How do you run Windows 7 in XP MODE?

Answer 1

Windows XP Mode comes part of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate. To use Windows XP Mode, you need to download and install Windows XP Mode, which is a fully licensed version of Windows XP with Service Pack 3. You also need to download and install Windows Virtual PC, which is the program that runs virtual operating systems on your computer.

When you install a program in Windows XP Mode, the program becomes available for use in both Windows XP Mode and Windows 7

To download and install Windows XP Mode

1. Go to the Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC website, and then click Get Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC now.

2. Under Select your edition of Windows 7 and desired language for installation in step 2, click the Select system drop-down list, and then click the edition of Windows 7 you're currently running.

3. Click the Select language drop-down list, and then click the language you want to use.

4. Under Download and install Windows XP Mode, click Windows XP Mode.

• To find out which edition of Windows 7 you're running, click the Start button, right-click Computer, and then click Properties. The edition of Windows 7 you're running is listed under Windows edition (and 32-bit and 64-bit information appears under System, next to System type).

5. Click Open to install the program immediately; or click Save to save the installation file to your computer, double-click the file, and then click Run. We recommend clicking Save and keeping the file on your computer in case you ever need to reinstall Windows XP Mode.

6. In the Welcome to Setup for Windows XP Mode dialog box, click Next.

7. Choose the location for the virtual hard disk file that Windows XP Mode uses, or accept the default location, and then click Next.

8. On the Setup Completed screen, click Finish.

A step-by-step instructions on how to download and install Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 can be found at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7#section_3

After you've installed XP Mode, the video at http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/details/b39ae680-5e17-4efe-bbac-e0901113e42bexplains how to install your older applications.

Answer 2

If you own Windows 7 professional, you can install a virtual copy of Windows XP which you can download from windows updates.

If you don't have a copy of the professional version you can download VMware's or SUN micro's free virtual machine and install a copy of XP on to that and run it within windows 7.

Answer 3

It is not possibel to install Windows XP in a PC with Windows 7 without damaging the Windows 7 boot information.

Since XP is older operating System it cannot recognise 7 and destroys the Master Boot Record created by 7.

However,you can install windows 7 in a PC with XP and can simultaneously have both XP and 7.

Windows 7 automatically recognises XP and allows you to install in a different partition and while booting it presents with a menu from which you can choose XP or 7.

Answer 4

You don't. "XP mode" is a utility within Windows 7 that runs programs that won't run natively in a virtual machine. It is not a mode that Windows 7 runs in itself or that you switch between.