Win XP mode in Win 8

[area 66]

Call me a noob if you want,

I never call you noob, I said the guy who tell you ( or write somewhere) that was impossible was a noob , because you said that you read someplace it was impossible. As for make it work the most simple way is to use 2 nics , 1 for the VM and 1 for the Host. Hyper-V virtual network is so more simple to configure than any OS hosted solution , VMware is very much more confusing.

 

[area 66]

But I dont recommend Hyper-V as an alternative of XP Mode. It's more usefull for servers and it was clearly designed for servers..

I always recommend Vmware Workstation , but it's $ 200, a little bit expensive to run only XP, but if someone want to go in serious VM stuff. I agree that Hyper-v is best on server, that what I do.

this is my VM lab as it was last year, I add 4 new servers ( will take a pic one day ) The supermicro is use a SAN

 

[DarkMart]

For those who are interested, there is VMWare Player that is free. It support DirectX, OpenGL... You can create et use your VM with this software.

 

[DarkMart]

I tried VMWare Workstation 9 on Windows 8 and the sound of my virtual machine (Win XP) is strange, scratchy, distorted...

 

[area 66]

Darkmart, can you start a new tread , this is off topic to the OP

 

[deziking]

Hey guys, i'm trying to also install windows xp on my windows 8 but in virtual it ask me to format my current drive, is there a tutorial I can use? I really need xp for work related. If anyone can help please. Thanks.



EDIT: Got it working though virtual box sweet.

 

[jimbo45]

In this technet thread, in the posting with the date/time of Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:36 PM , so it's been there a long time, there is a well known registry entry to activate XP - it works in virtual machines and on full hardware installations if performed during the initial grace period.

So I guess it is a while since Microsoft cared about the XP license either.

wait a minute, this was not working if you install Windows XP on a pC, this was working only with the VM version and only on servers not on Windows 7 PC

Hi there
If you have a PHYSICAL computer running XP you can by using free utilities CREATE A VIRTUAL MACHINE from the REAL OS (known as P2V or Physical to Virtual).

This is a fairly simple process since the "Virtual Hardware" is much simpler than the "Real Hardware".

Your only problem is that if your XP was an OEM install it might not activate.

If it was a RETAIL install just tell ms by ACTIVATING BY PHONE that you've moved the XP to a new machine --don't mention Virtual machine-- and say you HAVE to have it because you need to run older legacy hardware and applications.

That IMO is the easiest method rather than installing from scratch -- the P2V machine will also include your applications as well.

You can do this for W7 / W8 as well if you need to create Virtual machines for these OS'es too.

Note if you use VBOX you MUST install vm additions orif using VMware install vmtools -- these utilities improve graphic, sound , usb and various other drivers.

Cheers
jimbo