With the release of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, Microsoft is including a little gift called XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtual machine running Windows XP. I call it a gift since to ...

Windows XP Mode is very much like an East London hooker: sure, they work really hard but they aren't very good to look at. Windows XP Mode does indeed work extremely well, but doesn't always look very ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...

Windows XP Mode, one of the most hyped features of Windows 7, was designed to integrate XP with Windows 7 so that you can run XP applications from directly inside Windows 7. Microsoft has touted the ...

But before you plunge into Windows 7, it’s critical to determine how all of your organization’s important applications will work with the new operating system. Even though most contemporary programs ...

Microsoft is publicly acknowledging a new XP virtualization technology it is readying for Windows 7 that two Windows experts first revealed late on April 24. On Friday, bloggers Paul Thurrott and ...

Microsoft's Scott Woodgate offers up a few more details around the once hush-hush virtualization project within Windows 7 now known as XP Mode As we discussed earlier this week, Microsoft is going to ...

An October surprise — that’s how many are interpreting Microsoft’s 11th-hour revelation that it will be providing a virtualized copy of Windows XP as a free compatibility add-on to Windows 7 ...

RonE asked the Windows forum why Windows 7’s XP Mode can’t see other computers on the network. It can access the Internet. Windows 7’s XP Mode, part of the Windows Virtual PC, allows you to run a ...

Windows XP Mode, one of the most hyped features of Windows 7, was designed to integrate XP with Windows 7 so that you can run XP applications from directly inside Windows 7. Microsoft has touted the ...

XP Mode is free for users of Windows 7 Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate. Users of 64-bit Vista, 64-bit Windows 7 Home versions and 64-bit Windows 8 may employ VMware, Virtual PC (free) or any other ...

Windows 7’s XP Mode will let businesses run legacy apps as through they were on an XP machine — if you have the right hardware. Preston Gralla installed XP Mode and reports on how it went. Windows XP ...