Yesterday I downloaded and installed Virtual PC and XP Mode for my Windows 7 Professional PC. XP mode works just fine, so I know that virtual PC is working fine.
In the future, I might want to create other virtual PCs*. What I’m supposed to do is open up the folder that’s used to manage virtual machines, and there should be an option to create a new virtual machine. I don’t have that option.
Googling for help only says that you can’t create a virtual machine if you have a roaming profile. I’m not using one, so that’s not it.
I know that it’s kind of a long shot to ask for help about this, but what the heck.
*I also have and use Virtualbox, so if I can’t figure out how to make virtual machines for Windows Virtual PC I still have options.
It sounds like you’re in the wrong screen. If you’ve installed Virtual PC, it should be a separate entry on the Start Menu. You need to click Start, All Programs, Windows Virtual PC, Windows Virtual PC.
It doesn’t have Hardware Assisted Virtualization Technology but there’s a patch that let’s it run if your CPU doesn’t have it…actually, I think that question helped because looking at the support FAQ:
Is hardware virtualization better?
For Windows XP Mode the performance will be more than acceptable with or without hardware virtualization. For developers using Virtual PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machines we recommend HAV as the non-HAV is only tuned for XP Mode.
So it probably has to do with my CPU being sub-par.
