Windows 7: Way to run win7 ultimate virtually under win xp pro sp3

i would like to know the best/safest way to run win 7 ultimate virtually under win xp pro sp3

Using VMware Player or Virtual Box would be the best ways. I would give the nod to VMware Player VMware Player: Run Windows 7, Chrome OS - Free Download for a Virtual PC.

Yep. Those be my favorites!

Why are you planning on running Windows 7 in the VM? You can convert your existing xp install to a vm, and run it inside of Windows 7.

Hi there
remember that so long as the Virtualisation feature is enabled in your BIOS you CAN run a 64 bit version of Windows 7 as a guest virtual machine on Win XP.

The only drawback here is that the HOST machine can't see more than 4GB RAM (it's a 32 bit HOST OS) so your guest OS will have to have a smaller amount of RAM.

Most people forget this but there is NO PROBLEM in testing 64 bit OS'es on a Host 32 bit system so long as the Virtualisation feature is enabled in the BIOS -- this is pretty standard now in most modern computers.

Cheers
jimbo

I'm running my windows 7 on winxp sp3 with vmplayer, no problems at all. aero enabled and all !