Set up Windows 8 Client Hyper-V to run Windows XP

by Greg Shultz | October 11, 2012, 11:26am PDT | Image 13 of 13

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The Windows XP desktop in a virtual machine in Windows 8

Once the installation is complete, you'll see the Windows XP desktop in a virtual machine in Windows 8, as shown.

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Have you had a chance to experiment with Windows 8 Client Hyper-V yet? Will you install Windows XP in a Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows 8? As always, if you have comments or information to share about this topic, please take a moment to drop by the TechRepublic Community Forums and let us hear from you.

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Can you bring a Win 7 VHD

dave@... 12th Oct

running under Win 7 and Windows VPC into this environment? Or can you do some sort of conversion? I have a stable virtualized Win 7 environment that I don't want to recreate if possible.

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A caveat for the average user will be the XP license

Realvdude 12th Oct

Unless you have an old MSDN subscription, I think that full retail would be the only valid license. What do you think?

An interesting question would be what happens upgrading Win7 with XP Mode installed? Also, what would be the licensing implications of using the XP Mode VM in Win8, if it is possible?

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XP drivers needed for dual windows mode

croc__7@... 12th Oct

Running Windows 7 With XP 3 sounds good, an running Windows 8 with XP 3 sounds even better... however Windows XP's interface needs better improvement to utilize the benefits of higher ram. XP will still try to default to the 2G Ram limitation. I have found the use of 2 separate HDD's with the different Windows installations do most of the job; but the ability to actually use XP programming together with later versions of Windows I have found to still be in the future.

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