XP Mode ?

[Mir96TA]

I have Win7 Pro 64bit.
I have installed XP Mode but it is no where to find in start menu.
I have removed and re install and it is still not there in all programs
What should I do ?

 

[Rhonda the Sly]

Look in C:\Users\UserName\My Virtual Machines\ for the vcd file, I guess.

 

[choli00090]

Besides XP mode, did you also install Virtual PC afterwards?

 

[Mir96TA]

Yea I did

 

[MStele]

XP mode is really a bad name because it implies that it is an independent program. Virtual PC has been around awhile and all XP mode is is a Microsoft supplied license/copy of XP that is used with VPC. To get to XP mode, assuming you have installed both downloads per the site instructions, you need to start Virtual PC, then select to preconfigured XP install within it.

Note: You can still use Virtual PC as if you installed it without XP. Its a good way to use Win98 if you have some really old software you want to try out, or if you want to experiment with linux. There is absolutely no 3D support in Virtual PC yet, in case you were thinking of using it with games.

 

[corkyg]

XP Mode is simply the ability to install a virtual machine (VM) under Win 7. You can only do that with Professional and Ultimate. Further, your CPU must support hardware VM'ing.

VM

 

[MStele]

Originally posted by: corkyg
XP Mode is simply the ability to install a virtual machine (VM) under Win 7. You can only do that with Professional and Ultimate. Further, your CPU must support hardware VM'ing.

VM

Win 7 Pro and Ultimate are only required to get the free XP license. Any Win 7 PC can install Virtual PC with XP, but you have to provide your own license of XP.