Questions tagged [windows-virtual-pc]
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No Internet for VMware Fusion for Mac for a virtual Windows 10 machine
I have been facing this problem of no internet in the Windows 10 virtual machine. I am running VMWare Fusion on a Macbook Pro.
I have tried restarting Win10 VM, VMWareFusion, but nothing works.

Abhiram Chennuru
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Create multiple Windows Virtual PCs with Windows XP Mode
I installed Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode on my Windows 7 Pro machine. Running XP Mode automatically installed XP on a Virtual PC. I would like to create a second Virtual PC the same as the first.
I went to Start > All Programs > Windows…

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Mvn is not recognized as a command on Github Actions on Windows a self hosted runner
I set up a simple Github Actions workflow simply to check if my self-hosted Windows Virtual Machine is able to recognize the installed java/git/maven versions.
Versions in the Virtual Machine:
Microsoft Windows 64 bit
Java version:…

Matteo Barzaghi
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How to give an announce message before forcing users to logoff on remote desktop?
I want to give the users an announce before the virtual machine shutdown.
Background:
1, 10 users sign on one virtual machine (Windows Virtual Desktop: Windows 10)
2, The virtual machine will shut down at 10:00 pm, and I want to give users an…

Arthur
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Cant boot VHD created by Disk2VHD
I first created system images using Windows backup then realized that those VHD files cannot be booted using Virtual PC.
So I found the utility Disk2VHD and spent a few hours making a new VHD and tried booting it with Virtual PC but it too cannot…

Trant
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How to provide isolation?
I have a need to allow my users to execute .NET code that they provide on my server. I know security is a big concern, but it has to be done that way.
Currently, I run my users' code under a limited Windows account. But, I am worried that .NET…

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Error: Boot Image download from platform builder (Windows Embedded Compact 7)
Why is it that my windows virtual PC device is sending BOOTME Message but my platform builder is still waiting for download request from device? Is there something that I need to configure? Please see image below.

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Do we get separate control to keyboard and mouse with Windows Virtual Desktop?
I want to create an automation that used keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks on the screen to complete the process. I want the automation to run in the background on my laptop. Can this be achieved using the Windows Virtual Desktop on Windows…

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Error running pgAdmin3.exe in Windows Virtual PC XP Mode with PostgreSQL 8.2
I've been having trouble figuring out why I can't get pgAdmin GUI to run after I've installed PostgreSQL 8.2 successfully with all the default options. A few things that I've tried is to add in any missing DLLs (MSJAVA.dll) after running Dependency…

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More than one instance Oracle XE
I have a vm running Windows 7, which I use for testing web applications in IE8 and IE9. Also, I use this vm to run Oracle XE.
I have a java system that will have some changes. These changes will modify the database, but I need to keep the old…

Rafael Guerreiro
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The products we found in your account cannot be used to activate office in shared computer scenarios, Office 365, Windows Virtual Desktop
I am using a Windows Virtual Desktop, to use the multi session feature, so that many users can login and use their session. And all the users are assigned with the Office 365 license, but I was always getting the error "the products we found in your…

Sibeesh Venu
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How do you map a shared CD/DVD drive on the host to a drive letter on the Gues in Windows Virtual PC?
In the previous versions of Virtual PC, the Host's CD/DVD drives just get assigned drive letters. Nice and neat.
But in Windows Virtual PC (Win 7) the drives are all just available but without drive letters. I need to access the Host's CD drive…

Clay Nichols
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