Last week I wrote about my dissatisfaction with Microsoft’s approach to Virtual Windows XP Mode for Windows 7. Now, after a week of poking, prodding, and tweaking the beta version, I’m convinced that ...

Microsoft Corp. will unveil an add-on to Windows 7 that lets users run applications designed for Windows XP in a virtual machine, the company confirmed Friday — the first time Microsoft has relied on ...

Windows XP Mode, one of the most hyped features of Windows 7, was designed to integrate XP with Windows 7 so that you can run XP applications from directly inside Windows 7. Microsoft has touted the ...

Microsoft's Scott Woodgate offers up a few more details around the once hush-hush virtualization project within Windows 7 now known as XP Mode As we discussed earlier this week, Microsoft is going to ...

Microsoft unveiled XP Mode last April, positioning it as a way for small businesses to run legacy XP applications from within Windows 7. But XP Mode, a virtual Windows XP SP3 environment running under ...

After Sophos recently voiced its concerns about XP Mode (which it said can leave Windows even more vulnerable to attacks) Joseph raised a few questions of his own: While I can see why in some ...

When Windows 10 went out of support last month, roughly ten years after release, many were confused about whether to upgrade or keep running their existing iteration. Experts who recommended upgrading ...

Not all XP applications work in Vista, or in Windows 7, either. Again, the Compatibility Centers can tell you what works, what doesn't, and where you can download the necessary patches. Windows XP ...