XP Mode.. AnY BENEFIT at all?!


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1. You can change the VM memory size.

You have to SHUTDOWN the Virtual Machine first.

Start the Virtual Windows XP. On the top menu bar click CTRL-ALT-DELETE to send the command to the workstation and select shutdown.

2. XP mode is for businesses.

Forget about games, use the real deal in dual-boot if that's what you want to do.

Businesses won't upgrade their current XP workstations with Windows 7 that would make no sense, they will buy new machines which meet the requirements of Windows 7 AND XP mode if they require it.

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XP Mode works with a couple of our programs that won't run on Win 7, however, it doesn't work for EVERY business app that doesn't run in Win 7.

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I'm trying to load the scanner driver in winXP mode but I can't seem to find which unknown device is it. and why do u have to manually start the USB devices from the top menu inside winxp mode how do u toggle it on and off that lil thing on top? There must be a hot key when i hide it, i can't seem to reenable it unless i minimize and reopen it in full screen. what is the hot key to toggle, when i hide it? Thanks.

And one more thing, when I start WinXPmode, it says windows integration features have been disabled. Why does it do that? And how do I make it so integration features are loaded? Is that related to me having to enable the USB devices manually on the top menu? So confused. Please help thanks.

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Well, now that I'm using 64 bit Windows 7 RC, I've found XPM very useful.

Really old (I'm taking 90's) games sometimes used a 16 bit installer, which doesn't work on 64 bit. So I've tried using XPM. It's a bit slow, but it works well. So there's a use if you don't wanna dual boot.

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stupid question but I have a program I installed in XP mode, I take it the only way to access this program is loading up the VM every time I need it? Is there a way to access it directly through win7?

never mind figured it out :)

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