Thread: windows 7 and XP/sp3

It's not exactly a patch, but it is do-able; I had my system set up that way. (Until I boobooed. )

THPC: Triple-Boot Windows 7, XP and 98/Me on your Windows 7 computer

Thanks Skew, all I have got to do now is get the misses to give authorisation to work her new laptop.

Originally Posted by jow104

Thanks Skew, all I have got to do now is get the misses to give authorisation to work her new laptop.

Yep, it is a rule that you always want to test things in an environment that won't cause grief it it crashes and burns. The lady's laptop must have been an obvious test site.

Windows 7 on a boot drive will aloow you to run XP and 98 SE on separate hard drives, eg usb hard drives like i have done here, tho the hassles involved are many. Assorted software will have to be installed to run the windows environments as some software wont run all all versions of windows. In short it isnt worth the worry unless you have a great need to do so. I use XP professional and on my main hard drive WIndows ultimate, tho i use xp to run a telescope and windows 7 for general work. The files needed to run my telescope just cant be found as yet but i am working on it

Hope this helps

Peter
Happy wood worker

You don't need to do any of that.

Windows 7 has a feature that allows you to natively run an XP OS within the Windows 7 environment using Microsoft's VM.

This is really useful if, for example, you have a scanner that only has XP drivers. (Which is what I have).

You don't need to be a licenced XP user to use this feature, as it is part of the Windows 7 feature set, although you do have to download it separately.

I second the virtual machine set up - it's a good way to run old programs or test dodgy software.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

I dont think I can run it on windows 7 homed edition, I think it has got to be one of the higher versions to obtain that facility.

In that case, it's open source to the rescue...

Downloads - VirtualBox

Thanks for link, I've also got the VM system as well, will have to bite the bullet and do something.