Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1

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Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains the latest software updates for Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 that improve the reliability, performance and manageability of Virtual PC. Updates have been made to improve the performance of Windows XP Service Pack 2 as a guest in Virtual PC, to improve the manageability of virtual machines when used with SMS 2003 Service Pack 1, and to provide support for running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition as the host operating system.

Download: Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1

News source: Microsoft Download Center

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(2 replies) #1 figgy on 13 Oct 2004 - 16:26

Its a pity that Neowin doesn't credit BPN posters for posting the news first.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=229614

#1.1 allfive6 on 13 Oct 2004 - 16:38

yall they should get the credit

#1.2 kitchenutensils on 13 Oct 2004 - 18:53

when i posted some news it was

but then again i posted it in the wrong forum... so i guess it gave me attention

Last edited by 44971 on 13 Oct 2004 - 19:57

(1 reply) #2 .:: lebmike ::. on 13 Oct 2004 - 17:34

whats adressed?

#2.1 figgy on 13 Oct 2004 - 18:40

From
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx

A new Virtual Disk Precompactor. A utility that is designed to "zero out"—that is, overwrite with zeros—any available blank space on a virtual hard disk.

Updated version of Virtual Machine Additions.

Update to support TCP segmentation offloading. Prior to SP1, if TCP Segmentation Offloading was activated, some virtual networking features would not function correctly. With SP1, if your physical network adapter supports TCP segmentation offloading, you can activate TCP segmentation offloading, and virtual networking will function correctly.

Update to support Group Policy Software Installation. For more information about Group Policy Software Installation, see Help and Support Center in your Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system.

Update to change the default performance option from Give processes on the host system priority to Run Virtual PC at maximum speed.

The hotfix described in article 833506, which describes how Virtual PC 2004 may stop responding when a virtual machine is started, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

#3 goatsniffer on 13 Oct 2004 - 18:33

Here is the page where you can see what was changed.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx

I would like to know what was changed in the VM Additions.

#4 GShapiro on 13 Oct 2004 - 18:48

VM additions was changed to make XP/SP2 run better/faster. It seems to have speeded up my test XP Pro/SP2 machine under VPC/SP1.

The new VHD compactor ISO included with VPC/SP1 is nice. It will zero out the unused space on a VHD. After this you run the normal VPC compactor to reduce the size of your VHD. This works great.

#5 goatsniffer on 14 Oct 2004 - 01:50

Make sure you shutdown the virtual pcs you ,ay have running before installing updates. Once the new SP is installed the save states will become invalid and any unsaved information will be lost.

#6 Zaph47 on 14 Oct 2004 - 23:12

It won't let me run the SP1 update even though I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2 on my G5....any ideas? Says I need Virtual PC first...

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