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From: moondaddy on 22 Oct 2009 13:34
Is it possible to install windows 7 virtual PC on a hyper-v windows 7 vm?
In installed the WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe first and then installed
Windows6.1-KB958559-x86.msu as instructed from the VPC home page. but I
have 2 issues.

1) when I try to run WinXP mode, I get the error msg saying "... requires
hardware-assisted virtualization..."
- note: I have a Intel 64 bit quad core machine running win srvr 2008
R2 hyper-V, and I setup a Win7 32 pro VM for this test.

2) there is no icon to start VPC. as a matter of fact, when I go too the
install dir in progman, there are only 2 iso files and no application files.
its like VPC was never installed.

Where did I go wrong? Did VPC install and I don't know where to find it?
Is my problem with running the 32 bit version of win7 pro instead of a 64
bit version?

Thanks.

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moondaddy(a)newsgroup.nospam

From: Robert Comer on 22 Oct 2009 14:07
No, it's not possible. Windows 7 Virtual PC (Windows Virtual PC is
what it is called now) has to have direct access to the processor for
its' virtualization, so it can't run in a VM.

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Bob Comer


On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:34:06 -0500, "moondaddy"
<moondaddy(a)newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

>Is it possible to install windows 7 virtual PC on a hyper-v windows 7 vm?
>In installed the WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe first and then installed
>Windows6.1-KB958559-x86.msu as instructed from the VPC home page. but I
>have 2 issues.
>
>1) when I try to run WinXP mode, I get the error msg saying "... requires
>hardware-assisted virtualization..."
> - note: I have a Intel 64 bit quad core machine running win srvr 2008
>R2 hyper-V, and I setup a Win7 32 pro VM for this test.
>
>2) there is no icon to start VPC. as a matter of fact, when I go too the
>install dir in progman, there are only 2 iso files and no application files.
>its like VPC was never installed.
>
>Where did I go wrong? Did VPC install and I don't know where to find it?
>Is my problem with running the 32 bit version of win7 pro instead of a 64
>bit version?
>
>Thanks.
From: VanguardLH on 23 Oct 2009 03:51
moondaddy wrote:

> Is it possible to install windows 7 virtual PC on a hyper-v windows 7 vm?

Isn't the point of Hyper-V to let you run multiple guests (VMs)? Why
would you load one instance of Windows 7 in a VM under Hyper-V to then
try to load in that instance of Windows another VM? Why not create
another VM under Hyper-V and run that one as the 2nd instance of Win7
(assuming you actually have the 2nd license)?
From: moondaddy on 23 Oct 2009 17:16
Because I'm wanting to do away with the windows 2008 r2 OS and use windows 7
instead

"VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:hbrn8q$ja$1(a)news.albasani.net...
> moondaddy wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to install windows 7 virtual PC on a hyper-v windows 7 vm?
>
> Isn't the point of Hyper-V to let you run multiple guests (VMs)? Why
> would you load one instance of Windows 7 in a VM under Hyper-V to then
> try to load in that instance of Windows another VM? Why not create
> another VM under Hyper-V and run that one as the 2nd instance of Win7
> (assuming you actually have the 2nd license)?

From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 23 Oct 2009 17:52
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:16:05 -0500, "moondaddy"
<moondaddy(a)newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

>Because I'm wanting to do away with the windows 2008 r2 OS and use windows 7
>instead
>

That still doesn't make sense. Hyper-V is a VM solution, so why do
you need to run another VM program inside of it?

Hyper-V doesn't require an OS, it works outside the OS, its a
hypervisor.

the Hyper-V product is designed for a different use than VPC.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
http://smudj.wordpress.com/
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