Microsoft Releases Patch to Remove Hardware Virtualization Requirement to Run Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode in Windows 7

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Recently Microsoft announced that "Windows XP Mode" for Windows 7 will get an update which will allow a system to run Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode even if it doesn't have Hardware-Assisted Virtualization (HAV) technology.

Actually if your system doesn't have HAV technology and you try to run XP Mode or Virtual PC, you get an error message similar to following one:

Now a patch KB977206 is available for Windows 7 systems which will remove this prerequisite and the system would be able to run Windows XP Mode and Virtual PC.

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Jye Loong

Hello !
I have an error on applying this patch, it give me an error saying " The update is not applicable to your computer" what should i do?
I'm using Windows 7 Professional OEM.
Alex

Thank you so much the info, Having trouble with my XP mode since I have got this -now I believe its gonna solve the problem

Thank You

VG
EGA

@jye loong: install virtual pc and win XP mode first then intall this update
EGA

should I install antivirus for XPM
Rohan

thx VG 4 sharing this.............
VG

@EGA
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Vibhanshu

Hello vishal
could u please give us a link to download this update on other server because i m nt running genuine windows and it asks for genuine so i can not download it
SCBright

@Vibhanshu
I think you should not ask for this kind of link here :)

Vishal, thanks for the tip.
kleiti

only genuine can do this so go and ask somewhere else
Explorer983

I also had an error on applying this patch, saying " The update is not applicable to your computer"

on my win 7 pC. But luckily i manged to get rid of this problem after a little R&D and got the xp

mode working on my win 7PC (without HAV.).

Firstly i installed the virtual pc setup update (KB958559) and then after i installed the

patch (KB977206) from MS and after every thing was done i hv installed the XP mode update.

Now i can run WIN XP virtually on my WIN 7 PC without any issues.