Windows Xp VM on Windows 7

[zod96]

I know that Windows 7 comes with if you download it, a VM to run windows XP. I've never done that before. Will it run everything? I mean I have issues in windows 7 and punkbuster while playing games. If I use Xp VM in windows 7 will that get rid of the problem?

Curious...

 

[yinan]

No, as far as I know Microsoft's virtual machines do not have the ability to do directx. I also do not believe that 7 comes with a "VM" that runs Windows XP. I have never seen it. There should not be any general software incompatibility between 7 and XP but from what I hear punkbuster doesnt work because its "definitions" arent updated to support 7.

Yinan

 

[Griffinhart]

It isn't meant for games, so you will probably not have much luck there. It is essentially creating a full virtual XP Machine (your CPU MUST support hardware virtualization or you can't use, and many processors do not support it) and then you interface it with a form of remote desktop. This is meant, primarily, as a way to allow businesses run older applications that would otherwise not run on Win7.

The good news is, Like Vista, Win7 should run the majority of your games. I've only come accross a handful that haven't worked for me and they were seriously older games.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Griffinhart
It isn't meant for games, so you will probably not have much luck there. It is essentially creating a full virtual XP Machine (your CPU MUST support hardware virtualization or you can't use, and many processors do not support it) and then you interface it with a form of remote desktop. This is meant, primarily, as a way to allow businesses run older applications that would otherwise not run on Win7.

The good news is, Like Vista, Win7 should run the majority of your games. I've only come accross a handful that haven't worked for me and they were seriously older games.

Almost correct, but I believe that the XP virtualization will be fully integrated into the W7 desktop, so you can seamlessly transition between XP apps and Windows 7 apps.

 

[Griffinhart]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Griffinhart
It isn't meant for games, so you will probably not have much luck there. It is essentially creating a full virtual XP Machine (your CPU MUST support hardware virtualization or you can't use, and many processors do not support it) and then you interface it with a form of remote desktop. This is meant, primarily, as a way to allow businesses run older applications that would otherwise not run on Win7.

The good news is, Like Vista, Win7 should run the majority of your games. I've only come accross a handful that haven't worked for me and they were seriously older games.

Almost correct, but I believe that the XP virtualization will be fully integrated into the W7 desktop, so you can seamlessly transition between XP apps and Windows 7 apps.

Sort of. There is a publishing service as a part of the installation. When you install an app on the XP virtual machine, it puts an icon in the win7 startup menu. It then launches the XP app using Remote Desktops "remote application" feature to have them work as a native application. To install applications under XP Mode, you do so as you would any virtual machine. Attach a DVD/CD drive or ISO file to the VM and install the app. They are certainly integrated with Win7 in that you can run them as windows apps, but not very tightly.

I've been testing it for a few days now. It works pretty well, though it's definitely not perfect.