XP Mode for Windows 7 Attains Release Candidate Status
Posted 08/05/09 at 04:04:23 AM by Pulkit Chandna
Windows 7’s XP Mode has attained RC status. The RC build of Windows XP Mode is available as a download on the Microsoft Windows website. Windows XP Mode is designed to work in concert with Windows Virtual PC (formerly Microsoft Virtual PC) “to help ease the migration process to Windows 7 by providing additional compatibility for their older productivity applications.”
Windows XP Mode ensures that applications designed for XP run seamlessly on Windows 7. Although legacy Windows XP apps run from within a virtualized environment, they can be accessed in exactly the same fashion as native Windows 7 apps.
Windows 7 users will have to ensure that their CPU supports Intel Virtualization Technology or AMD-V for Windows XP Mode to work. It is also important to check whether hardware virtualization, if supported by the CPU, is turned on or not. If this feature is disabled, it will have to be enabled in the BIOS settings.

Works better than compatibility mode
Submitted by arch-chancellor on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 1:18pm
Maybe this version will work better. Currently Cyberlink DVD won't let me play a dvd through XP Mode. I like to pause and step forward to examine mistakes made in movies. Cyberlink has this function where Media Player doesn't. However Cyberlink runs very buggy on Vista and WIN 7.
I would not
Submitted by MeTo on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 6:08am
I would not waste the money for virtual xp if you are going to move to Win 7. Me i have Vista 32 home premium and will stick with it.
Depending on what version
Submitted by Caboose on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 6:41am
Depending on what version of Win7 you get, you don't necessairly have to pay for it.
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From what
Submitted by MeTo on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 8:54am
From what i have read you have to atleast buy pro (cost more) to use Virtule xp. I have no need for PRO and if a program won't run on win 7 home premium i would'nt use it. Me myself i will not buy win 7 unless i get a new computer in a couple years.
Wah, my Core 2 T5500 doesn't
Submitted by lunchbox73 on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 6:00am
Wah, my Core 2 T5500 doesn't support it. :(
I'd like to know how well
Submitted by tehR0XX0Rz on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 5:13am
I'd like to know how well this works--if the speed of the underlying hardware is evident or if this feature is crippled at best. Is it worth paying a that extra premium for an Ultimate edition?
When I was using it, I
Submitted by Caboose on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 6:40am
When I was using it, I noticed that there was a fair bit of lag. And no, I wasn't gaming. Even with dedicating a core and 2GB of RAM to it to see if that'd make a difference, it didn't...
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its virtualization, there is
Submitted by comptech08 on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 7:57am
its virtualization, there is going to be lag.
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