Anyone tried building a virtual XP installation on a Windows 7 system? I have an old piece of software that absolutely will not run in 7's compatibility mode, so I thought I'd build a virtual XP. For my next trick, I want to use this virtual XP on multiple hardware platforms, and I suspect this part will not be possible because of driver requirement differences. I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried virtualizing XP on Windows 7, and which virtual environment manager (VMWare, etc.) they prefer, and of course, why.
Hi, You should be fine using Vmware. The only time that virtualization struggles in my experience is when you're doing anything CPU / GPU intensive or if your program is doing anything at a very low level. I ran a XP VM under 7 for a month or so last year in an effort to cut down the amount of XP systems that were needed. Performance was next to perfect but the program I needed to run didn't play overly nicely; one of my gigs involves firmware modification on hard drives & anything newer than XP is very strict about exactly what drivers are allowed to do from what ring. Ultimately I had to preserve one physical XP machine but it's not connected to the LAN so I don't really see it as much of a problem. Cheers, Ben. On 11/27/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Anyone tried building a virtual XP installation on a Windows 7 system? I have an old piece of software that absolutely will not run in 7's compatibility mode, so I thought I'd build a virtual XP. For my next trick, I want to use this virtual XP on multiple hardware platforms, and I suspect this part will not be possible because of driver requirement differences. I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried virtualizing XP on Windows 7, and which virtual environment manager (VMWare, etc.) they prefer, and of course, why.
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Hi, You should be fine using Vmware. The only time that virtualization struggles in my experience is when you're doing anything CPU / GPU intensive or if your program is doing anything at a very low level. I ran a XP VM under 7 for a month or so last year in an effort to cut down the amount of XP systems that were needed. Performance was next to perfect but the program I needed to run didn't play overly nicely; one of my gigs involves firmware modification on hard drives & anything newer than XP is very strict about exactly what drivers are allowed to do from what ring. Ultimately I had to preserve one physical XP machine but it's not connected to the LAN so I don't really see it as much of a problem. Cheers, Ben. On 11/27/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Anyone tried building a virtual XP installation on a Windows 7 system? I have an old piece of software that absolutely will not run in 7's compatibility mode, so I thought I'd build a virtual XP. For my next trick, I want to use this virtual XP on multiple hardware platforms, and I suspect this part will not be possible because of driver requirement differences. I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried virtualizing XP on Windows 7, and which virtual environment manager (VMWare, etc.) they prefer, and of course, why.
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Before I stick my head in the lion's mouth, is it theoretically possible to set up a virtual XP on one machine and then take it to another one of different manufacture? e.g., I'll build it on an HP 8100, but I want to run it on a Dell system. I expect there will be driver conflicts, yes? I'm thinking this is a bad idea, but I'm sort-of committed to trying it. On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:23:11 +0000, you wrote:
Hi,
You should be fine using Vmware. The only time that virtualization struggles in my experience is when you're doing anything CPU / GPU intensive or if your program is doing anything at a very low level. I ran a XP VM under 7 for a month or so last year in an effort to cut down the amount of XP systems that were needed. Performance was next to perfect but the program I needed to run didn't play overly nicely; one of my gigs involves firmware modification on hard drives & anything newer than XP is very strict about exactly what drivers are allowed to do from what ring. Ultimately I had to preserve one physical XP machine but it's not connected to the LAN so I don't really see it as much of a problem.
Cheers, Ben.
On 11/27/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Anyone tried building a virtual XP installation on a Windows 7 system? I have an old piece of software that absolutely will not run in 7's compatibility mode, so I thought I'd build a virtual XP. For my next trick, I want to use this virtual XP on multiple hardware platforms, and I suspect this part will not be possible because of driver requirement differences. I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried virtualizing XP on Windows 7, and which virtual environment manager (VMWare, etc.) they prefer, and of course, why.
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Hi, Should be fine; the virtualization layer prevents these sort of problems. Cheers, Ben. On 11/29/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Before I stick my head in the lion's mouth, is it theoretically possible to set up a virtual XP on one machine and then take it to another one of different manufacture? e.g., I'll build it on an HP 8100, but I want to run it on a Dell system. I expect there will be driver conflicts, yes? I'm thinking this is a bad idea, but I'm sort-of committed to trying it.
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:23:11 +0000, you wrote:
Hi,
You should be fine using Vmware. The only time that virtualization struggles in my experience is when you're doing anything CPU / GPU intensive or if your program is doing anything at a very low level. I ran a XP VM under 7 for a month or so last year in an effort to cut down the amount of XP systems that were needed. Performance was next to perfect but the program I needed to run didn't play overly nicely; one of my gigs involves firmware modification on hard drives & anything newer than XP is very strict about exactly what drivers are allowed to do from what ring. Ultimately I had to preserve one physical XP machine but it's not connected to the LAN so I don't really see it as much of a problem.
Cheers, Ben.
On 11/27/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Anyone tried building a virtual XP installation on a Windows 7 system? I have an old piece of software that absolutely will not run in 7's compatibility mode, so I thought I'd build a virtual XP. For my next trick, I want to use this virtual XP on multiple hardware platforms, and I suspect this part will not be possible because of driver requirement differences. I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried virtualizing XP on Windows 7, and which virtual environment manager (VMWare, etc.) they prefer, and of course, why.
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Will let you know how well this pans out in about a week. I'm just getting started on it probably tomorrow. On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:12:54 +0000, you wrote:
Hi,
Should be fine; the virtualization layer prevents these sort of problems.
Cheers, Ben.
On 11/29/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Before I stick my head in the lion's mouth, is it theoretically possible to set up a virtual XP on one machine and then take it to another one of different manufacture? e.g., I'll build it on an HP 8100, but I want to run it on a Dell system. I expect there will be driver conflicts, yes? I'm thinking this is a bad idea, but I'm sort-of committed to trying it.
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:23:11 +0000, you wrote:
Hi,
You should be fine using Vmware. The only time that virtualization struggles in my experience is when you're doing anything CPU / GPU intensive or if your program is doing anything at a very low level. I ran a XP VM under 7 for a month or so last year in an effort to cut down the amount of XP systems that were needed. Performance was next to perfect but the program I needed to run didn't play overly nicely; one of my gigs involves firmware modification on hard drives & anything newer than XP is very strict about exactly what drivers are allowed to do from what ring. Ultimately I had to preserve one physical XP machine but it's not connected to the LAN so I don't really see it as much of a problem.
Cheers, Ben.
On 11/27/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Anyone tried building a virtual XP installation on a Windows 7 system? I have an old piece of software that absolutely will not run in 7's compatibility mode, so I thought I'd build a virtual XP. For my next trick, I want to use this virtual XP on multiple hardware platforms, and I suspect this part will not be possible because of driver requirement differences. I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried virtualizing XP on Windows 7, and which virtual environment manager (VMWare, etc.) they prefer, and of course, why.
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Hi, Should be fine; the virtualization layer prevents these sort of problems. Cheers, Ben. On 11/29/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Before I stick my head in the lion's mouth, is it theoretically possible to set up a virtual XP on one machine and then take it to another one of different manufacture? e.g., I'll build it on an HP 8100, but I want to run it on a Dell system. I expect there will be driver conflicts, yes? I'm thinking this is a bad idea, but I'm sort-of committed to trying it.
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:23:11 +0000, you wrote:
Hi,
You should be fine using Vmware. The only time that virtualization struggles in my experience is when you're doing anything CPU / GPU intensive or if your program is doing anything at a very low level. I ran a XP VM under 7 for a month or so last year in an effort to cut down the amount of XP systems that were needed. Performance was next to perfect but the program I needed to run didn't play overly nicely; one of my gigs involves firmware modification on hard drives & anything newer than XP is very strict about exactly what drivers are allowed to do from what ring. Ultimately I had to preserve one physical XP machine but it's not connected to the LAN so I don't really see it as much of a problem.
Cheers, Ben.
On 11/27/14, Steve Matzura <sm@noisynotes.com> wrote:
Anyone tried building a virtual XP installation on a Windows 7 system? I have an old piece of software that absolutely will not run in 7's compatibility mode, so I thought I'd build a virtual XP. For my next trick, I want to use this virtual XP on multiple hardware platforms, and I suspect this part will not be possible because of driver requirement differences. I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried virtualizing XP on Windows 7, and which virtual environment manager (VMWare, etc.) they prefer, and of course, why.
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