Microsoft To Release Windows XP Mode For Windows 7 On April 30th

Posted April 29, 2009 – 10:38 am in: Windows 7

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The much hyped Windows XP mode for Windows 7 will be available to download on April 30th (tomorrow). Microsoft announced that the beta of Windows XP Mode will be made available on April 30 in its recent PressPass.

Windows XP Mode, an optional feature of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions, helps small businesses upgrade to Windows 7 by providing a virtual Windows XP environment capable of running many Windows XP-compatible business and productivity applications. With this you can now run your old XP applications on Windows 7 just like other applications.

Microsoft recommends that customers use Windows XP Mode on a PC with 2GB of memory and 15 GB of additional disk space for Windows XP Mode. In addition, Windows Virtual PC requires a PC with Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled in the CPU, as it takes advantage of the latest advancements in hardware virtualization.