Microsoft Virtual PC 6.1.7234.0 RC / SP1 6.0.192.0

Microsoft Virtual PC 6.1.7234.0 RC / SP1 6.0.192.0 offers a simple wizard for setting up Windows XP Mode with just a few clicks. Users can access USB devices attached to the host directly from virtual Windows XP. These devices include printers and scanners, flash memory/sticks and external hard disks, digital cameras, and more.

Publish and launch applications installed on virtual Windows XP directly from the Windows 7 desktop, as if they were installed on the Windows 7 host itself. Access your Windows 7 Known Folders: My Documents, Pictures, Desktop, Music, and Video, from inside the virtual Windows environment, such as Windows XP Mode. Cut and paste between your Windows 7 host and any virtual machine.

1. USB support: Windows Virtual PC supports many USB devices such as printers, scanners, flash memory/sticks and external hard disks, digital cameras, and smart card readers. 
   
2. Seamless application publishing and launching: Users can launch and use their line of business applications installed in the Windows XP Mode directly from a Windows 7 desktop, as if these are Windows 7 capable applications.    
3. Support for multi threads: Users will be able to run multiple virtual machines concurrently, each running in its own thread, which improves stability and performance.    
4. Clipboard sharing: Cut and paste between your Windows 7 host and any virtual machine.    
5. Printer redirection: Ability to redirect printing from guest machine to printers attached on host machine. With integration features enabled, the drivers need to be present on the host as well as the guest. However, Basic Mode would not require host side drivers to be present necessarily.
6. Smart card redirection: Ability to support smart cards connected to the host, inside the guest operating system. Smart card redirection works in a similar way to printer redirection. It is not available with integration features enabled.    
7. Drive sharing: Drive sharing is a more flexible sharing option. This includes sharing any mass storage devices. Virtual PC 2007 allowed folder sharing.    
8. Integration with Windows Explorer: Known folder integration between host and guest
9. Users can access their Windows 7 Known Folders (such as My Documents, Pictures, Desktop, Music, Video) from within a virtualization Windows environment such as Windows XP Mode.    
10. Support for higher resolutions: The allowable resolution for virtual machines has been extended up to 2048x1920 from 1600x1200.    
11. Requires AMD-V or Intel-VT CPU feature