uncc
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Yes you need Windows 7 Pro (or Ultimate or Enterprise) to run the XP mode and it is a free download. Having the Windows 7 Pro version means you can run XP mode and won't need an XP license (thats part of having Windows 7 Pro). I've read that the XP Mode was not intended for games and most probably won't run them well or at all [after reading the article below I see that XP mode won't run hardware-accelerated 3D games, but can handle some older, 2D games]. The XP Mode was intended to run older business applications (i.e. Acrobat 6 Pro). I have Windows 7 Pro, but have not tried to run any games under XP Mode as yet. All the games I've run under Windows 7 run just fine. The oldest games I've tried so far are Links 2003 and Combat Flight Simulator 3. You can still run XP in other versions of Windows 7 if you go the Virtual PC route (i.e. VirtualPC (Microsoft), VirtualBox (SUN), etc) and you have XP discs and a valid XP license. There is also another requirement for XP mode: hardware support for virtualization. For Intel CPUs, that means the CPU must be VT-x capable, while AMD processors need to support AMD-V. You'll need to verify if your CPU supports virtualization. Hope that helps... p.s. you might also want to read this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/virtual-xp-virtualbox,2418-2.html
< Message edited by uncc -- 3/12/2010 7:13:32 PM >
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