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Virtual PC wants a Product ID, but it"s a free download

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 10/25/2009
From: Ron Carr
Message:

Win 7 Ultimate x64
Virtual PC was automatically installed as part of Win 7 Ultimate, but if I
start it, I get:
"Virtual PC has detected an invalid or missing Product ID."
As far as I see, this program came with Win 7 Ultimate, and I have no
Product ID.
Any help welcome! Really need Windows XP!
Thanks.
Ron

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Re: Virtual PC wants a Product ID, but it"s a free download

Sent: 10/25/2009
From: VanguardLH <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Ron Carr wrote:

Did you yet enter the product key for Windows 7? If not, you are
currently running a non-validated trial copy of Windows 7.

Did you download XP Mode support (Virtual PC) from the link below?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

I have not heard that Virtual PC comes included in any of the editions
of Windows 7 and instead you have to download it. Even Microsoft states
that you have to download the XP Mode support to install it, as
mentioned in "Setting up Windows XP Mode", step 1, at:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7

For other instructions on how to install XP Mode support, see:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup.html

Also, unless you have the requisite hardware needed to support
virtualization, Windows 7's XP Mode (confusingly called Virtual PC)
will not run and you'll be stuck having to use the software emulation
of all hardware (except the CPU) in a virtual machine by using VirtualPC
2007 from:

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

or by using other VM products (e.g., VMWare Server, VirtualBox).

The Microsoft community for Windows 7 is found at:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro

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> Win 7 Ultimate x64 Virtual PC was automatically installed as part of
> Win 7 Ultimate, but if I start it, I get: "Virtual PC has detected an
> invalid or missing Product ID." As far as I see, this program came
> with Win 7 Ultimate, and I have no Product ID. Any help welcome!
> Really need Windows XP! Thanks. Ron

Re: Virtual PC wants a Product ID, but it"s a free download

Sent: 10/25/2009
From: VanguardLH <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

By the way, and from the discussing for Peter Afonin's topic on the same
error, what build of Windows 7 are you using? Is is build 7600 which is
the RTM (released to manufacturing) or *released* version of Windows 7?

Re: Virtual PC wants a Product ID, but it"s a free download

Sent: 10/25/2009
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:36:39 +0100, Bo Berglund
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

At least it cuts down on the trolls and spam though.

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

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>On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:02:54 -0500, VanguardLH <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>
>>The Microsoft community for Windows 7 is found at:
>>
>>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro
>
>Is there no newsgroup (like this one) for Windows 7???
>I tried updating my ng list from the microsoft.public newsserver but
>there was no new ng even though Win7 is now officially released. :-(
>
>I really hate the slowness of web based "forums" with nearly no
>overview at all....

Re: Virtual PC wants a Product ID, but it"s a free download

Sent: 10/25/2009
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:02:54 -0500, VanguardLH <(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Is there no newsgroup (like this one) for Windows 7???
I tried updating my ng list from the microsoft.public newsserver but
there was no new ng even though Win7 is now officially released. :-(

I really hate the slowness of web based "forums" with nearly no
overview at all....

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

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>The Microsoft community for Windows 7 is found at:
>
>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro

Re: Virtual PC wants a Product ID, but it"s a free download

Sent: 10/26/2009
From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Message:

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

No newsgroup, only the forums.

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> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:02:54 -0500, VanguardLH <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>
>>The Microsoft community for Windows 7 is found at:
>>
>>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro
>
> Is there no newsgroup (like this one) for Windows 7???
> I tried updating my ng list from the microsoft.public newsserver but
> there was no new ng even though Win7 is now officially released. :-(
>
> I really hate the slowness of web based "forums" with nearly no
> overview at all....
>
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)

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