I am currently configuring a Windows 7 box (build 7100) with Virtual Windows XP (default hypervisor). Having created and configured a template Virtual Windows XP enviroment using a local Administrator account, how can I make this XP build available for all the user accounts who use this particular box?
Just to clarify, the XP build will not be used on other Windows 7 machines. So there is no issue with distribution and duplicate SIDs. The XP build will not be accessed by more than one user at the same time.
The workaround solution is to copy all the files in
C:\Users\TEMPLATE\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC
to each and every user account instance of
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC
Of course, this is far from ideal with multiple copies of the same Windows Virtual PC files being saved on the same Windows 7 box. Is there something equivalent to an "All Users" profile in Windows 7 where these files can be saved and then automatically made available to every account on this machine?
Best Answer
Is this using the default Windows 7 hypervisor or VMware Workstation or ??
Usually, you can't "share" a virtual machine because it's not possible to have the same virtual disk being used by more than one hypervisor for the same reason it's not possible to have the same word document open for editing twice.