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ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Thomas Scheidegger" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Download
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>

Release Notes
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>

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Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Bo Berglund wrote:

And why do the "Release Notes" only speak of server operating systems as supported?
--
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> "Thomas Scheidegger" wrote:
>
>>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>Release Notes
>><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>
> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
> implemented with this SP1?

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Paul Adare wrote:

At the link above. (I was pretty sure that was misinformation, but still...)
Specifically...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en#Requirements
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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:08:33 -0700, Karl E. Peterson wrote:
>> Bo Berglund wrote:
>>> "Thomas Scheidegger" wrote:
>>>
>>>>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>>>Release Notes
>>>><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>>>
>>> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
>>> implemented with this SP1?
>>
>> And why do the "Release Notes" only speak of server operating systems as
>> supported?
>
> What release notes are you referring to? The ones I'm looking at make no
> such claim.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: Xepol
Message:

My area of confusion is since I have used XP Sp3 as a guest OS, and Vista SP1
as a host OS, exactly what does this fix that clearly was not broken in the
first place?

If all they did was support OS service packs that already worked, I'm left
with a big WTF here. Something more had to change, it is a shame they failed
to try to document it.

- Clinton R. Johnson

"Bo Berglund" wrote:

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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:18 +0200, "Thomas Scheidegger"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
> >
> >Download
> ><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
> >
> >Release Notes
> ><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>
> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
> implemented with this SP1?
> The links above list *only* that the SP1 improves support for a number
> of MS operating systems service packs, but does not say what exactly
> they did...
>
> For example, have they fixed the RS232 handling bug?
> Is there anything about USB?
> Probably nothing....
>
>
> Bo Berglund
>

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.

Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
============================
Windows Virtualization Program Manager
Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy
Book: http://tinyurl.com/ysxcbm

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. You assume all risk for your use.

Bo Berglund wrote:

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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:18 +0200, "Thomas Scheidegger"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>> Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>
>> Download
>> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
>>
>> Release Notes
>> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>
> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
> implemented with this SP1?
> The links above list *only* that the SP1 improves support for a number
> of MS operating systems service packs, but does not say what exactly
> they did...
>
> For example, have they fixed the RS232 handling bug?
> Is there anything about USB?
> Probably nothing....
>
>
> Bo Berglund

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

If you have a system that supports hardware virtualization - you will
not notice much difference (benefit of hardware virtualization there).
But if your system does not support hardware virtualization this will
make a big difference.

Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
============================
Windows Virtualization Program Manager
Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy
Book: http://tinyurl.com/ysxcbm

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. You assume all risk for your use.

Xepol wrote:

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> My area of confusion is since I have used XP Sp3 as a guest OS, and Vista SP1
> as a host OS, exactly what does this fix that clearly was not broken in the
> first place?
>
> If all they did was support OS service packs that already worked, I'm left
> with a big WTF here. Something more had to change, it is a shame they failed
> to try to document it.
>
> - Clinton R. Johnson
>
> "Bo Berglund" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:18 +0200, "Thomas Scheidegger"
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>> Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>>
>>> Download
>>> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
>>>
>>> Release Notes
>>> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
>> implemented with this SP1?
>> The links above list *only* that the SP1 improves support for a number
>> of MS operating systems service packs, but does not say what exactly
>> they did...
>>
>> For example, have they fixed the RS232 handling bug?
>> Is there anything about USB?
>> Probably nothing....
>>
>>
>> Bo Berglund
>>

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT] wrote:

Pretty darned poorly written Release Notes, in that case.
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> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:08:33 -0700, Karl E. Peterson wrote:

What release notes are you referring to? The ones I'm looking at make no
such claim.

--
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http://www.identit.ca
This login session: $13.76, but for you: $11.88.

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> Bo Berglund wrote:
>> "Thomas Scheidegger" wrote:
>>
>>>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>>Release Notes
>>><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>>
>> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
>> implemented with this SP1?
>
> And why do the "Release Notes" only speak of server operating systems as supported?

Re: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Rick F" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

AWESOME! This is suppose to fix the major bug when you install Windows XP
SP3 on the host computer (Broadcom NIC) and lose all network connectivity
for all your existing virtual OS's. I am going to install it and see if it
does.

"Thomas Scheidegger" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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> Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>
> Download
> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
>
> Release Notes
> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Scheidegger - 'NETMaster'
> http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_dotnet.html - http://dnetmaster.net/
>

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

?? It talks about adding support for Vista SP1 and WinXPSP3...

--
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On Thu, 15 May 2008 15:52:58 -0700, "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

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>Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT] wrote:
>> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.
>
>Pretty darned poorly written Release Notes, in that case.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 15 May 2008 23:54:45 +0100, Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:

Yes, definitely.

--
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http://www.identit.ca
If a program is useless, it must be documented.

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> "Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.
>
> As with previous upgrades, is it advisable / necessary to re-apply the
> Additions to all existing Windows guests...?

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:18 +0200, "Thomas Scheidegger"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
implemented with this SP1?
The links above list *only* that the SP1 improves support for a number
of MS operating systems service packs, but does not say what exactly
they did...

For example, have they fixed the RS232 handling bug?
Is there anything about USB?
Probably nothing....

Bo Berglund

Show quoted text

>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>
>Download
><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
>
>Release Notes
><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

On May 16, 7:09=A0am, Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
ge

I installed the bits and this is my notes:

USB support is still not available as part of this Service Pack :(
This service pack adds support to the list of OS'es listed in the
site. I guess other fixes have been made.
I am not able to repro the bug which Rick is mentioning about after
installing the fix.
Yes, the additions need to be upgraded after installation (additions
have been changed as well)
The new product version is 6.0.192 and the additions version is
13.820.
No new features have been introduced to my knowledge

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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 23:54:45 +0100, Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
> > "Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in messa=
> >news:(email address - cut out)...
>
> >> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.
>
> > As with previous upgrades, is it advisable / necessary to re-apply the
> > Additions to all existing Windows guests...?
>
> Yes, definitely.
>
> --
> Paul Adarehttp://www.identit.ca
> If a program is useless, it must be documented.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/15/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

As with previous upgrades, is it advisable / necessary to re-apply the
Additions to all existing Windows guests...?

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Bender" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I am glad to see that the default name of the download is setup.exe. Most
files I download are named with a helpful name related to what the download
is. Well, at least this is consistent.

"Thomas Scheidegger" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:46:50 -0700, Karl E. Peterson wrote:

What you see on the download page for the Release Notes is referring to the
system requirements for the Release Notes themselves (which is still wrong)
and has nothing at all to do with the system requirements for VPC itself.

--
Paul Adare
http://www.identit.ca
Every program is a part of some other program, and rarely fits.

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> Paul Adare wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:08:33 -0700, Karl E. Peterson wrote:
>>> Bo Berglund wrote:
>>>> "Thomas Scheidegger" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>>>>Release Notes
>>>>><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>>>>
>>>> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
>>>> implemented with this SP1?
>>>
>>> And why do the "Release Notes" only speak of server operating systems as
>>> supported?
>>
>> What release notes are you referring to? The ones I'm looking at make no
>> such claim.
>
> At the link above. (I was pretty sure that was misinformation, but still...)
> Specifically...
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en#Requirements

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Fri, 16 May 2008 02:52:15 -0700, Bender wrote:

This bothers me a little bit as well, but it certainly doesn't take a whole
lot of effort to rename the EXE as part of the download process.

--
Paul Adare
http://www.identit.ca
If it was easy, the hardware people would take care of it.

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> I am glad to see that the default name of the download is setup.exe. Most
> files I download are named with a helpful name related to what the download
> is. Well, at least this is consistent.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Fri, 16 May 2008 07:44:41 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:

This is no such thing. In addition to everything else provided by the
Virtual Machine Addiitions, they also provide kernel level performance
enhancements. Every time a new service pack is released for a Windows OS,
new kernel level perf enhancements are required. The Additions that come
with SP1 contain these perf enhancements for Vista SP1, Server 2008, and XP
SP3.

--
Paul Adare
http://www.identit.ca
Long computations that yield zero are probably all for naught.

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> This seems like a pretty useless SP. I have been running VPC under Vista
> Ultimate 64 SP1, running Vista Business SP1 and Server 2008 as guests, among
> many others.
>
> I am skipping this. Nothing is broken here. If USB hasn't been fixed
> then this is merely a PR release.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Bob Campbell" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

This seems like a pretty useless SP. I have been running VPC under Vista
Ultimate 64 SP1, running Vista Business SP1 and Server 2008 as guests, among
many others.

I am skipping this. Nothing is broken here. If USB hasn't been fixed
then this is merely a PR release.

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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:18 +0200, "Thomas Scheidegger"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>
>>Download
>><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
>>
>>Release Notes
>><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>
> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
> implemented with this SP1?
> The links above list *only* that the SP1 improves support for a number
> of MS operating systems service packs, but does not say what exactly
> they did...

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

<(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Surely no-one was expecting it to be...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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> USB support is still not available as part of this Service Pack :(

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Paul Adare wrote:

Yep, figured as much. It's just poorly (and under-) worded, which was all I was
trying to say.
--
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http://vfred.mvps.org

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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:46:50 -0700, Karl E. Peterson wrote:
>
>> Paul Adare wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:08:33 -0700, Karl E. Peterson wrote:
>>>> Bo Berglund wrote:
>>>>> "Thomas Scheidegger" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>>>>>Release Notes
>>>>>><URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there anyone that can find the *real* improvements/fixes that are
>>>>> implemented with this SP1?
>>>>
>>>> And why do the "Release Notes" only speak of server operating systems as
>>>> supported?
>>>
>>> What release notes are you referring to? The ones I'm looking at make no
>>> such claim.
>>
>> At the link above. (I was pretty sure that was misinformation, but still...)
>> Specifically...
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en#Requirements
>
> What you see on the download page for the Release Notes is referring to the
> system requirements for the Release Notes themselves (which is still wrong)
> and has nothing at all to do with the system requirements for VPC itself.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Robert Comer wrote:

Okay, clearly we're all talking about different things. I was referring
specifically to the link in the *original* post in this thread. That page is
*titled* Release Notes. There were no other links on that page leading to where
I've since come to find the actual Release Notes.

As a reminder, here's the original post:

Thomas Scheidegger wrote:

That second link there; check it out. What appears to be the actual release notes,
which I didn't come across until this morning, is (for benefit of the thread) here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/f/4/8f44a346-1f62-4bb2-b957-7508ea1f7d80/relnotes.htm

Clearly, the second link in the first post is misleading. That was my only point.
Sorry it got dragged out like this.
--
..NET: It's About Trust!
http://vfred.mvps.org

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>>Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT] wrote:
>>> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.
>>
>>Pretty darned poorly written Release Notes, in that case.
>
> ?? It talks about adding support for Vista SP1 and WinXPSP3...
> Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>
> Download
> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
>
> Release Notes
> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: David Wilkinson <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:

Mark:

Perhaps the fact that that's what "everybody" wants.

<rhetorical>
Why would MS issue a service pack without the main thing that customers want?
</rhetorical>

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP

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> Where did the idea come from that USB would be supported in this service
> pack...?

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Robert Comer wrote:

Ahhhhhhh... LOL! Well, then, *that's* what's not clear, here. I never punched the
download button. When I see a page titled "RELEASE NOTES" that's what I expect I'm
reading. Who the heck ever heard of *downloading* release notes??? <g> (Another
prime example of why MSFT will never overcome GOOG.)
--
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http://vfred.mvps.org

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> The second link in that post is to the download for the release notes

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

The second link in that post is to the download for the release notes
and the first link is to the download for the executables. The first
doesn't say anything about release notes here and the second is just a
download page.

I wonder if maybe you got some old pages on your side. (even here
some of the .gif links on the first page are broken)

--
Bob Comer

On Fri, 16 May 2008 09:31:19 -0700, "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

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>Robert Comer wrote:
>>>Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT] wrote:
>>>> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.
>>>
>>>Pretty darned poorly written Release Notes, in that case.
>>
>> ?? It talks about adding support for Vista SP1 and WinXPSP3...
>
>Okay, clearly we're all talking about different things. I was referring
>specifically to the link in the *original* post in this thread. That page is
>*titled* Release Notes. There were no other links on that page leading to where
>I've since come to find the actual Release Notes.
>
>As a reminder, here's the original post:
>
>Thomas Scheidegger wrote:
>> Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
>>
>> Download
>> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en>
>>
>> Release Notes
>> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9f3d3eb5-5e03-4712-999c-e96f91bdf128&DisplayLang=en>
>
>That second link there; check it out. What appears to be the actual release notes,
>which I didn't come across until this morning, is (for benefit of the thread) here:
>
>http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/f/4/8f44a346-1f62-4bb2-b957-7508ea1f7d80/relnotes.htm
>
>Clearly, the second link in the first post is misleading. That was my only point.
>Sorry it got dragged out like this.

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I agree, that is pretty strange.

--
Bob Comer

On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:16:59 -0700, "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

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>Robert Comer wrote:
>> The second link in that post is to the download for the release notes
>
>Ahhhhhhh... LOL! Well, then, *that's* what's not clear, here. I never punched the
>download button. When I see a page titled "RELEASE NOTES" that's what I expect I'm
>reading. Who the heck ever heard of *downloading* release notes??? <g> (Another
>prime example of why MSFT will never overcome GOOG.)

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Bob Campbell" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Hmm - there appears to be a bit of a misconception with USB lately...

VPC for Windows has *NEVER* supported USB nor, AFAIK, will it ever support
it in its current form...

Where did the idea come from that USB would be supported in this service
pack...?

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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> If USB hasn't been fixed

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"David Wilkinson" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:%23u$(email address - cut out)...

But why this particular service pack...? People have been asking for USB
support for as long as I can remember...

From a technical perspective, it's not beyond Microsoft's capability. After
all, other virtualisation software has perfectly good USB support, including
VPC for Mac... :-)

Therefore, the only reason why it's not in VPC for Windows is because
Microsoft don't think it's worth doing...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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>> Where did the idea come from that USB would be supported in this service
>> pack...?
>
> Perhaps the fact that that's what "everybody" wants.
>
> <rhetorical>
> Why would MS issue a service pack without the main thing that customers
> want?
> </rhetorical>

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I have on one PC, but I had a problem on the install, I had to
reinstall it, otherwise now it's working fine. (Laptop with a
core2duo)

It didn't install the vmnet driver the first time.

--
Bob Comer

On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:58:25 +1000, "Bill Grant"
<not.available@online> wrote:

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> To get back to the actual service pack, has anyone actually installed and
>tried it?
>
> On a 3Ghz P4 (no hardware virtuailization) with 2G of memory running
>Vista SP1 (guests are XPSP3 and Server 2003 SP2) I find that it is much
>smoother and faster and well worth the effort of installing it.
>
>"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>>I agree, that is pretty strange.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:16:59 -0700, "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Robert Comer wrote:
>>>> The second link in that post is to the download for the release notes
>>>
>>>Ahhhhhhh... LOL! Well, then, *that's* what's not clear, here. I never
>>>punched the
>>>download button. When I see a page titled "RELEASE NOTES" that's what I
>>>expect I'm
>>>reading. Who the heck ever heard of *downloading* release notes??? <g>
>>>(Another
>>>prime example of why MSFT will never overcome GOOG.)

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:59:39 +0100, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Isn't this the very first service pack for VPC2007??? It is named SP1
at least. So why expect it in *this* SP?
Well, whichever SP then? SP23 or something?
Because it is the hope of everyone who do not want to switch to VMWare
just because of the USB issue....

Which is countering the thinking of most users out there....

Bo Berglund

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>"David Wilkinson" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:%23u$(email address - cut out)...
>
>>> Where did the idea come from that USB would be supported in this service
>>> pack...?
>>
>> Perhaps the fact that that's what "everybody" wants.
>>
>> <rhetorical>
>> Why would MS issue a service pack without the main thing that customers
>> want?
>> </rhetorical>
>
>But why this particular service pack...? People have been asking for USB
>support for as long as I can remember...
>From a technical perspective, it's not beyond Microsoft's capability. After
>all, other virtualisation software has perfectly good USB support, including
>VPC for Mac... :-)
>
>Therefore, the only reason why it's not in VPC for Windows is because
>Microsoft don't think it's worth doing...

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/16/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

It is.

That's right.

I don't. Never did...

That may be the case, but it's not going to happen. If Microsoft wanted to
support USB in VPC for Windows, they'd have done so long before now...

Again, that may very well be the case. Nevertheless...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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>>But why this particular service pack...? People have been asking for USB
>>support for as long as I can remember...
>
> Isn't this the very first service pack for VPC2007???
> It is named SP1 at least.
> So why expect it in *this* SP?
> Because it is the hope of everyone who do not want to switch to VMWare
> just because of the USB issue....
>>Therefore, the only reason why it's not in VPC for Windows is because
>>Microsoft don't think it's worth doing...
>
> Which is countering the thinking of most users out there....

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/17/2008
From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Message:

To get back to the actual service pack, has anyone actually installed and
tried it?

On a 3Ghz P4 (no hardware virtuailization) with 2G of memory running
Vista SP1 (guests are XPSP3 and Server 2003 SP2) I find that it is much
smoother and faster and well worth the effort of installing it.

"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

>I agree, that is pretty strange.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
>
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:16:59 -0700, "Karl E. Peterson" <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>Robert Comer wrote:
>>> The second link in that post is to the download for the release notes
>>
>>Ahhhhhhh... LOL! Well, then, *that's* what's not clear, here. I never
>>punched the
>>download button. When I see a page titled "RELEASE NOTES" that's what I
>>expect I'm
>>reading. Who the heck ever heard of *downloading* release notes??? <g>
>>(Another
>>prime example of why MSFT will never overcome GOOG.)

Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/22/2008
From: Julian Cann <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article <(email address - cut out)>,
(email address - cut out) says...
After the recent fiasco upgrading to Virtualbox 1.6 I think I'll let you
guys find the bugs in this service pack.
I have 14 VM's under VPC and they are running just fine (like my Win2000
VM WAS under Virtualbox 1.5..!)
Good luck..I'll be watching

--
....
Jules
Brisbane, Australia

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Re: ANN: Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Sent: 05/22/2008
From: Xepol
Message:

Which already worked. (ie: vista sp1 and XP Sp3), leaving those of us who
already had that working with just VPC 2007 asking ourselves "huh? wtf?"

"Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:

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> This service pack primarily adds support for new platforms.
>
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ============================
> Windows Virtualization Program Manager
> Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy
> Book: http://tinyurl.com/ysxcbm

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