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Old 07-01-2013, 09:07 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Windows XP VM under Win 7.

Note: the computer must have hardware that supports virtualization. Other than that, the setup will it'll take about an hour or so...

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7
I got the VM setup fairly easily.

However, unfortunately, due to certain technology that it does not have, it cannot run the older games. The controls are all wrong.

So, I might try this product from Oracle:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation

This allows one to install a true Windows XP operating system on the machine without the need (PIA) to reboot under the second operating system each time access to one of the 32 bit programs is required. Apparently it's a virtual machine that uses a true Windows XP operating system (or any other system for that matter).

Seems like a good solution???????
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