Windows XP Mode - Install and Setup

z3r010 · 03 May 2009

swarfega said:

re #5, the dot is properly known as a radiobox

We know that, but 99% of the public would be confused.

darkassain · 03 May 2009

i thought it was a radiobutton...

yah z3 is right most wouldnt know what it means...:)

Wiisper · 03 May 2009

Okay, after some searching i found a download but the installer stops at step 5 with the error "the file could not be written" followed by the "hard disk could not attached to the virtual machine. Please check the values provided and try again.". When i press okay it ask i get a wizard to create a new virtual hard drive but that isn't working either

, any ideas?

,Wiisper

copernicus · 03 May 2009

Okay I'm a bit confused here.

I'm on a 64 bit machine, the xp program I want to run is 32 bit.

Is this what I need to download/install:

Windows 7 (64bit) > Virtual Machine 64 bit > Windows XP Mode (32 bit) > 32 bit program inside of the VM.

?

z3r010 · 03 May 2009

Yes

copernicus · 03 May 2009

Well, I just intalled the XP mode without first installing the Virtual PC(since I can't find it). It installed, but I have no Idea how to change it's settings since it needs to be shut down first, but once you shut down there's nowhere to change the settings...because I don't have virtual PC installed. lol

Brink · 03 May 2009

Hello Copernicus,

This tutorial below will show you how to change the settings, but you will need to have Windows Virtual PC (step 1) installed first though. :)

Windows Virtual PC - Change Virtual Machine Settings

copernicus · 03 May 2009

Yea, figured, I've used virtual pc before(earlier versions). I installed this to run a program, which turns out runs fine through windows 7, I was just installing it wrong.

I'm so awesome. ha.

Brink · 03 May 2009

LOL. Well, I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out though. :)

Night Hawk · 03 May 2009

If you look back on the thread here you'll see how I partitioned the two drives(ix64bit,1x32bit) seeing a recovery partition of just over 100gb there. The latest Virtual pc to be available in two days. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir...c/default.aspx

That will a plus for the 64bit 7 more then the 32bit here however. With XP out of the equation just a few XP programs that will install and run on the 32bit 7 won't run once installed on the 64bit. For those not being able to get things going with the older programs on 7 at all that along with the XP mode will make life a bit easier in general.