{"id":1063,"date":"2011-03-30T15:55:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T19:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2011-03-30T15:55:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T19:55:40","slug":"running-windows-xp-on-windows-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/running-windows-xp-on-windows-7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Windows XP on Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’re running Windows 7 \u00a0Home Premium, this tip is for you. One of the best new features in Windows 7 is called XP Mode. But you \t\t\tcan only use it on Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate. \t\t\tToo bad. Most users will have Windows 7 Home Premium. But we’re \t\t\tgoing to show you how you can create a virtual Windows XP mode on \t\t\tyour Windows 7 Home Premium computer. And another good thing, you \t\t\tcan even run Windows XP on Windows 7 if your processor doesn’t \t\t\tsupport virtualization – and many lower-end computers do not.<\/p>\n

What you’ll need:<\/p>\n

1. Free copy of VMware Player (requires free registration)
\n2. A Windows XP Disk (If you use an XP upgrade disk you’ll also need \t\t\ta Windows 2000 or Windows 98 CD too)
\n3. About 90 minutes of time
\n4. A little patience<\/p>\n

First, download and \t\t\tinstall VMware Player from this page<\/a>. It is a free download, but \t\t\trequires you to register (free). Registration is a bit of overkill; it will take you \t\t\tsome time to fill out. After you fill out the \t\t\tform, the download link and registration will be sent to you via \t\t\temail – so make sure you use a real email address :-). If you’re a \t\t\tdial-up user, keep in mind the download is around 100MB – you should know \t\t\tthat it will take you quite a long time to download a file that \t\t\tsize. Note: If you see any prompts asking you about installing \t\t\tdrivers; just go ahead and approve them. When you’ve finished \t\t\tinstalling VMware Player, you will need to restart your computer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After you’ve installed VMware Player, and you’re computer is \t\t\trebooted, open VMware and insert your XP disk in your CD\/DVD drive.<\/p>\n

Now click “Create a new virtual machine” (the very top selection). \t\t\tVMware automatically detects your Windows XP CD, and says it will \t\t\tinstall it with “Easy install”. Easy means easy, you can install \t\t\tWindows XP in 5 or 6 clicks. Just follow the prompts. At one point \t\t\tyou’ll need to enter your Windows XP key. If you’re using a Windows \t\t\tXP upgrade disk, make sure you have a Windows 98 or Windows 2000 \t\t\tdisk handy – you’ll have to “prove” that you are eligible to use the \t\t\tWindows XP upgrade disk. If you’re using the full retail version of \t\t\tXP you won’t have to worry about digging out a copy of Windows 98 or \t\t\tWindows 2000.<\/p>\n

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VMware Player will ask you how large you want your virtual hard \t\t\tdrive to be (default is 40GB); you can choose a different size if \t\t\tyou choose. Keep in mind that the whole 40GB allocated will not be \t\t\tused – Windows XP only uses up about 1.5GB of space – still Windows \t\t\tneeds room to run – and every time you use Windows XP you’ll be \t\t\tadding files to it. We’d recommend you use the defaults – both the \t\t\tlocation of the installation and the disk size allocation.<\/p>\n

After you’ve followed all the prompts, you’ll be given a chance to \t\t\treview your choices. If you’re satisfied with them, click “Finish” \t\t\tand the installation of Windows XP will begin. From here on, you \t\t\tdon’t have to do anything until Windows XP is installed. So sit back \t\t\tand relax – VMware Player will take it from here.<\/p>\n

Once Windows XP is fully installed to the virtual drive, VMware \t\t\tPlayer will automatically launch the VMware Tools installer to \t\t\tintegrate your virtual XP with your Windows 7 computer. You may have \t\t\tto download or update the tools, so if you see the yellow banner at \t\t\tthe bottom of your window, click Update Tools or Install Tools \t\t\tdepending on your particular environment.<\/p>\n

The big advantage of the default XP Mode in Windows 7 is that the XP \t\t\tprograms are fully integrated with their Windows 7 counterparts. You \t\t\tcan run them seamlessly programs already installed on Windows 7 – \t\t\tyou can copy between Windows 7 and Windows XP. You can move files \t\t\tbetween them and even use the same folders.<\/p>\n

You can access any program or file in XP mode through the dedicated \t\t\tXP Mode Start Menu – you can see it by hovering over your Windows 7 \t\t\tStart button, a new button called \u201cWindows XP Mode\u201d will above it. \t\t\tClick there to access the full start menu from XP Mode right inside \t\t\tof Windows 7.<\/p>\n

A few more things:<\/p>\n

In its default setting, VMware Player will show virtualized windows \t\t\twith a border and the VMware logo on their edge. If you want to \t\t\tremove this logo, click VM in the VMware player window, then \t\t\tsettings. Click on the Options tab and choose Unity on the left. \t\t\tUncheck the boxes that say \u201cShow borders\u201d and \u201cShow badges.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can even use USB flash drives and external hard drives in XP \t\t\tmode.<\/p>\n

By default, files created in XP in VMware Player will be saved to \t\t\tthe virtual machine. But you will find it more convenient if the \t\t\tfiles are saved directly to the Documents folder in Windows . To \t\t\tchange this setting, Click VM, then Settings, then click the Options \t\t\ttab, and choose Shared Folders (on the left). Click the radio button \t\t\tthat says \u201cAlways enabled\u201d, then be sure to check the box for \u201cMap \t\t\tas a network drive in Windows guests.\u201d<\/p>\n

When you first open Windows XP on \t\t\tWindows 7, it will be in a smaller window. To view it normal size, \t\t\tyou’ll need to adjust your screen resolution within the VM XP \t\t\tdesktop (not in Windows 7).<\/p>\n

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If you’re running Windows 7 \u00a0Home Premium, this tip is for you. One of the best new features in Windows 7 is called XP Mode. But you can only use it on Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate. Too bad. Most users will have Windows 7 Home Premium. But we’re going to show you how you can\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}