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How to set up XP mode in Windows 7 to browse the network via My Network Neighborhood.

Description of Windows Virtual PC at Microsoft Support.

Windows Virtual PC at Microsoft (archived ).

QEMU, an open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

Parallels, developer of virtualization software that filled the absence of Virtual PC for Mac.

↑ Hyper-V Technology Overview, Microsoft.

↑ Windows 7's XP Mode is CYA at its best by Scott Lowe, Computerworld.

↑ Microsoft Acquires Connectix Virtual Machine Technology: Move Eases Consolidation and Migration to New Operating Systems for Customers.

↑ More Power or More Compatibility., Apple Computer.

↑ Connectix Corporation Ships Connectix Virtual PC, Connectix.

Virtual PC has since been replaced by the Hyper-V hypervisor for machine virtualization in Windows. The Mac version was discontinued and the PC version was adapted into Windows Virtual PC to allow users of Windows 7 to run older software in " Windows XP Mode" (XPM), which was compared to the Classic environment in early versions of Mac OS X. Its development and support staff, including Connectix's Chief Technical Officer Eric Traut, were transferred to Microsoft. Virtual PC was acquired by Microsoft in 2003. Classic Mac OS was still supported for users of Mac OS 9.2.2 only.

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Performance for Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later was increased along with improved compatibility for USB printers. Version 6 was briefly released for Mac users in 2003 before it was withdrawn by Microsoft. Multiple Virtual PC sessions could also be networked together on the same computer. Undoable disk images allowed users to back out of any problematic Windows session. Support for Windows XP was added with improved menu and text scrolling performance. Classic Mac OS was still supported for users of Mac OS 9.1 or later. Version 5 was released in 2002 with support for Mac OS X 10.1 or later. Support for Windows 2000 was added support for other operating systems could be added more easily through pre-configured OS Packs. Disk images containing the Windows installation could be dynamically resized. Version 4 was released in 2001 with up to double the performance through support for the PowerPC G4 Velocity Engine. Version 3 was released in 1999 with improved performance and USB support for Mac OS 9 users running Windows 98.

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Apple offered Virtual PC 2.0 with Windows 95 for free to purchasers of a Power Macintosh G3 computer. Version 2 was released in 1998 and added support for Windows 98. Registered users of SoftWindows were offered a competitive rebate. It allowed Power Macintosh computers to emulate a PC to run DOS, OS/2, Windows, or OpenStep. The software was first released in June 1997 as Connectix Virtual PC.