Can I put iTunes in Windows 7 XP Mode and sync an iPhone from within it?

"Yes you can. (I do this with an Ipod Touch, not Iphone)

However, I last tried this in the Beta, and since RC, I use VMWare Workstation.

The only problem I had was the pass through of USB wasn't flawless - each time I plugged in the Ipod, it detected 4 new unknown devices on the host and it was annoying, but when I launched Itunes, it did find the Ipod and work fine... I am hoping that this was a beta issue.

As for contact sync (I tried contact and calendar), I haven't found a good way, I messed around for a while but just thought in the end the best way was to install Outlook inside the virtual machine and simply export from host and import in to VM.

... (Not helpful, but in addition, I can 100% guarantee that it works with VMWare Workstation.)"

"Installing iTunes in win 7 XP Mode is a perfect way to protect your base system from the Apple bloat of iTunes and Quicktime. You can decide when plugging your iPhone into the PC is either a battery charging or picture transfer opportuntity, without messing with iTunes.

You decide when to bring iTunes into play for synching and updating by starting XP Mode and select USB attach iPhone. It works!"

Spent some time setting this up recently on Windows 7 with XPM. It works like a charm. No tweaks or special set up, it just works. Start the VPC, logically attach the USB connection and away you go. My music is stored on a network drive so its a tad slow at importing music, but I can live with that.