tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10425945.post-39713934219058811912007-03-06T08:25:00.000-03:002007-03-06T10:43:43.010-03:00Hello,<br /><br />I have migrated to <strong>Windows Vista Ultimate</strong> and would like to share some problems / workaround I have made so far.<br /><br />The first issue you will face is related to <strong>Visual Studio</strong>. Windows Vista supports partially (<a href="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5728666">VS2005</a>) and do not natively support previous versions. As I have several projects running on <strong>AutoCAD 2005 and 2006</strong> (they require <strong>VS2002</strong> to compile) I need a way to run then from inside Windows Vista. I have then remembered the good old <strong>Microsoft Virtual PC</strong> which is now free and has a new release 2007.<br /><br />I have downloaded and installed (<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx">Virtual PC 2007</a>). After that I have then created a new virtual machine with <strong>Windows XP PRO SP2</strong> and then installed <strong>AutoCAD 2005</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> and <strong>VS2002</strong>. Of course my machine helps a lot because it runs an <strong>Intel Core 2 Duo</strong> processor and has <strong>2Gb RAM</strong>. The <strong>Virtual PC 2007</strong> runs well but it causes some erratic mouse moves and some small locks. Unsatisfied with that I then go to the Google and find out a great tip about how to improve <strong>Virtual PC 2007</strong> performance adding a new parameter to its (<a href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeff.lynch/archive/2006/11/28/VPC-2007-Beta_3A00_-Centrino-915-Chipset-Issues.aspx">XML configuration file</a>). After changed this it runs fast and without any erractic mouse moves. (Thanks to <strong><em>Jeff Lynch</em></strong>)<br /><br />Regarding to <strong>AutoCAD 2007</strong> and Windows Vista at the beginning I was unable to run it. As I'm new to Vista I have found a command when you right click on the application "<strong>Run as Administrator</strong>". This did the trick and now I'm able to open AutoCAD but I'm still unable to <strong>Debug</strong> or <strong>Attach to Process</strong> on Vista. This is not the proper solution once Autodesk already told us about some issues related with Vista and will release soon a Service Pack to <strong>AutoCAD 2007</strong> and <strong>LT 2007</strong>:<br /><br /><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2007/02/autocad_and_aut.html">AutoCAD 2007 and LT 2007</a><br /><br /><strong>AutoCAD 2008</strong>: It will be released soon and some good information about its integration with Windows Vista can be found here:<br /><br /><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2007/03/autocad_2008_wi.html">AutoCAD 2008</a><br /><br />(Thanks to <strong><em>Shaan Hurley</em></strong>)<br /><br />That's it for now.<br />Cheers!Fernando Malardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852061806995998594noreply@blogger.com