Sunday, December 9, 2012

How to Run Windows XP in Windows 8

How to Run Windows XP in Windows 8

He discovered that within the free WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe file, there’s a VirtualXPVHD file containing the Windows XP virtual machine, which you can open in VirtualBox. Here are the steps to get this working:

In VirtualBox, open the VirtualXPVHD virtual machine, and voila! You’ve got Windows XP Mode (running Windows XP Professional) in Windows 8, no need for the XP license.

This might also be possible with Windows 8?s built-in virtual machine manager, Hyper-V, but that’s only available in Windows 8 Pro.


Source : blancer[dot]com

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