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Microsoft Releases XP Mode to Manufacturers
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Written by Patrick Laughner on Thursday, October 01, 2009

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October 1, 2009, Microsoft has released it’s final version of XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtualization application that can be used on Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. The technology allows legacy applications that ran on Windows XP to run in a virtualized environment. General public availability will be October 22nd, same day as the Windows 7 Launch, via the Microsoft website. This technology is aimed mostly at small to medium businesses.

Differences with XP mode and Microsoft Virtual Machine are as follows:

  • Integration with XP Mode
  • USB Support
  • Seamless application publishing and launching
  • Support for multi-threads
  • Clipboard sharing
  • Printer redirection
  • Smart card redirection
  • Drive Sharing
  • Integration with Windows Explorer
  • Known folder integration between host and guest
  • Support for higher resolution
  • Requires AMD-V or Intel-VT CPU features

Then the final best reason to use XP Mode instead of another virtualization client, is because you don’t need a product key for the XP virtual machine.

Source: ZDNet

Last Updated on on Thursday, October 01, 2009
 

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