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Moving Smoothly From XP To Windows 7 By Jay Dougherty November 4, 2009 7:02AM     Windows 7 does offer you the capability of running the Windows XP Mode add-in. XP Mode allows you to run a complete Windows XP system inside of Windows 7. That means, essentially, that you have two operating systems in one. So if you find that you have one or more older apps that require Windows XP, you can run them in XP Mode.   Related Topics Microsoft Windows 7 Windows XP Windows Vista Operating Systems Enterprise Software Upgrade Latest News Will Google Reveal Nexus One Phone? Mobile-Phone GSM Encryption Hacked Hackers Eye Adobe, Social Networks Nokia Escalates Apple Battle To ITC iPhones Add To Strain on U.K. Network If you're thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 from Windows XP, you're not alone. Legions of individuals and businesses either skipped the Windows Vista upgrade or, once they had tried it, decided to revert back to XP. Windows 7, though, is a different story. Given the almost universally favorable reviews it has received, many tried-and-true XP users are preparing to give Microsoft 's latest operating system a try. But Windows 7 is quite a bit different from XP, and that means a lot of upgraders have a lot of questions. Here are a few. Q: I have some ancient proprietary software that runs well in Internet Explorer 6 but not in 7 or 8. I'm running Internet Explorer 6 on my XP machine. Can I run Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 7? A: No. Internet Explorer 6 will not install on Windows 7. But Windows 7 does offer you the capability of running the Windows XP Mode add-in, available at (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx). XP Mode allows you to run a complete Windows XP system inside of Windows 7. That means, essentially, that you have two operating systems in one. So if you find that you have one or more older applications that simply require Windows XP, you can run them in XP Mode. XP Mode requires that you download and install two components: the Windows XP Mode installation program itself and Windows Virtual PC. You should install XP Mode first, followed by Virtual PC. Once both are installed, you'll need to restart your machine. After your machine is back up, open the Start menu, and navigate to All Programs -- Windows Virtual PC -- Windows XP Mode. Before XP Mode starts, you'll be asked some questions, similar to those you see during the installation of an operating system because, in fact, you will be installing a separate operating system: Windows XP. During the installation process, you'll see some instructions for accessing and using Windows XP Mode. It's not a bad idea actually to read those instructions, since they'll help to get you started with Windows XP Mode. The edition of XP that is installed with XP Mode is Professional, so you should not be lacking for features with XP Mode. Nice, too, is that XP Mode will automatically inherit all of your device drivers from the Windows 7 installation, so you should not have to go running around for drivers for your peripherals , as you typically must when installing XP from scratch. (continued...) 1  |  2  |  3  |  Next Page >   © 2009 Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) under contract with MarketWatch. All rights reserved.   Also Visit: Billions of Bytes | Top Tech Wire Advertisement  Enterprise I.T. 1.   Managing Enterprise Wireless Costs 2.   Budgets Lead CIO Headaches in 2009 3.   Nvidia May Delay Fermi Architecture 4.   Cloud Service Broker In Your Future? 5.   Chrome OS Greeted with Skepticism

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