Solved XP Mode April 2014

[Stephanie]

Hi

Does XP Mode have the same support deadline as Windows XP ?, any advice/info appreciated

 

[TwoCables]

No, it's a Virtual Machine. So really, you could get VMWare and create your own XP Mode if you really wanted to, but that's not necessary thanks to Microsoft creating it for us.

 

[Stephanie]

Thank you but I was wondering if XP Mode its self will be supported as XP will not after April 2014.

 

[TwoCables]

Yeah, it's just a virtual machine. It's not Windows XP. That's what I was trying to say. It's like, I dunno, it's hard to explain.

Maybe I'm not understanding XP Mode enough. Does it get Windows Updates that are specific to Windows XP?

 

[Stephanie]

OK thank you TwoCables

 

[z3r010]

Yeah, it's just a virtual machine. It's not Windows XP. That's what I was trying to say. It's like, I dunno, it's hard to explain.

No it is XP just in a VM so should suffer the same fate as a physical version.

 

[TwoCables]

You're welcome, but I'm still wondering: does Windows Update work in XP Mode? Do you get XP-specific updates?

 

[TwoCables]

Yeah, it's just a virtual machine. It's not Windows XP. That's what I was trying to say. It's like, I dunno, it's hard to explain.

No it is XP just in a VM so should suffer the same fate as a physical version.

That's why I'm asking about Windows Update.

 

[z3r010]

It's just a VM so should get updates in just the same way as a physical copy.

 

[TwoCables]

Ok, so then just to be clear for Stephanie's sake: this means that XP Mode has the same support deadline.

 

[z3r010]

Yes.

 

[Stephanie]

Yeah, it's just a virtual machine. It's not Windows XP. That's what I was trying to say. It's like, I dunno, it's hard to explain.

No it is XP just in a VM so should suffer the same fate as a physical version.

Thank you z3r010 that's what I wanted to know

 

[Gary]

Could Vista be install in that VM?

 

[TwoCables]

It's a preset VM, so you can just use VMWare to set up any kind of a virtual machine that you want.

 

[Kari]

Hi

Does XP Mode have the same support deadline as Windows XP ?, any advice/info appreciated

Windows XP Mode is simply a fully working Windows XP Professional SP3 virtual machine running on Microsoft Virtual PC and as such it works, behaves and is supported exactly as any computer (physical or virtual) running Windows XP Professional SP3.

Could Vista be install in that VM?

A Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine running any type of Windows XP (Home, MCE or Professional, self installed from own install media or pre-made XP Mode) can be in-place upgraded to Windows Vista, or upgraded normally by replacing the OS completely saving existing user data to a Windows.old folder. Vista can also be clean installed to a Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine using any valid install media.

Kari