by theRobotGeek
16. January 2009 22:30
I got Windows 7 beta and decided to try loading it onto a virtual machine. I've been using VM Workstation which has been an excellent product for creating virtual machines for other operating systems. However, when I tried installing Windows 7 beta x86 into a VM, the install locked up and I couldn't get it to continue. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. Now that my laptop is back from repair at HP, I decided to load Win 7 onto my HP TouchSmart panel. Backed up the whole machine to my Win Home Server, wiped it clean and loaded Win 7 beta x64 directly onto the TouchSmart. It worked like a charm. No problems with the install. After the install, Win 7 booted right up and downloaded updates. I'm mostly interested in seeing what I can do with multi-touch support on the TouchSmart. I've got Visual Studio 2008 loading right now. I read online that it is possible to create multi-touch apps using .NET 3.5 sp1. It isn't the full support that will be in WPF 4.0. I will post my results as soon as I get something working.