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Virtual Machine Additions is a sort of link between the guest

and host sessions; it makes the guest OS aware that it’s run-

ning in a virtualized environment. First and foremost, VMA

lets you move your mouse in and out of the Virtual PC window

freely; otherwise it’ll get stuck whenever you click in the win-

dow. (Without VMA, press the right Alt key to release the

mouse pointer.) It also lets you drag-drop files directly onto—

and out of—the windowed OS, and it even resizes the virtual

desktop when you resize the Virtual PC window.

When Windows 7 first loads, open Virtual PC’s Action menu

and select Install or Update Virtual Machine Additions. In

a few moments, the guest Windows 7 session will detect a new

virtual CD and ask if you want to run setup.exe. Follow the

prompts to install the software and then answer Yes to restart

Windows.

Run a virtualized XP in Windows 7

Need to run an application that won’t work on anything newer than Windows

XP? Here’s one way to do it in Windows 7.

First, install Windows Virtual PC 6.1 (or later). If you’re using the Professional,

Enterprise, or Ultimate editions of Windows 7, you can also install the optional

Windows XP Mode software, also available at http://www.microsoft.com/vir

tualpc; see the sidebar “Windows XP Mode” on page 33 for an introduction.

Otherwise, you’ll need an original Windows XP install disc and appropriate

license code.

Now, Windows Virtual PC doesn’t have a central control panel like the one

found in earlier versions; click the Windows Virtual PC icon in your Start

menu, and it’ll just open the Virtual Machines folder in your home folder.

“Now what?” you may ask. Good question.

Don’t waste time looking for instructions or a way to create a new virtual

machine here; you won’t find it. Instead, just open the Start menu, and in the

Search box, type VPCWizard.exe and press Enter.

When prompted, choose a name for the new virtual machine configuration

(e.g., “Windows XP in a box”) and click Next. Specify how much memory

(RAM) you’d like to allocate—give it at least 1024 MB (1 GB) if you have it to

spare—and click Next. On the next page, choose Create a dynamically ex-

panding virtual hard disk and then click Create.

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