>and is there a way to download it manually from microsoft web site or some
>other site?
>because at the moment win 7 in vpc 2007 is barely crawling and i'm not 100%
>sure it had something to do with my computer and i'm quite sure that at least
>part of it it because that the current vma don't work so well with windows 7.
>
>10x in advance.:)

> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:44:03 -0800, aviramof
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >and is there a way to download it manually from microsoft web site or some
> >other site?
> >because at the moment win 7 in vpc 2007 is barely crawling and i'm not 100%
> >sure it had something to do with my computer and i'm quite sure that at least
> >part of it it because that the current vma don't work so well with windows 7.
> >
> >10x in advance.:)
>
> You won't see VM Additions for Windows 7 until its out of beta. Theres
> no point of trying to make them for constantly changing OS code.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

>but the fact in the matter is that most users who have downloaded windows 7
>beta have installed it in virtual pc 2007 not in the normal way not to
>mention the fact that
>there are still not enaf drivers for windows 7 out there for all users so
>what are you saying that if any one wants to check this windows in a proper
>virtual machine he should use a non microsoft softwere like vmware who
>updated more frequently?

>>> Thanks in advance.:)
>>
>> You won't see VM Additions for Windows 7 until it's out of beta. There's
>> no point trying to make them for constantly changing OS code.
>
> But the fact of the matter is that most users who have downloaded Windows
> 7
> beta have installed it in Virtual PC 2007 not in the normal way
> not to mention the fact that there are still not enough drivers for
> Windows 7 out
> there for all users
> so what are you saying that if anyone wants to check this Windows in a
> proper
> virtual machine they should use non-Microsoft software like VMWare who
> updated more frequently?
> anyway let's hope Microsoft won't wait this long to update VPC 2007 in the
> end:)

> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:29:01 -0800, aviramof
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >but the fact in the matter is that most users who have downloaded windows 7
> >beta have installed it in virtual pc 2007 not in the normal way not to
> >mention the fact that
> >there are still not enaf drivers for windows 7 out there for all users so
> >what are you saying that if any one wants to check this windows in a proper
> >virtual machine he should use a non microsoft softwere like vmware who
> >updated more frequently?
>
> VM Ware's not going to update their tools for a Win 7 beta either.
> You have to understand that Additions, Tools, etc are not a simple
> program. You need to have a STABLE OS to create them from if you want
> ANY type of performance increases. Also, if you have hardware
> virtualization, the VM Additions don't make any significant
> performance improvements.
> If MS or VMW create Win7 Beta1 Additions, all the OS team has to do is
> make a couple small changes in Win7 Beta2 and completely break them.
> Also, you are talking several months to code, test, fix, test, and
> finalize the Additions. By that time you're not going to want to run
> Beta1 with Additions, you're going to want to use Beta2 or Beta3, and
> the Additions for beta1 aren't going to work since the code will have
> dramatically changed.
>
> Windows 7 is BETA, its fluid, its going to change a lot before it's
> released.
> Where would you like the developers to focus? Creating code that will
> be outdated and useless before they finish it (Additions) or working
> on the next version of VPC or whatever client VM solution MS will
> release?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>