Windows XP Mode to be available for download

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  1. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Vista 32 Ultimate / Windows XP Pro SP3 / Windows 2008 Ent / Vmware VI3.5
       #30

    Ronaldo said:
    mine nc10 does not support heardware virtualisation...i guess i cant use XP mode
    I am surprised that virtualPC now needs hyperV to run. One way round it would be to see if you can get hold of the VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) and then run it with vmware server (free download) that might work. Failing that use vmware server and just create a XP virtual machine that way you can run USB devices as well.
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    windows 7
       #31

    my Home PC uses Opteron 175, its a server side cpu but that app says it does not support, which cpus support it do you know?
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  3. Posts : 2,899
    Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)
       #32

    joostan said:
    I am surprised that virtualPC now needs hyperV to run. One way round it would be to see if you can get hold of the VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) and then run it with vmware server (free download) that might work. Failing that use vmware server and just create a XP virtual machine that way you can run USB devices as well.
    hyper-v is a different thing....
    its a technology on Server 2008
    you need Intel-VT or AMD-V...

    Ronaldo said:
    my Home PC uses Opteron 175, its a server side cpu but that app says it does not support, which cpus support it do you know?

    your CPU does not have AMD-v support as shown here...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...E6.2C_90_nm.29
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Vista 32 Ultimate / Windows XP Pro SP3 / Windows 2008 Ent / Vmware VI3.5
       #33

    Ronaldo said:
    my Home PC uses Opteron 175, its a server side cpu but that app says it does not support, which cpus support it do you know?
    This might help.

    intel:
    Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors - Support information

    AMD:
    List of AMD Athlon 64 microprocessors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  5. Posts : 21
    windows 7
       #34

    thanks for the post, looks like most of the core2duo supports it
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  6. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Vista 32 Ultimate / Windows XP Pro SP3 / Windows 2008 Ent / Vmware VI3.5
       #35

    Ronaldo said:
    thanks for the post, looks like most of the core2duo supports it
    I know that on Server 2008 Hyper-V did not start correctly unless you had your regional settings set to US before you added the role. Once it was installed you could change it back. I'm not saying that this is the case for W7 but you never know with microsoft!
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    Windows 7 x64 / Same
       #36

    Virtual Box requires Intel-VT or AMD-V to run x64...just FYI, so I wouldn't be surprised if XP Mode did too...
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    Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)
       #37

    Win7User512 said:
    Virtual Box requires Intel-VT or AMD-V to run x64...just FYI, so I wouldn't be surprised if XP Mode did too...
    to run a 64 guests then yes...
    but this is x86 xp.....
    which means that this is a different situation..
    what i believe is that it is faster as more code is being run on the cpu and less code is need to be run to emulate the OS...

    Vbox Manual said:
    Enabling hardware virtualization is required only in two scenarios:
    • for certain rare guest operating systems like OS/2 that make use of very esoteric
    processor instructions that are not supported with our software virtualization
    and
    • if you want to run 64-bit guest operating systems (a feature added with
    VirtualBox 2.0), since most 64-bit CPUs ship with hardware virtualization anyway.
    The exceptions to this rule are e.g. older Intel Celeron and AMD Opteron
    CPUs.
    Last edited by darkassain; 30 Apr 2009 at 21:06.
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  9. Posts : 1,487
    Windows 7 x64 / Same
       #38

    darkassain said:
    to run a 64 guests then yes...
    but this is x86 xp.....
    which means that this is a different situation..
    what i believe is that it is faster as more code is being run on the cpu and less code is need to be run to emulate the OS...
    My mistake. I thought x64 guest was being discussed. Easy mistake to make.
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  10. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #39

    I guess its only 32-bit XP thats in XPM. I suppose thats the whole point of XPM, so its 1005% compatible with your old programs.

    btw can you make it use 32-bit colours instead of 16?
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