Thursday, September 8, 2011

Running Netmeeting on Windows 7 box

Hi Everyone,

As you may have noticed that Windows-7 doesn't allow netmeeting.  But many users (like me) wanted netmeeting badly.  Follow below steps to make netmeeting work.

- Download and install Windows Virtual PC (approx 29 MB) and  Windows XP Mode (approx 470 MB) from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

- Install Windows Virtual PC

- Install Windows XP mode

- Launch Windows XP mode

- Login to it

- Run netmeeting as usual

- if you want to share your desktop (only screens of virtual pc not windows 7) then follow below steps
  • Close NetMeeting
  • Select "Disable integration Features" from the "Tools" menu
  • Launch NetMeeting again 
- Enjoy

Note:  There is one catch here.  You cannot share the desktop of your Windows-7, only desktop of your virtual PC will be shown. 

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