"Windows XP Mode" is specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses to help ease the migration process to Windows 7 by providing additional compatibility for their older productivity applications. Users can run and launch Windows XP applications in Windows XP Mode directly from a Windows 7 desktop.
Recently final version of "Windows XP Mode" was released to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and today Microsoft has released it to public.
Its available for free and can be downloaded using following link:
Download Windows XP Mode RTM for Windows 7
NOTE: Windows XP Mode requires Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise. It also requires additional 1 GB of RAM, 15 GB of available disk space, and processor capable of hardware virtualization with AMD-V or Intel VT turned on in the BIOS.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Windows 7.
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soro bhamji
would be very grateful i could download this program for free.
vamsi subhash
vishal,
i am not able to install this on RC version of Windows 7. Please help.
VG
^^ You must have Windows 7 RTM to install XP Mode RTM.
nobody
using the opensource virtualbox is better than this as it doesn't need intel vt and other things like that , and no memory limits
Uewd
Can it support my system requirements?:
Intel Pentium @2.16 ghz
2gb ram
more than 20gb free space on drive C:
Uewd
What do you mean by "available for public" ?
VG
^^ Almost all MS software are given first to internal testers for testing and then made available for public.
Uewd
Do I have to activate windows xp after 30 day from using?
VG
^^ If you are talking about XP mode, its already activated. If you are talking about normal Windows XP, you'll need to activate with 30 days.
Uewd
What is the total size of windows xp mode?