Windows 7 with Aero possible?

[Pinocheckio]

Few days ago I tried the new windows 7 (build 7000) on workstation version 6.5.1.It works great, only thing I miss is aero...

I see the latest workstation supports DX 9.0c now so is it possible to enable Aero on it?

My host OS is XP so enabling it trough remote control or something like that is not possible.

I thought there was a workaround for vista in the past, so maybe also for the beta 1 of windows 7?

[TomHowarth]

Areo on Workstation is still not posible as you need SSM3 and the Virtual Hardware only supports SSM2 at the moment

If you found this or any other answer useful please consider the use of the Helpful or correct buttons to award points

Tom Howarth

VMware Communities User Moderator

Blog: www.planetvm.net

[Pinocheckio]

Thanks!

Any idea when this will be supported?

[TomHowarth · Accepted solution]

I would not expect until the next major release of Workstation or maybe Fusion, the hosted products tend to get the newest features and then they are put in the Enterprise level hardware once the kinks have been ironed out

Remember it does require a lot of work in the Virtual hardware drivers to get new features working.

If you found this or any other answer useful please consider the use of the Helpful or correct buttons to award points

Tom Howarth

VMware Communities User Moderator

Blog: www.planetvm.net