You need Virtual PC to run XP Mode. Microsoft decided to launch the new feature as a way to convince reluctant small and mediu m-sized businesses to give up XP for Windows 7. Some businesses run ...

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my laptop at work. The laptop is a Dell 1525 with 4GB of memory.<BR><BR>I installed the latest Virtual PC (RC). I checked on the intel site and my CPU (T8300 ...

that runs under Windows Virtual PC. XP-mode enables you to run Windows XP from within Windows 7. You can add USB devices and seamlessly access the drives on the host Windows 7 system. Most ...

Windows Virtual PC is a downloadable add-on to Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise that allows you to run a Windows XP environments from within Windows 7.

And, fortunately, the installation procedure is the same for Virtual PC whether you’re licensed for XP Mode or not. [ For complete coverage on Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system ...

So, how much overhead and resources will running Virtual PC 7 and a Windows XP guest OS take up? Don’t get me wrong here, I’m actually a fan of what Microsoft is doing. I think XP Mode is a ...

Windows Virtual Desktop can also be used for Windows 7 applications. Extended support for Windows 7 ends in January, but users can legacy applications using Windows Virtual Desktop to virtualize ...

Last May, a few months before Windows 7 was released to manufacturing, I looked at the then-current crop of CPUs available for business PC buyers and identified a potential sticking point: Some of ...

Windows 7 gets an extension on life With the upcoming End of Life/End of Support for Windows 7 coming in January 2020, Microsoft is recommending users upgrade to Windows 10. To push this ...

Windows Virtual PC is the latest Microsoft virtualization technology designed for Windows 7 and is the updated version of Windows Virtual PC 2007 (used to create a virtual environment in earlier ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...