Friday 12 April 2013

Using Hyper-V on Windows 8 Pro to launch Win XP designed for Windows 7 XPM


Description:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7


Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8002



Here's how,
1) Using 7zip open archive "WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe"
2) continue Open Archive as "sources/xpm"
3) Retrieve "VirtualXPVHD" file to your designated folder
4) Rename "VirtualXPVHD" to "VirtualXPVHD.vhd"
5) Using Hyper-V and set as shown below


6) Ta-Dah, you are running XP on Windows 8!!!


7) Setup network,
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprovirt/thread/5018bfae-09da-4b59-8345-842b496ef778/

8) reset timer
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprovirt/thread/5018bfae-09da-4b59-8345-842b496ef778/