Have you tried logging on to the XP Mode VM with explicit credentials rather
than xpmuser?  I use it for my admin account while running as a regular user
on the host.  I haven't messed with this in so long, but I think it's under
Settings | Logon Credentials.  I also don't use the published apps.  I logon
to the desktop.

I should mention that my XP Mode VM is a domain member.  I keep the few that
we have in a special OU so I can patch them with WSUS, yada, yada, yada.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM, John Hornbuckle <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Totally not NT-related, but maybe someone can answer.
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> We’re using the Windows XP Mode feature on a Windows 7 machine to run an
> app that doesn’t play nice with Win7. It mostly works, but with one problem:
> The app behaves differently depending on who we’re logged into the host
> computer as.
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> I’m sure I’m totally misunderstanding how XP Mode works, but I don’t get
> how this is possible. I wouldn’t think it would matter who you were logged
> into the HOST machine as—only who you were logged into the GUEST machine as.
> And the way it looks to me is that there’s a special account on the guest
> machine (“xpmuser”) that’s used by everyone who accesses the VM, regardless
> of what they’re logged into the host machine as. So theoretically, no matter
> who’s logged into the host, they should see the exact same thing in the
> guest. But not so.
>
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>
> Why for?
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> John Hornbuckle
>
> MIS Department
>
> Taylor County School District
>
> www.taylor.k12.fl.us
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