How to Install Windows XP mode or Virtual Windows XP Step by Step Walkthrough

Windows 7 has a new feature called Virtual Windows XP mode, the main reason why Microsoft added this feature is to provide a option to run applications that run only in Windows XP under Windows 7 environment. In this post let us discuss the installation of Windows XP mode installation in Windows 7.

How to Install Virtual Windows XP or Enable Windows XP mode in Windows 7

To run Virtual Windows XP mode in your computer your CPU or processor should support hardware virtualization technology else you won’t be able to run Windows XP mode.

System Requirements for running Virtual Windows XP in Windows 7:

• Windows 7 Release candidate (RC)
• Minimum 1 GHz 32-bit / 64-bit processor or CPU required
• Memory (RAM) – Minimum 1.25 GB required, 2 GB RAM and above is recommended.
• Recommended 15 GB hard disk space per virtual Windows environment i.e. if you are going to install two virtual machines then you will need 30 GB of storage.

Now download the Virtual PC Beta and Virtual Windows XP mode Beta.

Installation of Virtual PC Beta

Now that you have downloaded both the files, first install the Virtual PC Beta by double clicking the setup file and follow the onscreen instructions.