XP Mode on Home Premium 64-Bit?

[Kabuto]

So I need XP Mode and Virtual PC on Home Premium 64-Bit, which isn't compatible with any of those two. I know on Microsoft's website you could lie about the version of 7 you use (saying you use Ultimate/Premium instead of Home Premium) but when Microsoft.com was overhauled it had it where the download could detect your version of Windows 7 and I get unusable files instead of the programs. I need an answer ASAP

 

[derekimo]

Virtual PC is compatible with Home Premium, XP Mode is not though.

Since that is against the EULA we cannot help you with that.

 

[Kabuto]

I see. I am using VirtualBox and the XP VHD that Modern.IE offers me is an EXE file, could you explain to me what the exe file does when I open it?

 

[derekimo]

The XP Mode is what's against the EULA,

Supported Operating System
Windows 7
Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, or Windows 7 Enterprise.

Virtual PC installs as an update. XP Mode installs as a program,

could you explain to me what the exe file does when I open it?

Windows XP Mode provides a 32-bit virtual Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3) environment. This download includes a virtual hard disk (.vhd file) with Windows XP SP3 preinstalled.

Download Windows XP Mode from Official Microsoft Download Center

 

[logicearth]

In order to use XP Mode on Home Premium, you need to have your own licensed copy of Windows XP.

 

[strollin]

Technically, you cannot use XP Mode on Win 7 Home Premium. However, if you have your own copy of XP, you can use VirtualBox, VMWarePlayer, Windows Virtual PC, etc... to setup a virtual machine running XP and closely mimic XP Mode on a Home Premium machine.

 

[Kari]

I see. I am using VirtualBox and the XP VHD that Modern.IE offers me is an EXE file, could you explain to me what the exe file does when I open it?

Download both parts for your chosen virtualization platform, Part1.exe and Part2.rar to same folder.

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Run Part1.exe to extract and install the virtual machine.

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Open your virtualization program, create a new virtual machine using the extracted vhd as an existing vhd.

That's it. Here the XP - IE6 which I just downloaded and installed on Hyper-V:

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Kari