Anyone use XP mode in 7?

[NdMk2o1o]

Just installed it, must say even for noobs this would be a walk in the park. Easy to set up and took maybe 20mins in total including download time.

I downloaded it today as I wanted to install Nokia Ovi Player as I recently upgraded my phone and got £20 free and it doenst work in Windows 7.

Installed without a hitch in XP mode and am happily typing away in my XP VM have yet to try and run the app in 7 seamlessly will try at some point tonight.

Sound, USB devices and drives all mapped fine, plays HD video through youtube too though dont expect to play any games there is no DX support and am stuck on 16bit colour.

Overall though very impressed and am having a good time just tinkering

 

[ktr]

Yea, I use it for my Canon Scanner, which doesn't have Windows 7 drivers. It alone saved me $100 bucks.

 

[John Phoenix]

Just installed it, must say even for noobs this would be a walk in the park. Easy to set up and took maybe 20mins in total including download time.

I downloaded it today as I wanted to install Nokia Ovi Player as I recently upgraded my phone and got £20 free and it doenst work in Windows 7.

Installed without a hitch in XP mode and am happily typing away in my XP VM have yet to try and run the app in 7 seamlessly will try at some point tonight.

Sound, USB devices and drives all mapped fine, plays HD video through youtube too though dont expect to play any games there is no DX support and am stuck on 16bit colour.

Overall though very impressed and am having a good time just tinkering

You think your impressed with that.. just try the XP Mode using VMLite instead of running it through Microsoft's "Virtual PC" software. Its the only Virtual machine that gives you full XP Mode integration with Windows 7, just like Virtual PC but has many more features.

A comparison from their web site.

"These are the main pros and cons of VMLite.

Pros:

(1) Runs faster. No RDP/RemoteApp is getting in the way.

(2) no requirement for VT-x or AMD-V

(3) supports more virtual disk formats

(4) vpc has a disk capacity limit of 127G, while VMLite has a limit of 2TB. 127G is way too small to run virtual machines converted from a physical computer.

(5) supports 64-bit guests, vpc only works with 32-bit guest OSes.

(6) supports multiple virtual CPUs, whereas vpc only works with a single vcpu.

(7) better and faster graphics. VMLite supports 32-bit true colors, and supports 3D/2D acceleration from version 3.1.2. VPC seems to have only 16-bit colors, and no support for 3D/2D. For example, if you play Google Earth in vpc, it will be very slow. Another example, you won't be able to play SecondLife in VPC, whereas VMLite 3.1.2 has no problems in playing SecondLife.

(8) VMLite file sharing is much faster than vpc, since we don't use tcp/ip to transfer files, instead we forward kernel level IRPs between host and vm, and between VMs.

Cons:

(1) VMLite does not support USB devices at the moment, while VPC/XP Mode has strong supports for USB devices. (We are working on it, takes quite some time, though)

(2) VPC/XP Mode does better job to integrate individual virtual apps, with taskbar integration. We are implementing this feature on VMLite too.

In summary, after we implement USB and single application mode, VMLite will be superior to VPC in every aspect. "

From: http://www.vmlite.com/index.php/forums/9-vmlite-xp-mode/163-vmlite-vs-virtual-pc

Get it here: http://www.vmlite.com/ You have to register for free before you can download download the program.

I have tried both myself and I love VMLite. It just beats MS Virtual PC hands down. It seems this is another case where MS could have made much better software but for whatever reason did not.

 

[hat]

I havn't used it. I don't even have the ability to use it... need 7 pro or better. I havn't found a situation where I could use it, however.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Sound, USB devices and drives all mapped fine, plays HD video through youtube too though dont expect to play any games there is no DX support and am stuck on 16bit colour.

Exactly why I am disappointed with it.

I wanted to finally be able to play Beyond Good & Evil on my computer but, no can do.

 

[newtekie1]

Virtual PC and XP Mode are two different things.

XP Mode is an extension of Virtual PC, that removes all the borders and crap, and makes it look like apps running in the Virtual PC are really running natively under Win7.

Everyone with Windows 7(and Vista and XP) can run Virtual PC, but only those with Win7 Pro or higher can run XP Mode. IMO, XP mode for any experienced user is useless, as they can just use Virtual PC. However, even better, is VMWare Player. I had been using Virual PC since the XP days, before Vista even was released to the public, but now I've found VMWare is so much nicer, DX9 support esspecially.

Also, Microsoft has released a patch that eliminated the requirement for hardware Virtualization support.