tentimes Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Just wondering. I suspect not, but if it did it would be fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda X Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Just wondering. I suspect not, but if it did it would be fantastic. It's just a virtual machine. Not a time machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcghost Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 It's just a virtual machine. Not a time machine. LOL...so harsh a comment....but yet so true :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 legacy hardware as in stuff like the game port? afaik its not supported under vista anymore, perhaps someone has managed to get it to work anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevember Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Allows me to use my old color laser that only got XP 32 bit driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted May 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted May 19, 2009 It will support some legacy peripherals, like USB printers and scanners that may not have drivers for Vista/7, but you can't put a SoundBlaster 16 in it and expect for it to work. It does not have direct hardware access like the host OS (Windows 7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregrocker Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 It will support some legacy peripherals, like USB printers and scanners that may not have drivers for Vista/7, but you can't put a SoundBlaster 16 in it and expect for it to work. It does not have direct hardware access like the host OS (Windows 7) Got older Soundblaster working in Win7 on an old Gateway pc by using XP driver in compatibility mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentimes Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 It's the scanner I'm thinking of - if it does that I will be exytremely happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midge Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 it alows old USB hardware to work i have a scanner that never got Vista+ drivers, opened up xpmode and it installed the drivers and worked fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Things like printers and scanners indeed do work with XP Mode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkose Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 The only things a virtualised OS can truly see are USB peripherals and the CPU. Everything else is handled through virtualised generic devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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