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Life is like a box of chocolates...    Registered Member #14 Joined: Sat Dec 20 2003Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2646 | And still want to play your older games? Make sure you get Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL or ULTIMATE instead of the home versions. It costs a little more but you can download (from Microsoft) a package called VIRTUAL XP MODE that runs in the background. If you have the HOME versions, you can with a bit of computer know-how set your machine up to run in a dual mode, but you need to reboot your computer to switch between Windows 7 and XP. With the PRO or ULTIMATE versions you can create a VIRTUAL mode where you still run in Windows 7, but can have an XP mode running simultaneously to let you run older programs. Of course there may be other issues involving your hardware, but at least you're half way there. I've not done it myself for games, but we do this at work in order to run some older programs we have. | ||
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| PLAzmA |
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  Registered Member #2421 Joined: Sat Aug 01 2009Posts: 28 | Alternatively if you have Vista/Windows7/Windows8 you can use vmware player on any version (assuming you have an xp licence and ISO/CD/DVD to install from or using below alternative method, eg: Its free of course :) If you dont have an XP CD or what ever you can extract the key / image from windows xp mode download using: 1. Download Windows XP mode from the microsoft site 2. Using WinRAR, extract the exe file 3. rename xpm. to xpm.rar 4. extract the file with VHD in the name and the file named KEY 5. Rename key to a txt file so you can get the key Then import the VHD into vmware and follow the below modification to your newly created vm so it can activate. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2014936 Ignore step 2 (it assumes you have it installed), instead you must manually point it at your extracted file. Alternatively if you dont like vmware you can do the same with virtual box using VMLite: http://www.sevenforums.com/virtualization/56399-vmlite-xp-mode-plugin-virtualbox-released.html Downloads at: http://www.vmlite.com/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=folder&Itemid=153 [ Edited Fri Mar 21 2014 ] | ||
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| *HmS*Cardinal |
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I am root. If you see me laughing, you‘d better have a backup! Registered Member #1489 Joined: Sat Nov 11 2006Location: Münster (Westphalia), Germany Posts: 1216 | Please make sure, that You own a valid license key of Windows XP before You set up a Virtual Machine with XP. The license key from the XP-mode download is only valid in combination with a Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate key. Everything else is illegal and therefore should not be promoted on this forum! | ||
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