS from American Megatrends (AMI).

Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 ISA PnP. (When Windows Vista

is installed as both the host (main) and guest (virtual) operating
systems, settings are synchronized with the host and audio
configuration is not required.)

DEC 21041 (DEC 21140 in newer

versions) Ethernet network card.

Programs using undocumented features of hardware, exotic

timings, or unsupported opcodes may not work.

The Macintosh version of Virtual PC uses dynamic

recompilation to translate the x86 code used by PCs into
equivalent PowerPC code for Macs.

The Windows version of Virtual PC also uses dynamic

recompilation, but only to translate x86 kernel mode and real
mode code into x86 user mode code; original user mode
and virtual 8086 mode code run natively.

Guest call traps are used, especially for guest extensions, to

accelerate emulation or offer additional features, such as
integration with the host environment.

Virtual PC and Virtual Server encapsulate virtual hard disks in

the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file format, for which Microsoft has
made all documentation available under the Open Specification
Promise.

Implementation:

Earlier versions of Virtual PC supported the following features: (now removed in Microsoft Virtual
PC 2004, 2007, and Windows Virtual PC):

Older versions of Virtual PC (v5.0 or earlier) may have the hard

disk formatted after creating the Virtual Hard Disk file. Newer
versions must partition and format the Virtual Hard Disk file
manually.

A Virtual Switch available in Virtual PC version 4.1 or earlier

allows adding multiple network adapters.

Older operating systems are supported with Virtual Machine

additions.

Older versions of Virtual PC for Macintosh can run on Mac OS

9.2.2 or earlier. Support of Apple System 7.5 was dropped in
version 3.

Virtual machine integration components[edit]

Windows Virtual PC may enable guest operating systems running inside virtual machines to
interact with their host operating system beyond what is feasible between two physical

computers, such as sharing physical hardware components or exchanging data. To do so

however, integration components must be installed on the guest operating systems. When no
integration component is installed, the only mean of communicating between two machines
(either virtual or physical) is through a virtual network interface. Even the mouse cursor can only
be controlled by one operating system (either real or virtual) at any given time. However, once
the Integration Components are installed on the guest operating systems, the following features
are automatically activated:[40]

Mouse cursor sharing: Mouse cursor can be moved freely

between the machines.

Host-initiated shutdown: Virtual machine can be shut down,

restarted or put into standby or hibernation via a set
of API functions.

Time synchronization: The virtual machine's clock will be

automatically synchronized with the host operating system's
clock.

Process responsiveness monitoring: Host operating system will

be able to detect whether the software on the guest operating
system is responsive or hung.

Dynamic screen resolution: The screen resolution of the guest

operating system can be changed by simply resizing the window
in which it is running. However, the VM can be configured to
allow only standard resolutions.

In addition to features described above, guest operating systems may also take advantage of the
following integration features but only when the administrator activates them: [40]

Audio sharing: Audio played on the guest operating system may

be brought to the host operating system and played on it.

Clipboard sharing: Contents such as text, picture or everything

that is cut or copied to Windows Clipboard maybe pasted in
other machines.

Printer sharing: Guest operating systems may print on the host

operating system's printer. This feature should not be confused
with File and Printer Sharing over an emulated network
connection.

Smart card sharing: Smart cards connected to host operating

system may be accessed on guest operating systems.

File sharing: Windows Virtual PC can also share disk

partitions and disk drives of the host operating system with
guest operating systems.[21][22] This includes USB mass storage
devices that are connected later.[41]

In Windows Virtual PC, enabling integration features automatically makes the virtual machine
user account accessible using Remote Desktop Connection.[40]

Supported host and guest operating systems [edit]

Virtual PC allows multiple guest operating systems to run virtualized on a single physical host.
Although a number of popular host and guest operating systems lack official Microsoft support,
there are sometimes few, if any, technical obstacles impeding installation. Instead, a
configuration may be unsupported due to Microsoft's own licensing restrictions,[42][43] or a decision
to focus testing and support resources elsewhere, especially when production use of
a legacy product fades.[44][45]
A program manager on Microsoft's core virtualization team explains what official support entails:
With each release of Virtual PC we spend a significant amount of time trying to decide which
(guest) operating system should be officially supported. While Virtual PC is capable of running
many operating systems, official support for an operating system means that we will test it
thoroughly, not ship Virtual PC if an issue exists with that operating system, and provide full
support for customers who encounter problems while running these operating systems under
Virtual PC.[44]
Ben Armstrong, "Virtual PC Guy"
As a product positioned for desktop use, Virtual PC provides official support for a different set of
operating systems than its server-oriented counterpart, Microsoft Virtual Server and the more
advanced Hyper-V.[46][47] While the latter products support a range of server operating systems,[48]
[49]
Virtual PC 2007 supports only one variety as host and another as guest; [50] its successor,
Windows Virtual PC, supports none.[51] And, whereas Virtual Server and Hyper-V have officially
supported select Linux guests since 2006[52]and 2008,[53] respectively, as of 2009, no Microsoft
release of Virtual PC has officially supported Linux. Nonetheless, a number of Linux
distributions[53] do run successfully in Virtual PC 2007, and can be used with the Virtual Machine
Additions from Virtual Server (see below).[54][55] Lastly, while 64-bit host support was introduced
with Virtual PC 2007, no release has been able to virtualize a 64-bit guest; [56][57][58] Microsoft has
thus far reserved this functionality for Hyper-V, which runs only on 64-bit (x64) editions
of Windows Server 2008.[48][59]

Table of supported operating systems[edit]

In the following table and notes, "support" refers to official Microsoft support, as described above.

Operating system

Windows 10
Windows 7 Ultimate
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Starter

Windows Server 2008 Standard

Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Starter
Windows Server 2003 Standard
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Starter Edition
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows Me
Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows 98 (original release)
Windows 95
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows NT 3.51 Workstation
Windows NT 3.1 | NT 3.5
IBM OS/2 (select editions)

Windows 3.1
Windows 3.0
MS-DOS 6.22
Notes Details of Microsoft support
1.

1 2

2.

3.

1 2 3 4 5

4.

1 2 3 4

5.

6.

1 2

7.

1 2 3

8.

1 2 3 4 5 6

9.

1 2 3 4

10.

Notes Not supported installations

Supported editions: OS/2 Warp Version 4 Fix Pack 15, OS/2 Warp
Convenience Pack 1, and OS/2 Warp Convenience Pack 2.[50][60][64]
Support added in Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows
Server 2003, Standard Edition as a host.[61]
For Virtual PC 2007, Microsoft designated the
following legacy operating systems "compatible", but discontinued
official support: MS-DOS 6.22, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation,
Windows 95, the original release of Windows 98 and Windows Me.[50][64]
For Windows Vista guests in Virtual PC 2007, the Windows
Aero graphical user interface is disabled due to limitations of the
emulated S3 Trio[70] graphics card; the interface falls back to the Vista
Home Basic theme. However, Aero effects can be rendered by
connecting to the guest via Remote Desktop Connection from an
Aero-enabled host.[8][71]
Support added in Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows
Server 2008 Standard as a guest.[50]
Microsoft's January 2008 EULA supplement[43][72] for Windows Vista
lifted restrictions[73][74] barring installation of Vista Home Basic and
Home Premium as guest operating systems.[42][75][76][77]
January 2008 EULA supplement[43][72] for Windows Vista lifted
restrictions[74] barring use of BitLocker[78][79][80] and Microsoft-DRMprotected content within virtualized environments.[42][77][81]
Support added in a Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1
(SP1) hotfix rollup, dated February 20, 2009, for Windows XP Home
as both host and guest, and for all Home editions of Windows Vista as
hosts.[65]
The pre-configured XP Mode of Windows Virtual PC is restricted
to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate hosts.
[66]
However, an equivalent environment can be configured manually by
installing Windows XP SP3 as a guest (requires an XP license and
installation media or files) and applying an integration components
update (available for download[82] from Microsoft) to enable seamless
mode and other Windows 7 integration features.[83]
The integration components enabling seamless mode and other
features[83] of Windows Virtual PC support only the following guests:
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 (SP3);[82] Windows Vista Business
SP1, Enterprise SP1, and Ultimate SP1;[84] and Windows 7
Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate.[51][66]

1.

Virtual PC 2007 does not include Virtual Machine Additions for MSDOS as a self installing disk image (installed using a batch file),
however the files are included in the Virtual Machine Additions ISO
image file (typically found in the 'Program Files' folder where Virtual
PC was installed) and can be extracted by various means (a number
of file compression software packages support extracting files from
ISO image files) for manual installation, also the DOS additions from
Virtual PC 2004 can be used without problem as can the DOS
additions from Virtual Server 2005.[45]

2.

3.

4.

1 2 3

5.

1 2

The Virtual Machine Additions included with Virtual PC 2007 will not
install on Windows 95 guests, but the additions from Virtual PC 2004
can be used.[44]
In informal testing, Microsoft virtualization manager Ben Armstrong
found XP Media Center 2004 "distorted and unusable" under Virtual
PC 2004, but Media Center 2005 worked "beautifully", sans TV
features.[85]
MSDN blogs report that pre-release versions of Windows 7, similar
to the forthcoming Ultimate edition,[86][dated info] run successfully as both
host and guest operating systems on Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1
(SP1). Integration features provided by Virtual Machine
Additions function normally, but Virtual PC 2007 must be SP1 or later.
[87][88][89]
See "Windows 7 on Virtual PC on Windows 7"[87] for more
caveats.
Although Windows NT 3.1 and NT 3.5 refuse to install on newer
processors (NT 3.51 fixes this), it is possible to modify files on the
install CD to allow install.

Linux guests [edit]

Installing a Linux-based guest environment in Virtual PC is possible. RedHat and SuSe Linux
guests are supported. Linux additions are supported in Microsoft Virtual Server, and these
additions should also work in Virtual PC.[54]
Some Linux distributions must be installed in text mode, as they do not support Microsoft Virtual
PC's emulated graphics chip. Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) must be installed in SafeMode, but
does not require other changes.
Some websites specialize in listing operating systems that run successfully as Virtual PC guests,
to help users avoid issues when installing Linux distributions or other operating systems lacking
official Microsoft support.[90][unreliable source?]

Intel-based Mac support[edit]

Microsoft announced on August 7, 2006, that Virtual PC for Mac would not be ported to the Intel
Mac platform. Microsoft stated, "Alternative solutions offered by Apple and other vendors,
combined with a fully packaged retail copy of Windows, will satisfy this need." [91] Similar products
available or announced at the time were Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion.

See also[edit]
Computers portal

About Microsoft virtualization technology

Features new to Windows 7: Virtual hard disks

Virtual disk image

About virtualization

x86 virtualization

Comparison of platform virtualization software

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