window 7 with xp mode

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Originally Posted by zeszut

ok. i tried to move and then copy/paste my folder onto the xp mode desktop but nothing copies or moves. any ideas why?
actually, i seem to be able to run the basic batch files in 7. but with those write errors.

i'm taking doc's advice and trying to move them all into the xp mode window but can't figure out how.

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Did you install the Integration Services?
At the top of the VM, go to Tools-Install Integration Components
Reboot the VM
Go back to Tools - Enable Integration Features

https://blogs.technet.com/b/windows_...edirected=true

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Originally Posted by zeszut

i'm taking doc's advice and trying to move them all into the xp mode window but can't figure out how.

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Will it let you copy them onto a USB flash drive then back onto the XP Mode Desktop?

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Originally Posted by zeszut

yes, the read-only check box is solid colored. this seems not to be a qbasic problem but a folder/file permissions problem. i can get the programs to load and launch but they program fails the minute it tries to open a file for write.

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Like I said, it's not truly Read-only. If you mean the files are in the Win7 host and not the XP mode VM, then that could be the problem.

sounds plausible. installing integration components was not on the site i visited about xp mode.

i'll install it in the morning and see how this goes. i'm hopeful.

To change compatibility settings manually for a program, right-click the icon for the program, click Properties, and then click the Compatibility tab.
Might work .

Hmm. Integration tools enables clipboard and access to the host drives, but I don't think it has drag/drop. Wouldn't hurt to have them installed anyway.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...=ws.10%29.aspx

Sorry, I don't have an XP Mode system in front of me. I use VMWare. ;)

What happens if you try to change the permissions on the folders? Have you tried giving "Everyone" access?

SUCCESS.

i wasn't sure just where to put the QB and my DATA folders. trial and error. programs run now. no problem modifying files.

the only problem now is printing from the basic programs. i have a hp laserjet p2035 printer. i was using the parallel port on it when this pc was running xp alone. no problem.

not sure how to handle this now.

i installed it in windows 7. which ONLY asked for a USB connection.

when i tried to install it in the xp mode vm, i ask for the LPT connection but it then stalls when it says to connect to the printer.

as i mentioned before, i thought i had seen (at some time in the past) a way to assign any LPT printing to a USB connected printer. am i imagining things?

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it stalls when i try to install with USB too. is it possible xp mode is not seeing any output ports.

the device manager does show com ports com1 & 2 as well as printer port lpt1 installed. but, "virtual pci integration device" shows as a yellow question mark.

don't know if this is the same problem area, but the vm xp does not see the internal modem either.

The VM doesn't actually see your hardware. It only sees the virtual devices from Virtual PC (XP Mode).

Did you install the Integration Services or not?

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Printers. This feature makes it possible to share printers between the host operating system and guest operating system.

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Hmm. As for the printer, you can try sharing the printer from the host first. Then use the NET command on the VM to set the LPT to the shared printer.

NET USE LPT1: \\hostname\printername /persistent:yes

sorry, i have no idea how to do this. could you be more detailed?

do you mean "share" the printer like i would for a network printer?

and where do i type "NET USE LPT1: \\hostname\printername /persistent:yes" ?

thanks.

ps. the only "printer" that shows in the xp vm is "winfax".

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do you mean "share" the printer like i would for a network printer?

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Yes. Share the printer from Windows 7. Then add the shared printer on the XP VM.

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and where do i type "NET USE LPT1: \\hostname\printername /persistent:yes" ?

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Open a command prompt in the XP VM, then run the command.

You are basically connecting over the network from the XP VM to the Win7 host. You are redirecting the LPT data to the shared printer.

hhmm...

i have the printer shared in 7.

when i try to add a network printer in vm xp, it sees the common workgroup but no printer. even when i put the printer name in, it still can't find it.

Read through this and see if it helps:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...dows-7-and-xp/

Instead of adding a network printer, add a local printer with the tcpip port. And set the tcpip port to \\hostname\printername.
It's basically the same in XP and 7:
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/helpdes...printing.shtml

i've followed the howtogeek directions. i get to the "Now if you go into Network in Windows 7 you should see your XP machine and the Windows 7 as well ..." section. the 7 machine can see all the machines on the network including the vmxp. however, the vmxp machine can see no one. it has the correct workgroup name.

is there something else i am missing?

thanks again (tho i'm getting discouraged).