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Windows
Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode Setup and Installation Guide................................. 3

Downloading....................................................................................................................... 3

Installation.......................................................................................................................... 3

Updating
RemoteApp.......................................................................................................... 4

Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode Setup and
Installation Guide

This document includes instructions for downloading and
installing Windows® Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, including important
steps you may need to follow prior to installation.

For late-breaking issues that may require avoidance or a
workaround, see the release notes document for this release.

Downloading

Download Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode installers
from the Windows
Virtual PC Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=160479).

Windows Virtual PC is not supported in either the beta
release or the release candidate of Windows 7.

Note

To use Windows Virtual PC, your processor must support
processor virtualization extensions such as Intel VT, AMD-V, or VIA VT. You
might need to enable these processor extensions in the BIOS.

Installation

Important

If your computer is running either the beta or release
candidate versions of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, you must
uninstall them before installing this release.

To
uninstall a previous release of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode

1.   Back up all data in Windows XP
Mode.

2.   To uninstall the beta version of
Windows XP Mode, click Start, click Control
Panel, click Programs, click Programs
and Features, and then double-click Virtual Windows XP.
For the release candidate version, double-click Windows XP
Mode in the last step instead.

3.   To uninstall either the beta or
release candidate version of Windows Virtual PC, click Start,
click Control Panel, click Programs,
click Programs and Features, click View
Installed Updates, and then click Windows Virtual PC
(KB958559).

4.   Navigate to %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows
Virtual PC\Virtual Machines\ and delete the differencing
disk (.vhd) and settings (.vmc) files.

5.   Restart the computer.

Having uninstalled the beta or release candidate version of
Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, you can now safely install this
release.

To
install Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode

1.   Download Windows Virtual PC and
Windows XP Mode installers from the Windows Virtual PC Web
site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=160479).

2.   Install Windows XP Mode by
double-clicking the file WindowsXPMode_nn-NN.exe
(where nn-NN is the locale code, for example,
en-US) and then completing the wizard that opens.

3.   Install Windows Virtual PC by
double-clicking either of the files Windows6.1-KB958559-x86.msu or
Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu, as appropriate for your processor type.

4.   Restart the computer.

5.   Once the computer has restarted,
click Start, click Windows Virtual PC,
and then click Windows XP Mode.

6.   Complete the wizard that opens.
Be sure that you record the password provided during the setup process
because you will need it to log on to the virtual machine.

Updating RemoteApp

If you have created virtual machines running
Windows Vista® with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP with
Service Pack 3 (SP3) and have installed an older update of RemoteApp,
follow the steps below. The update allows you to run many Windows XP or
Windows Vista productivity applications from a Windows 7-based
computer using Windows Virtual PC. This update does not apply to Windows XP
Mode.

To
update RemoteApp

1.   After you install Windows Virtual
PC, start the virtual machine that is running Windows XP with SP3 or Windows
Vista with SP1.

2.   For a virtual machine that is
running Windows XP with SP3, go to the virtual machine window and uninstall
the Integration Components package as follows: click Start,
click Control Panel, click Add or Remove
Programs, and then click Virtual PC Integration
Components.

3.   In the same Windows XP SP3
virtual machine window, uninstall the RemoteApp update as follows: click Start, click Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Hotfix
for Windows XP (KB961742-v3).

4.   For a virtual machine that is
running Windows Vista with SP1, go to the virtual machine window and
uninstall the Integration Components package as follows: click Start, click Control Panel, click Programs, click Programs and Features,
and then click Virtual PC Integration Components.

5.   In the same Windows Vista
with SP1 virtual machine window, uninstall the RemoteApp update as follows:
click Start, click Control Panel,
click Programs, click Programs and
Features, click View Installed updates, and then select
KB961741.

6.   Restart the virtual machine.

7.   In the virtual machine window,
install the latest Integration Components package by clicking Tools,
and then clicking Install Integration Components.

8.   In the virtual machine window,
download the appropriate RemoteApp update from the Microsoft Download Center
and install it. For virtual machines running Windows XP with SP3, download Update for Windows XP
SP3 to enable RemoteApp (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=140339).
For virtual machines running Windows Vista with SP1, download Update for Windows Vista
SP1 or above to enable RemoteApp (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=140340).

9.   When the download is complete,
run the appropriate installer and then restart the virtual machine.