VPC lethargic performance R7X64

Facts:
We have recently installed Windows R7(SP0)X64 on a Dell E6400 laptop with
4GBytes of RAM and a 320 GByte (7200 RPM) disk drive. We then installed the
latest version VPC for R7 and the integration components. The performance of
the VPC (particularly User I/O) is lethargic at best. Even logging into the
VPC is (four keystrokes and then wait for the characters to appear) a
tiresome exercise.

Connecting from another computer via MSTSC performance is better once you
one gets past the login screen. Doing the same thing from the R7 host results
in dismal performance again. I have tried both XP mode and the a clean XP
install. XP was given 1024 Mbytes of RAM.

On the same hardware (same machine actually):
R7(SP0)X64 and VPC for R7, performance is dismal.
R7(SP0)X64 and VPC 2007, performance is Excellent.
R7(RC)X32 and VPC for R7, performance is acceptable (but lags behind VPC
2007).
R7(RC)X32 and VPC 2007, performance is Excellent.
These were all clean installs without AntiVirus, applications, etc.


These were not tried on the same hardware by are noted to put things in
perspective.
XP64 and VPC 2007, performance is excellent.
XP32(SP3) and VPC 2007 is excellent.
R7(RC)X64 and VMWare Workstation, performance is Excellent.

Question:
Have anyone else noticed this phenomena ?
Could this be a result of the "integration" into the R7 Desktop ?

Try disabling the shared drives in the integration settings, there is
a performance problem there.

Settings -> Integration Features -> uncheck all the drives.

--
Bob Comer




On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:31:02 -0700, Lewis Balentine <Lewis
> wrote:

>Facts:
>We have recently installed Windows R7(SP0)X64 on a Dell E6400 laptop with
>4GBytes of RAM and a 320 GByte (7200 RPM) disk drive. We then installed the
>latest version VPC for R7 and the integration components. The performance of
>the VPC (particularly User I/O) is lethargic at best. Even logging into the
>VPC is (four keystrokes and then wait for the characters to appear) a
>tiresome exercise.
>
>Connecting from another computer via MSTSC performance is better once you
>one gets past the login screen. Doing the same thing from the R7 host results
>in dismal performance again. I have tried both XP mode and the a clean XP
>install. XP was given 1024 Mbytes of RAM.
>
>On the same hardware (same machine actually):
> R7(SP0)X64 and VPC for R7, performance is dismal.
> R7(SP0)X64 and VPC 2007, performance is Excellent.
> R7(RC)X32 and VPC for R7, performance is acceptable (but lags behind VPC
>2007).
> R7(RC)X32 and VPC 2007, performance is Excellent.
>These were all clean installs without AntiVirus, applications, etc.
>
>
>These were not tried on the same hardware by are noted to put things in
>perspective.
> XP64 and VPC 2007, performance is excellent.
> XP32(SP3) and VPC 2007 is excellent.
> R7(RC)X64 and VMWare Workstation, performance is Excellent.
>
>Question:
>Have anyone else noticed this phenomena ?
>Could this be a result of the "integration" into the R7 Desktop ?

I have formatted the hard drive and in the process of reinstalling Windows
R7X64. We will be using VPC 2007 until the bugs are worked out of the new
version.

"Robert Comer" wrote:

> Try disabling the shared drives in the integration settings, there is
> a performance problem there.
>
> Settings -> Integration Features -> uncheck all the drives.
>

That's not a bad plan, the new VPC (Windows Virtual PC) hasn't been
released yet, and if you have work that needs to be done, it's best
not running unreleased software.

--
Bob Comer


On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:13:01 -0700, Lewis Balentine
<> wrote:

>I have formatted the hard drive and in the process of reinstalling Windows
>R7X64. We will be using VPC 2007 until the bugs are worked out of the new
>version.
>
>"Robert Comer" wrote:
>
>> Try disabling the shared drives in the integration settings, there is
>> a performance problem there.
>>
>> Settings -> Integration Features -> uncheck all the drives.
>>