Re: Windows 7 support

2010-04-20 Thread Andy Kurth
Hello, The 2.1 release does not include support for Windows 7. 2.2 will include support for Windows 7. The code has been written and is in the repository but it has not been tested thoroughly. I wouldn't upgrade your backend code to the latest in the repository because it isn't stable and

Re: Windows 7 support

2010-01-27 Thread Creech, David
At ECU, we are about to attempt the same thing. We are going to use the standard directions for image creation found here: http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Windows+Base+Image However, after speaking with the VCL developers at NCSU, the following was stated: You may see

RE: Windows 7 support

2010-01-27 Thread Waldron, Michael H
I successfully built a vmware-based Windows 7 base image by doing the following: Inserted the following entry in the OS table: +++--+-+-+---+--+ | id | name | prettyname | type| installtype | sourcepath|

Re: Windows 7 support

2010-01-27 Thread Andy Kurth
I experimented with Windows 7 a few months ago and configured it to use the Vista module as Mike did. This was a bare metal image. It worked pretty well. UAC should be disabled for any Vista, 2008, or 7 base images. I also recall having to perform the extra Cygwin steps Mike mentioned for

RE: Windows 7 support

2010-01-27 Thread Waldron, Michael H
Office: 919-962-9778 -Original Message- From: Andy Kurth [mailto:andy_ku...@ncsu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:06 PM To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Windows 7 support I experimented with Windows 7 a few months ago and configured it to use the Vista module