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WinXP Mode
Does Windows 8 Pro have a WinXP Mode available?
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WinXP Mode
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:04:58 -0900, "Bill Bradshaw"
wrote in article ications... Does Windows 8 Pro have a WinXP Mode available? Nope. You would have to use a virtual machine and install your own copy of XP. -- Zaphod "The best Bang since the Big One" - Eccentrica Gallumbits |
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WinXP Mode
Windows 7 feature (requires Win7 Pro or greater).
XP availability with Win8 on the same machine is limited to dual boot or virtual environment. -- ....winston msft mvp "Bill Bradshaw" wrote in message mmunications... Does Windows 8 Pro have a WinXP Mode available? -- Bill Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska. |
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WinXP Mode
Andrew Rossmann wrote:
In article , says... Windows 7 feature (requires Win7 Pro or greater). XP availability with Win8 on the same machine is limited to dual boot or virtual environment. "Bill Bradshaw" wrote in message mmunications... Does Windows 8 Pro have a WinXP Mode available? Isn't XP mode just a pre-packaged VM with XP? Essentially, yes (a modified version of Virtual PC), but it works with the host OS somewhat more closely than a "normal" vm. See he http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...indows_XP_Mode -- Alone they are two, but together they are one. |
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WinXP Mode
Bill Bradshaw wrote:
Does Windows 8 Pro have a WinXP Mode available? Microsoft's virtual machine engine replacement is Hyper-V. But it's got enough restrictions and gotchas, to make that a less desirable solution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-v...Windows_XP_VMs Then there's the issue, of whether the pre-packaged VM image that made WinXP Mode possible, would run in Hyper-V. For the option described here, to work, again, more gotchas. They propose running the WinXP Mode VM in VMWare. VMWare 3.x had an import option, but VMWare honors Microsoft licensing restrictions. If the host OS is not one intended to support WinXP Mode, then VMWare should not allow it to run. So that import option in VMWare, is not exactly free of restrictions. VMWare 4.x may have a slightly different procedure to do that as well. (Importation might be via a separate, standalone tool.) A person could waste an evening, farting around with that and getting nothing for the effort but calluses. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...c-913389b55109 If you take a regular WinXP OS install disc, a legit key for that OS, you can install WinXP in VirtualBox, which is free. That's another way to have WinXP running on a box, and VirtualBox has working USB passthru (so a USB scanner driver in WinXP, could see a USB scanner in hardware). So as of Windows 8, running your older OS is nothing but a PITA and a waste of your time. I tried running VPC2007 and Windows Virtual PC (which is effectively the W7 version of VPC2007), and Windows 8 is clever enough to stop their execution at runtime. So Microsoft will allow you to waste your time, setting up tools like that, and then use the new Windows 8 veto capability, to stop you. While Microsoft has a compatibility web page, where you might look up programs in advance, it isn't exactly that convenient. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windo...stRequested=14 Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Compatible Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Not Compatible Microsoft Windows Virtual PC Compatible (but I suspect the third one, is blocked at runtime) Hmmmm. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windo...stRequested=14 Oracle VM VirtualBox Version 4 Not Compatible I suspect the compatibility table is just about useless, and you'll have to test or do further research to find out what real users are finding. You don't need to have a copy of WinXP and license key in hand, to evaluate whether some free VM software will run or not. If you need something cheesy to install, you can always mount a Ubuntu ISO9660 image, and install that. That would at least prove the guest VM can run something. If it passes that test, and *some* guest VM runs, then you can invest extra time and effort, testing WinXP. Paul |
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WinXP Mode
Yes. XP Mode from MSFT is only provided or available with Windows 7 Pro or greater.
Additional info: http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/w...e-in-windows-7 Other routes. If you have Windows XP o/s on CD other virtual options are available than the XP Mode license/download method provided with Windows 7 Pro or greater. In either case the pc has to be capable of supporting a virtual environment. -- ....winston msft mvp "Andrew Rossmann" wrote in message ... In article , says... Windows 7 feature (requires Win7 Pro or greater). XP availability with Win8 on the same machine is limited to dual boot or virtual environment. -- ...winston msft mvp "Bill Bradshaw" wrote in message mmunications... Does Windows 8 Pro have a WinXP Mode available? Isn't XP mode just a pre-packaged VM with XP? -- If there is a no_junk in my address, please REMOVE it before replying! All junk mail senders will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!! http://home.comcast.net/~andyross |
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