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I know that I don't should post this question here, but I found no other Virtual Server Forum, so I try it here. Did someone run Virtual Server 2005 R2 successfully at Windows 7 x64? My problem is, that my computer Has some one a suggestion? Thx
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It is possible! I use Windows 7 x86 but I think the problem is same on Win7 x64, PCA is always blocking the vssrvc.exe (Virtual Server service). First you should block PCA. I did that by the following way: In the Group Policy go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility\ and enable would be enough but I wanted to be sure and enabled everything, later we are going to restore the original settings. Then go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System \Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics\ area and disable all of the entries so that we don't come across any DCOM or driver related error.
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IIS have to be prepared as well. Requirements are same as in Vista take a look at this link http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/10/10/Installing-Virtual-Server-2005-R2on-Vista-RC1-_2F00_-RC2.aspx you can find the correct settings. Restart your computer and then you are ready to install the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Afterwards Virtual Server (VS) should be running and you can check it by Virtual Server Administration Website. Next restore all settings what you changed in Group Policy and restart your computer. Unfortunately Application Compatibility Engine will detect Virtual server services and block that again. So you have to go to the Virtual Server directory (Usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\) and rename the vssrvc.exe to something else (example: vssrvc_newname.exe). Open the registry editor and replace all entry which contains "vssrvc.exe" to vssrvc_newname.exe (path, DCOM object details, etc) Finally restart your computer and enjoy Virtual server 2005 at Windows 7 RC :) I hope It helps for you.
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ill save you time as i spent it myself and am still on the case...
Windows 7 RC1 Blocks Virtual Server 2005 R2 Sp1 from running and this is the expected behaviour....
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But why? Why not make Virtual Server working on Windows 7? Why VT is required to run Windows Virtual PC? It was working very well without the VT and otherwise I will have to change motherboard and CPU... For the time being both are powerfull enough for me.
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It is possible! I use Windows 7 x86 but I think the problem is same on Win7 x64, PCA is always blocking the vssrvc.exe (Virtual Server service). First you should block PCA. I did that by the following way: In the Group Policy go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility\ and enable would be enough but I wanted to be sure and enabled everything, later we are going to restore the original settings. Then go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System \Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics\ area and disable all of the entries so that we don't come across any DCOM or driver related error.
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IIS have to be prepared as well. Requirements are same as in Vista take a look at this link http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/10/10/Installing-Virtual-Server-2005-R2on-Vista-RC1-_2F00_-RC2.aspx you can find the correct settings. Restart your computer and then you are ready to install the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Afterwards Virtual Server (VS) should be running and you can check it by Virtual Server Administration Website. Next restore all settings what you changed in Group Policy and restart your computer. Unfortunately Application Compatibility Engine will detect Virtual server services and block that again. So you have to go to the Virtual Server directory (Usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\) and rename the vssrvc.exe to something else (example: vssrvc_newname.exe). Open the registry editor and replace all entry which contains "vssrvc.exe" to vssrvc_newname.exe (path, DCOM object details, etc) Finally restart your computer and enjoy Virtual server 2005 at Windows 7 RC :) I hope It helps for you.
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I forgot to indicate that obviously Windows Virtual PC and Virtual Server 2005 cannot be installed at the same time!
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The workaround definitely works, however it's totally unsupported, please keep that in mind.
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thanks robip its good to know that i can disable the PCA. However as Flowman stated i do not have the luxurary to start unsupported scenarios at a Microsoft Certified Learning Center :S
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MarcoNB
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:17 PM
"The workaround definitely works, however it's totally unsupported, please keep that in mind." Ok but is Windows 7 not also unsupported until now, isn't it? "I forgot to indicate that obviously Windows Virtual PC and Virtual Server 2005 cannot be installed at the PC.
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It is possible! I use Windows 7 x86 but I think the problem is same on Win7 x64, PCA is always blocking the vssrvc.exe (Virtual Server service). First you should block PCA. I did that by the following way: In the Group Policy go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility\ and enable all of the Turn off xxx entries. I think if you enable only the "Turn off Application Compatibility Engine" it would be enough but I wanted to be sure and enabled everything, later we are going to restore the original settings. Then go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics\ area and disable all of the entries so that we don't come across any DCOM or driver related error. IIS have to be prepared as well. Requirements are same as in Vista take a look at this link http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/10/10/Installing-VirtualServer-2005-R2-on-Vista-RC1-_2F00_-RC2.aspx you can find the correct settings. Restart your computer and then you are ready to install the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Afterwards Virtual Server (VS) should be running and you can check it by Virtual Server Administration Website. Next restore all settings what you changed in Group Policy and restart your computer. Unfortunately Application Compatibility Engine will detect Virtual server services and block that again. So you have to go to the Virtual Server directory (Usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\) and rename the vssrvc.exe to something else (example:
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vssrvc_newname.exe). Open the registry editor and replace all entry which contains "vssrvc.exe" to vssrvc_newname.exe (path, DCOM object details, etc) Finally restart your computer and enjoy Virtual server 2005 at Windows 7 RC :) I hope It helps for you.
Thank you for the wonderful post, It did work for me, but jus wanted to correct one of the entries above where its says "Then go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics\ area and disable all of the entries so that we don't come across any DCOM or driver related error." This should be "Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics\" Everything else worked like it said. Regards Aftab Reply Quote
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So the bigger question is will VS (05 or some updated version) be supported on Win7 at some point?
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Thank you AftabD, I have corrected that. Cheers
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Assumming then anyone technical enough to want features of VS will use Hyper-V and anyone not technical or needing advance features will use the built in virtualization? I think that is a bad assumption on MS's part if that is the case. There are a number of reasons for wanting VS that you do not get with Hyper-V or this knockoff VS built into Win7. Reply Quote
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That may be true, but my gut felling is that there will not be any further development of Virtual Server.
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I just upgraded a machine from Vista to Windows 7 Ultimate. I was running Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, and the upgrade raised an error and would not proceed until I uninstalled Virtual Server. I found this thread, and planned to reinstall VS after the upgrade, but the install does not work, even though I followed the instructions. I assume there is something in the Windows 7 RTM that is different from earlier W7 versions that these instructions fail to address. I disabled all the items under Application Compatibility Engine, and I enabled all the items under Application Compatibility Diagnostics. The install is not blocked, but it fails to complete successfully. I'm hoping others will encounter this and post a update to the workaround. Thanks, Bren
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Windows 7 VPC was developed using the Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 as the starting point. Why do you want to use it instead of Windows 7 Virtual PC?
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John, thanks for your reply. I am not aware of Windows 7 VPC. I guess I was just going with what I know. For a variety of reasons, I have found Virtual Server to be preferable over VPC 2007 for my purposes. I 0 may be mistaken, but I thought that the supported configuration to run Windows Server 2003 is with Virtual Server not VPC, although I know it will run. I tried once to move my VHD over from VS to VPC Sign In to and there were some quirks. Is there a newer version of VPC on Win7? Can you direct me to a good Vote source for moving my virtual server vhd over to either VPC 2007 or the newer version on Win7 if it exists? Thanks, Bren Reply Quote
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Actually Virtual Server was designed to run ON a server OS to support server vms. The version which runs on a client OS is a cut down version. It was designed to run on XP with IE6 and you need to jump through hoops to get it to run on later versions of the OS and/or later versions of IE.
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Bill, thanks for your input as well. Since, my last post, I have progressed to confirming that my computer has hardware virtualization. I've downloaded the RC version of Windows VPC. Now, I'm researching to 0 find good information on the ins-and-outs of using the VHD and VMC created using Virtual Server 2005 with Windows VPC. As I mentioned before, I ran into a few quirks when attempting to do this with VPC Sign In to 2007. I you have a link to some good instructions on how to do this, I'd greatly appreciate it seeing it.
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Here's a link to the Intel utility to run to see if your CPU supports Hardware Virtualization: http://www.intel.com/support/processors/tools/piu/ Here's a link to Microsoft's instructions to configuring the BIOS to enable Hardware Virtualization: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx I'm now looking for links on porting from VS2005 to VPC Reply Quote
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I'm now looking for links on porting from VS2005 to VPC
Hi Bren, How have you gone with this? I'm looking for the same thing and have had no luck so far. I'm happy, enough, to run VPC on Win7 and just configure scripts to auto-start minimised and auto-stop the VM with the host, but I haven't managed to read anything about whether my VM currently running win VS2005R2 will be able to migrate into VPC... I have no intention of rebuilding the guest, isn't the whole point of virtualisation to mean you don't need to rebuild the guest all the time? Cheers, James
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I never found a good link with pointer on what to look out for, so I just muddeled my way through to getting it to work. server created in Virtual Server 2005.
There are differences between the environments, but every problem I found, I was able to work around it. If you run into your own problems and have a specific question you need help with, don't hesitate. Thanks, Bren Reply Quote
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Your Virtual Server 2005 vhds will run just fine on Windows 7 Virtual PC. The Virtual Machine Additions in Windows 7 VPC are newer than those in Virtual Server, so you'll want to update the additions. There's no need to recreate your vhds.
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ok so they will run but what do you lose going to Win7 VPC over VS2005? I personally run several OS's which are all set to startup automatically, use specific CPU amd memory resource levels and all the other tricks in VS which is why I ran VS over VPC in the first place. I have refused to upgrade my Win box because I've still not seen a side by side of VS and Win7VPC and don't have multiple machines to test with to see. I could load up a new HD with the RC I guess and then go back to my current build once I found out the answers. Reply Quote
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That sounds the best plan. Nobody else can say how your vms will run on your hardware.
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ok so they will run but what do you lose going to Win7 VPC over VS2005? I personally run several OS's which are all set to startup automatically, use specific CPU amd memory resource levels and all the other tricks in VS which is why I ran VS over VPC in the first place. I have refused to upgrade my Win box because I've still not seen a side by side of VS and Win7VPC and don't have multiple machines to test with to see. I could load up a new HD with the RC I guess and then go back to my current build once I found out the answers.
Hi MS_Small_Biz, Having just migrated my vista machine to Win7 I can confirm that there are several things that VPC doesn't do... the most obvious is auto-start/stop VM's but you can work around this with VPC using scripting and setting the VM to auto-save when closed. What you can't work around unfortunately is my guest runs linux and had a permanent MAC address because if the MAC changes then linux assumes it's a new NIC and you lose your network settings... For VPC I can't see any way to set a permanent MAC so I fear that it's going to cause me problems. I am hoping that the settings still remain in the vmx file and that VPC honours them but doesn't allow me to edit them but I have yet to confirm this... it'll be a deal breaker for me if it can't be set because VS used to change the MAC address every time you rebooted the host, resulting in broken networking on the guest. For what it's worth, the old VS2005 linux additions seem to work fine within VPC on Win7 (obviously the Win7 ones don't support linux so I didn't bother attempting an upgrade). Hope that helps, James Reply Quote
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How unlucky I AM. I can not install Virtual PC 2007 as my machine does not support Virtualization and I can not Run Virtual Server 2005 R2 as I have Windows 7 RTM and as posted by someone here even following the propossed solution it doesn't install fully.
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What solutions are left ?? Anyone has installed VIRTUALBOX or VMWARE_VIRTUALMACHINE under Windows 7 with any success ?? Please post your findings here. Reply Quote
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VPC2007 does work with Windows 7 and does not require hardware virtualization. Only Windows Virtual PC requires HW-V. Both VirtualBox and VMWare WKS work with Win7.
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VPC2007 does work with Windows 7 and does not require hardware virtualization. Only Windows Virtual PC requires HW-V. Both VirtualBox and VMWare WKS work with Win7. I have to contradict you, ... when I try to run 'Virtual windowsXP Mode" (it's a .vxd file) which requieres Virtual PC 2007, it refuses to run saying my machine CPU does not support Virtualization, indeed I went to microsoft virtual pc website and there are two utilities for intel and AMD and once run it confirmed my machine cpu does not support hadrware-assisted virtualization. On the other coin Virtual Server 2005 R2 when try to install on Windows 7 RTM it is BLOCKED and does not install. Even if you follow those procedures on Group Policy Object MMC it is still a hussle and not garanteed any success. Quote
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You're confusing technologies here. XP Mode requires Windows Virtual PC (WinVPC), not Virtual PC 2007. There is a big difference between WinVPC for Windows 7 and Virtual PC 2007. Windows Virtual PC requires Windows 7, Virtual PC 2007 does not.
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You're confusing technologies here. XP Mode requires Windows Virtual PC (WinVPC), not Virtual PC 2007. There is a big difference between WinVPC for Windows 7 and Virtual PC 2007. Windows Virtual PC requires Windows 7, Virtual PC 2007 does not.
it may have been an error in my part by writing '2007' at the end of the phrase 'virtual pc' Anyhow, the root of the problem keeps unchanged, as windows virtual pc for windows 7 requieres hardware-assisted virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx Reply Quote
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Anyhow, the root of the problem keeps unchanged, as windows virtual pc for windows 7 requieres hardware-assisted virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
Yes, that's known and I did not dispute it. What solutions are left ??
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Anyhow, the root of the problem keeps unchanged, as windows virtual pc for windows 7 requieres hardware-assisted virtualization http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
Yes, that's known and I did not dispute it. What solutions are left ??
you asked for alternatives, which I provided: Virtual PC 2007, VirtualBox, VMWare Workstation.
I decided on VMware Workstation, seems like the best option. here is a snapshot (the outter window) http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/563/win7winxpvmware.jpg Reply Quote
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I just upgraded from Vista to 7, and the only issue i encountered was with Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1; i needed it in ordre to use the Microsoft Launcher that commes now with MOC courses. The procedure worked for me. Thanks !
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This worked for me. Thanks.
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thanks this worked for me. Still kinda dumb that they hard blocked this in 7 AND Server 2008 R2, you are alienating a customer base and forcing them to go use a competitor when your product works fine. Heck Windows Virtual PC Sign In to is even based off of Virtual Server 2005 R2 anyway, they just made it so you had to have VT or AMD-V.
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I was never able to get Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 to install on my Windows 7 Ultimate machine. So, I installed Windows Virtual PC, and got the VHD I was running under Virtual Server to run under WVPC, however I'm having a problem with it, and I'm not sure what to do.
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graphics performance. For example, when I have Visual Studio open or SQL Management Studio, editing text is impossible. There is a delay of a second or two in everything I do in the editor from clicking on a different line to move the cursor, or double clicking on a word to select it, to clicking on a menu item to open it. I believe this should work fine, because I have a similar configuration except it's over the Internet with VPN into an office LAN. I work in Florida and connect to an office in San Francisco. I have a Windows Server 2003 machine that has Virtual Server 2005 running a Windows Server 2003 guest virtual server. I access that virtual server using RDP, and it works faster over the Internet than my Win7/WVPC works over my LAN. I hope there's something simple that I'm overlooking that will make accessing my Win7/WVPC using RDP work properly. Thanks, Bren W7VPC DEAL BREAKER FOR ME To solve my RDP graphics performance problem, I tried reinstalling the integration features on the vhd I moved from VS2005 to WVPC7. I also tried building a new machine with W7VPC. Neither worked. I need to be able to access the Virtual Machine over my LAN using Remote Desktop RDP. That's the way I've been working with my virtual servers since 2005. The graphics performance is just not adequate for me to work with it; as described above, one second delays for the cursor to move when clicking on text. I encountered another incompatability with a different software/hardware package I wanted to run on my Windows 7 machine, so I decided to roll this machine back to Vista. I reinstalled Virtual Server 2005 R2 Sp1, and using RDP to access the VS over my LAN works just fine. WTF? What a collosal waste of time!
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I prefer extracting the msi from the Virtual Server exe and then editing the msi with Orca. Remove the launch conditions, custom install skipping the web stuff, install VMRCplus to administer.
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John, I attempted to install VS2005R2 68 bit on my W7 machine following your instructions. When I opened the msi in Orca, it did not have "launch conditions" node. I got the msi by running the setup.exe 0 and looking in the temp directory c:\users\me\appdata\local\temp. Maybe I have a different version of the setup.exe which contains a different version of the msi, Virtual Server 2005 Install.msi. The setup.exe Sign In to is from an ISO available to MSDN Subscribers: Vote en_virtual_server_2005_R2_enterprise_x64.iso When I open the msi, I don't get a blocking install message. Instead I get this non-descript message. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Setup Wizard could not complete installation. Microsoft Virtyal Server 2005 R2 setup was interrupted. Your system has not been modified. To install this program at a later time, please run the installation again. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm experiencing something different, and I haven't found any suggestions of how to address this specific problem installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 68 on Windows 7. Thanks, Bren Reply Quote
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Cluster blank? I use VS2005 R2 on Vista Ultimate x64 to test Win2008/SQL2008 (x32) cluster configurations. For this I must establish multiple virtual networks. Does WVPC support this? If WVPC does not support multiple Sign In to virtual networks, will VMware support this?
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Totally works with Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (RTM). Finally you can use Windows 7 for MOC-courses and keep the dreaded oxford launcher in it, that uses VS2005. Yippie!!! Thanks for a great post!
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Totally works with Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (RTM). Finally you can use Windows 7 for MOC-courses and keep the dreaded oxford launcher in it, that uses VS2005. Yippie!!! Thanks for a great post!
The MCT download center has complete instructions I wrote for getting MOC and the Lab Launcher to work on Windows 7. They've been posted there since June 2009. Reply Quote
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Totally works with Windows 7 Enterprise x64 (RTM). Finally you can use Windows 7 for MOC-courses and keep the dreaded oxford launcher in it, that uses VS2005. Yippie!!!
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Thanks for a great post!
The MCT download center has complete instructions I wrote for getting MOC and the Lab Launcher to work on Windows 7. They've been posted there since June 2009.
Sounds interesting, tried to find it at Microsoft Learning Download Center site, but don't know where to go. What category is it supposed to be found in (I tried "Technical Preparation", but it's not in there). Also not available in the course specific folders. I am logged on as MCT. Reply Quote
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I just upgraded from Vista to 7, and the only issue i encountered was with Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1; i needed it in ordre to use the Microsoft Launcher that commes now with MOC courses. The procedure worked for me. Thanks !
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How does this get past the Hard Block on VS? Reply Quote
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It doesn't. I tried it again. When it worked, I was running Windwos 7 beta. I tried it on RTM last week and it didn't work. I used the Standard User Analyzer and could not come up with a solution. However, Thomas Lee got it working: http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2009/08/windows-7-and-virtual-server.html. I'm still trying to get a simpler solution working. It looks like it needs more than a shim or a layer.
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How does this get past the Hard Block on VS?
Sorry to give you an inaccurate answer, but disabling some application compatibility policies (e.g. in the local computer policy), you can get VS2005 R2 installed. What you also need to do is to rename the service .exe file name and then change every registry entry to point virtual server to the new .exe file name instead. Short version of the above mentioned method, you can get it to work! email me at joel.lehtonen (at)
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I've tried to follow Thomas Lee's guide unfortunately I get stuck at the "Install VS" part :) when I run the install for Virtual Server 2005 R2 I get the following error: "Installing the Virtual Server Administration Website requires IIS World Wide Web service to be installed
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My system is upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 Ultimate. I have all the IIS components selected, installed and the services running. What am I missing? Adam Tappis. (MCSD VB6 & .NET, MCDBA SQL 2000) Reply Quote
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Do a custom install and do not install the web features or vhd mount. Install VMRCPlus to administer Virtual Server. For the record, I think installing Virtual Server on Windows 7 is a very bad idea - and I've succeeded in
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Thanks. I managed to install it (all components) by simply running the SP1 install which is a full install and worked just fine. I'm mainly using Virtual PC 2007 SP1 at the moment, but I'd appreciate an explanation as to why using Thanks. Adam Tappis. (MCSD VB6 & .NET, MCDBA SQL 2000)
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A major part of Virtual Server 2005 doesnt work with Windows 7, namely the SCSI shunt driver capability. So you can't use emulated SCSI VHD's for large disk support. (SCSI isn't the default, IDE is, but if you need more than 127G in a disk, you're out of luck.)
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anything critical. Mainly dev and eval purposes. My limited understanding is that you get more control and capability with Virtual Server 2005 R2 compared to Virtual PC 2007.
What would be the main reasons for choosing one over the other?
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Virtual Server over VPC 2007?
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The advantage of Virtual Server is that if you have multiple VM's running, you can use more than1 core. Vpc 2007 uses 1 core for all VM's. (Still, 1 core inside a vm for both.)
Also scripting for Virtual Server and runs as a service. But VPC 2007 has some advantages in a single user environment, drage and drop, shared folders, a better UI. Virtual Server is best for running servers you don't interact with all the time, VPC is best for client OS's and interaction. Windows VPC has everything Virtual Server has except the large SCSI VHD's, and it's pretty limited running as a service.
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Thanks Bob.
Sounds like VPC 2007 is the one for me.
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It is possible! I use Windows 7 x86 but I think the problem is same on Win7 x64, PCA is always blocking the vssrvc.exe (Virtual Server service). First you should block PCA. I did that by the following way: In the Group Policy go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility\ and enable all of the Turn off xxx entries. I think if you enable only the "Turn off Application Compatibility Engine" it would be enough but I wanted to be sure and enabled everything, later we are going to restore the original settings. Then go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics\ area and disable all of the entries so that we don't come across any DCOM or driver related error.
How about Virtual Server 2007? I use to have no problem getting my VMs to start automatically from Vista with just MS VPC, Now on windows 7 with W VPC, they simply won't launch if I'm not logged in. If it were not for this, I would not need Virtual Server. See my related discussion. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprovirt/thread/ccb30e31-c9fb-43f7b7d2-7d2debbcfbe1 Thanks for any help or information. Reply Quote
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Well I did some unsupported "Upgrades" from RC and used the above instructions for turning off PCA and I have VS05 running just fine under release Win7.
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I hv just installed it last night and it works fine. The thing is that windows 7 block the VS2005 R1 SP2 due to campatibilities issues so the solution is to close two servises of compatibility Via run Enter to GROUP POLICY (Gpedit or mmc) and set those two rules enabled to close them: /Computer Policy - Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Application Compatibility * Turn off Application Compatibility Engine *Turn off Program Compatibility Assistant apply patch window vista and server 2008 for VS 2005 R2 SP1 from microsoft. then reset your computer.!!! now you can install VS 2005 R2 SP1 and it will work just fine.
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Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 on Windows 7 (It CAN be done!) : http://bit.ly/9n6s6l #windows7 #virtualserver #virtualization
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Yes, it can, as reported previously in this thread. It is still a bad idea.
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Yes, it can, as reported previously in this thread. It is still a bad idea.
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It is possible! I use Windows 7 x86 but I think the problem is same on Win7 x64, PCA is always blocking the vssrvc.exe (Virtual Server service). First you should block PCA. I did that by the following way: In the Group Policy go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility\ and enable all of the Turn off xxx entries. I think if you enable only the "Turn off Application Compatibility Engine" it would be enough but I wanted to be sure and enabled everything, later we are going to restore the original settings. Then go to the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics\ area and disable all of the entries so that we don't come across any DCOM or driver related error. IIS have to be prepared as well. Requirements are same as in Vista take a look at this link http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/10/10/Installing-VirtualServer-2005-R2-on-Vista-RC1-_2F00_-RC2.aspx you can find the correct settings. Restart your computer and then you are ready to install the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Afterwards Virtual Server (VS) should be running and you can check it by Virtual Server Administration Website. Next restore all settings what you changed in Group Policy and restart your computer. Unfortunately Application Compatibility Engine will detect Virtual server services and block that again. So you have to go to the Virtual Server directory (Usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\) and rename the vssrvc.exe to something else (example: vssrvc_newname.exe). Open the registry editor and replace all entry which contains "vssrvc.exe" to vssrvc_newname.exe (path, DCOM object details, etc) Finally restart your computer and enjoy Virtual server 2005 at Windows 7 RC :) I hope It helps for you.
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