Designed for Small and Medium Businesses   Windows XP Mode was designed for the small and medium business user who doesn’t have a lot of resources to spend on IT or on revamping important software. Windows XP Mode extends the lifecycle of many older Windows XP applications to continue providing business value. Once you install these applications directly in your Windows XP Mode environment, they will be published to your Windows 7 desktop. With just one click, the business user can run many Windows XP applications from a Windows 7 desktop just as if it were a Windows 7 application. There’s no need to re-train the user, or to re-learn the application.

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New Windows Virtual PC Features

Here are some of the exciting new Windows Virtual PC features that make it easy
to use, and to run many of your older Windows XP applications from your Windows 7
desktop:

• Seamless Applications—publish and launch applications installed on
  Windows XP Mode directly from the Windows 7 desktop, as if they were installed
  on the Windows 7 host itself.
• Folder Integration between host and guest—access your Windows 7 Known
  Folders, such as My Documents, Pictures, Desktop, Music, Video, from inside the
  Windows XP Mode environment.
• Clipboard Sharing—cut and paste between your Windows 7 host and any
  virtual machine.
• Printer Redirection—print directly to your attached printer from your seamless
  application or virtual machine.
• USB Support—users can access USB devices attached to the host directly from
  Windows XP Mode. These devices include Printers and Scanners, Flash Memory/
  Sticks and External Hard Drives, Digital Cameras, and more.

Windows 7 System Requirements

• 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher Driver

Windows XP Mode with Windows Virtual PC Requirements

• Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 7 Enterprise
• Additional 1GB of RAM
• Additional 15GB of available disk space
• Processor capable of hardware virtualization with AMD-V or Intel VT turned on

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Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC

Download Microsoft Windows XP Mode