Avraham Hanadari wrote:
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> Richard Urban wrote:
>> Be aware that Virtual PC is NOT the same as Windows Virtual PC. Two
>> different animals. Windows Virtual PC (the one designed specifically
>> for Windows 7) is what you want.
>>
>> It has very specific hardware requirements (you computer must support
>> hardware virtualization 100%) and is installable only in Windows 7
>> Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise
>>
> Thank you very much. Too bad MS couldn't have mentioned that somewhere
> on the many flashy, colorful and uninformative pages devoted to the
> subject. Now I am well and truly screwed. I was using the MS virtual PC
> that was installed for accessing old files on 98. I just tried to
> uninstall the "new and improved VPC" (after I discovered that it won't
> work on my computer) and found that there is no way to uninstall it.
> There's no item in the Control Panel Programs etc. folder. When I
> nevertheless tried to reinstall the old VPC it informed me that I can't
> install it on this Windows (7 Ultimate). This has been a nightmare. I've
> been on the computer, accomplishing essentially nothing for the past
> seven hours.
>
> Is there any way I can delete the new VPC and reinstall the old?
>
> Avraham
Unscrewed. Just did a system restore to a point before this unfortunate
adventure began. I think all is well. I can install XP in the old VPC
and use the programs that don't work so well on 7 there. Not as
covenient as the XP Mode, but at least it might work.
Avraham
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