Windows 7: Do I need seperate anti virus for XP mode?

ranjan2001 · 04 May 2009

XP mode say no anti virus but the win 7 is having the AV, do I need separate installation on XP?

Same for the graphic card
My XP mode is running on 16bit resolution do I install separate graphic card drivers if so then should I install x64 version of XP or 32 bit?

MY Windows 7 is x64 & so is the virtual machine but not sure about the XP is running in 32 bit or x64bit?

Dragonfly · 04 May 2009

You'll need to install a separate AV for your virtualized XP running in Windows 7. Heard that on Paul Thurott's podcast this week.

Will let someone else handle your graphics driver question.

DaRonRon · 04 May 2009

a little off topic, but how much space does xp mode use on ur hdd?? Oh and if i uninstall it will i regain my space? This is important because i only have 25 gig left on my partition...

ranjan2001 · 04 May 2009

Quote:

This is important because i only have 25 gig left on my partition...

It depends how many software do you later need to install on XP mode, uninstalling will claim your space for sure.

Windows Virtual PC requires a computer with 2 GB of DRAM and 20 GB of free storage space for the creation of a virtual hard disk if the disk space is less then it would work but would be slow I guess. The XP Mode drop-in consumes 2 GB on its own, plus another 15 GB for virtual storage.

This link should help
Windows XP Mode - Install and Setup

DaRonRon · 05 May 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by ranjan2001

It depends how many software do you later need to install on XP mode, uninstalling will claim your space for sure.

Windows Virtual PC requires a computer with 2 GB of DRAM and 20 GB of free storage space for the creation of a virtual hard disk if the disk space is less then it would work but would be slow I guess. The XP Mode drop-in consumes 2 GB on its own, plus another 15 GB for virtual storage.

This link should help
Windows XP Mode - Install and Setup

thanks for the link mate, but im a little confused. Does it use up 20 gigs when u install it, or only when u run it so that when u close it u regain ur space?

LePoilu · 05 May 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by ranjan2001

XP mode say no anti virus but the win 7 is having the AV, do I need separate installation on XP?

Yes you should
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Quote: Originally Posted by ranjan2001

Same for the graphic card
My XP mode is running on 16bit resolution do I install separate graphic card drivers if so then should I install x64 version of XP or 32 bit?

MY Windows 7 is x64 & so is the virtual machine but not sure about the XP is running in 32 bit or x64bit?

Of course it's a 32bit XP that run on the VM of the XP mode.
But XP mode should allready have the good driver for the VGA card of the VM, it's different to the card you have on your computer (I think it's a SIS or something like that).

cortez · 10 May 2009

i found that if you Disable Integration Features, you can use the 32-bit color for the display. Enabling Integration Features limits you to 16-bit color.

ranjan2001 · 10 May 2009

I would like to know where in windows7 you Disable Integration services?
Or is it XP mode you have to do it?

cortez · 10 May 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by ranjan2001

I would like to know where in windows7 you Disable Integration services?
Or is it XP mode you have to do it?

once Windows Virtual XP is loaded make sure you're not viewing full screen and then from the Tools Menu, select Enable/Disable Integration Features..

ranjan2001 · 10 May 2009

OK done that, it now run in 32bit mode when I changed it in the settings but strangely I cant install the nvidia driver it gives me this error with nvidia XP driver version 180.50.

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