A virtual machine (VM) is an operating system that’s emulated within another operating system. You could run Windows within a MacBook as a virtual machine, or even Windows within Windows ...

With the release of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, Microsoft is including a little gift called XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtual machine running Windows XP.

If so, then start with SmartDeploy, which has a very nice way to build Windows 7 virtual machines. These six aren’t the only products that can migrate desktops to Windows 7 ...

Martin upgraded Virtual PC 2007 to SP1, and gave the Windows 7 beta the 1024 MB of RAM it needs. Now the VM Additions install, but the sound drivers won't. It's still better than last week.

Windows 7 virtual machines will be eligible for the Extended Security Updates (ESU) announced earlier this month: three years of security fixes beyond the 2020 end-of-support date.

If the next computer is a Windows 7 virtual machine, it receives an activation count of 3, and so on. None of these computers is activated, because computers running Windows 7 must receive an ...

If you have a business reason to keep a Windows 7 system active past its 2020 end-of-life date, here's how to keep it from being a security liability on your network.

With Skytap’s cloud-based lab, Yun can deploy as many Windows 7 virtual machines as he wants under a monthly subscription ($250 a month for 1,000 hours of testing).

Microsoft sweetens the deal for hosted Windows 7 users by providing three-year ESU support at no extra cost for those using Windows 7 on Azure virtual machines, although there are virtual machine ...