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Re: OT: W7 upgrade questions
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Gilles Schipper <[log in to unmask]>
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Gilles Schipper <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:44:09 -0500
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Your existing Cisco VPN client that ran on Vista or XP, or, for that 
matter, any other VPN client - indeed virtually any other software 
you had running on Vista or WIN/XP should work fine under Windows 7 
WINXP mode, which is actually a free subset of the free Microsoft 
Virtual PC software.

The WINXP mode software is actually a fully-licensed version of 
WindowsXPP-SP3 which is available to all users of Windows 7 
Professional and higher (which includes Ultimate, and Enterprise).

WINXP mode is a virtual machine which runs under Microsoft Virtual 
PC, which is available and free for all users of Windows 7 
Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise.

The only other pre-requisite is that the host CPU be capable of 
"hardware virtualization".

You can determine that with a free tool that you will find when 
poking around the Microsoft web site in the section that has the 
Microsoft Virtual PC download.

I've been running WINXP mode that includes all of my customers' VPN's 
and it works like a charm - even better than on the original WINXP hosts.

As far as upgrading to Windows 7, or utilizing the fresh install, I 
found that having a USB network adapter was extremly useful.

In cases where the Windows XP or Windows 7 software did not 
automatically recognize the motherboard and/or associated lan 
adapter, I used the USB adapter to connect to the internet and 
utilize Windows Update to apply discovered optional hardware patches, 
or look for the required hardware patches at the motherboard or 
device vendor sites.

So far, I have yet to fail at a Win7 or WinXP install due to 
unavailable driver.

Of course, YMMV.



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Gilles Schipper
GSA Inc.
HP System Administration Specialists
300 John Street, Box 87651   Thornhill, ON Canada L3T 7R4
Voice: 416.702.7900     Fax: 905.889.3001
email:  [log in to unmask]  web: http://www.gsainc.com
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