Smiley's Blog - Latest Comments in Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

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Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

Texas Gun Laws — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:45:46 -0000

Windows 7 is Microsoft's latest and greatest OS ever.

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rug cleaning cincinnati — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:51:00 -0000

Windows 7 features a new twist: XP Mode, which lets you run your Windows XP apps without compatibility issues.

Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

custom paper — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:04:23 -0000

WHY??? just tell me - shy you need it?? this mode in SEVEN.....unuseless! 7 is much better than XP, IMAO

Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

energy nutrition — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:01:13 -0000

Windows XP Mode runs many older Windows XP productivity programs and that are not natively compatible with Windows 7, thus helping realize cost savings and reduce possible operational downtime by extending the life of existing software.

Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

green smoke electronic — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:08:20 -0000

Windows XP Mode (XPM) is a virtual machine package for Windows Virtual PC containing a pre-installed.

Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

pionoe — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:20:35 -0000

Thanks you for information.

Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

edsmiley — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:27:44 -0000

Hey Tim,

Thanks for the comment. I think the difference between this and boot camp is that Boot Camp boots Windows XP itself and does not run within an operating system. However, I guess you have the same type of thing when you run VMware fusion on your mac, you still need to patch the machine.

However, what I can see from this is that it will always be running in the background. From the Within Windows link it says "XPM does not require you to run the virtual environment as a separate Windows desktop. Instead, as you install applications inside the virtual XP environment, they are published to the host (Windows 7) OS as well. (With shortcuts placed in the Start Menu.)" So this might be an out of sight, out of mind type of mentality. Will the virtual XP be annoying and yell patch me! patch me! like a regular installation?

Thanks Tim for the intriguing comment,
Ed

Re: Windows 7 and XP Mode (XPM)

Bugbear — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:06:24 -0000

It is a very good point and is something I've been questioning about Mac Boot Camp for a while (this sounds like the equivalent to me).

At the Enterprise level I would just lean towards turning the functionality off. But I wonder if one decides to try and leverage it in an Enterprise environment what sort of havoc it would cause on existing patch management systems that track hosts by MAC, Domain Name, Agent (duplicate records for each OS?) etc...

Tim