Thread: Windows 7 "XP Mode" Available for Download

Originally Posted by piit

I'm surprised nobody mentioned it here yet - Virtual PC packages to support XP Mode in Windows 7 have leaked along with Virtual Windows XP VHD packages - see Virtual Windows XP Mode (XPM or VXP) for Windows 7 x86 and x64 VHD Package Installer Download » My Digital Life

I've already installed it and it seems to be working fine apart from the Shared Networking (NAT) - the virtual network adapter is not connected to the network.

Good post thanks Going to add to your rep straight after writing this

So, did anyone tried it? Does punkbuster works with that?

Thank Piit, I've been waiting for this to be released Have some points to add to your reputation.

Does anybody who has the official release have the hash numbers??

Here are the hash numbers for the one which I downloaded (the download contains both the XP-64 and XP-32 versions:-

Be a little careful.

AVG scans on all the files revealed nothing, but a scan with Spybot - Search and Destroy revealed the EBlaster virus in the Evaluation Guide PDF file during the heuristics scan. This could be a false positive though, especially as nothing was shown for the normal malware scan.

Anybody managed to get this running in a 64-bit environment??

When I get to around 99.5% of the installation it fails and asks me to try again. Tried 4 times to date - including removing it via the control panel and also uninstalling the KB update.

Originally Posted by carol_s

Anybody managed to get this running in a 64-bit environment??

When I get to around 99.5% of the installation it fails and asks me to try again. Tried 4 times to date - including removing it via the control panel and also uninstalling the KB update.

That's strange... I installed it successfully on Win 7 RC 7100 x64. I was thinking an error in your download, but the hashes of your files match mine...
As I said before, the only thing that I can't get working is the Shared Networking (NAT) - in this mode, the virtual network adapter shows "Cable unplugged". When I switch the VM networking to wireless adapter, all is well. Not very handy though.

Thanks for coming back and confirming it works Piit - there must be something installed on my system that it doesn't like.

I will try once more and if it fails again I'll download the official RC and the official Virtual PC beta on Wednesday and do a format new install and then make it the first thing I put on the system.