MOVE a Virtual XP Machine in Windows 7

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  1. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #11

    Sorry, honestly I completely forgot this thread. So, back to the business.

    Really, if you have not modified the base (and you normally shouldn't!) it's enough to move this so called normal, personal vhd. Base is base, it's same on every installation of XP Mode. You could also merge the differencing disks before moving, and use the resulting merged vhd as a stand-alone XP vhd. About merging the fixed XP Mode base vhd and the dynamical vhd, read this: https://www.sevenforums.com/virtualiz...tml#post711304

    About your password problem, two things to remember. First, if integration is enabled, XP Mode requires password. Only when integration is disabled is it possible to use user accounts without password.

    Second, by default XP Mode allows only administrators to log in. If you want to add limited user accounts, read this: Virtual PC XP Mode - Add Limited User Accounts

    Could that password problem of yours be a human mistake, a typo? I mean, when you uncheck the option "User must enter a username and password to use this computer", it asks the admin password once, so IMO you had to give it there, at least once? If so, it sounds not right that login screen did not accept the same password you had to give to change that setting?

    Anyway, I'm checking more often in here, so please tell how it all went, if you got it running?

    Kari
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  2. Posts : 47
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #12

    Thanks Kari. I will look into the limited account thread. I think that will help.
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  3. Posts : 3
    Win XP, Win Vista 64, Win 7 64, Mac OS X 10.6.5
       #13

    Moving XP Mode from 1 User to Another on Same PC


    Kari said:
    Sorry, honestly I completely forgot this thread. So, back to the business.

    Really, if you have not modified the base (and you normally shouldn't!) it's enough to move this so called normal, personal vhd. Base is base, it's same on every installation of XP Mode. You could also merge the differencing disks before moving, and use the resulting merged vhd as a stand-alone XP vhd. About merging the fixed XP Mode base vhd and the dynamical vhd, read this: https://www.sevenforums.com/virtualiz...tml#post711304

    About your password problem, two things to remember. First, if integration is enabled, XP Mode requires password. Only when integration is disabled is it possible to use user accounts without password.

    Second, by default XP Mode allows only administrators to log in. If you want to add limited user accounts, read this: Virtual PC XP Mode - Add Limited User Accounts

    Could that password problem of yours be a human mistake, a typo? I mean, when you uncheck the option "User must enter a username and password to use this computer", it asks the admin password once, so IMO you had to give it there, at least once? If so, it sounds not right that login screen did not accept the same password you had to give to change that setting?

    Anyway, I'm checking more often in here, so please tell how it all went, if you got it running?

    Kari
    From reading this series of posts, it seems to me that I could move the personal VXP from an existing user - where it is configured exactly like I want - to another user on the same PC. Or is there a better way?
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  4. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #14

    I just answered you more detailed in your original thread: Move XP mode to another user profile :)

    Kari
    Last edited by Kari; 21 Nov 2010 at 23:13. Reason: As so often: typos ;)
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