But before you plunge into Windows 7, it’s critical to determine how all of your organization’s important applications will work with the new operating system. Even though most contemporary programs ...

Microsoft Tuesday released software that uses virtualization to allow people to run applications in Windows 7 as if they are running in XP, making it easier for applications written for older versions ...

Microsoft Corp. will unveil an add-on to Windows 7 that lets users run applications designed for Windows XP in a virtual machine, the company confirmed Friday — the first time Microsoft has relied on ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...

Windows XP Mode, one of the most hyped features of Windows 7, was designed to integrate XP with Windows 7 so that you can run XP applications from directly inside Windows 7. Microsoft has touted the ...

Last week I wrote about my dissatisfaction with Microsoft’s approach to Virtual Windows XP Mode for Windows 7. Now, after a week of poking, prodding, and tweaking the beta version, I’m convinced that ...

In Windows 7, Microsoft will give customers the ability to run older applications from within a virtual Windows XP environment running under Windows Virtual PC, a move that solution providers are ...

With the release of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions, Microsoft is including a little gift called XP Mode. XP Mode is a virtual machine running Windows XP. I call it a gift since to ...

Q: I recently bought a computer with Windows 7 on it, but I have several applications that will run best from Windows XP. I hear I need to use the Windows 7 feature called XP Mode. How do I use this?

I have a Windows 7 x64 machine that is on a network not connected to the internet. All of the machines we currently have on the Internet are Windows Vista. I have been trying to find a way to download ...

Microsoft's Scott Woodgate offers up a few more details around the once hush-hush virtualization project within Windows 7 now known as XP Mode As we discussed earlier this week, Microsoft is going to ...

Windows 7’s XP Mode will let businesses run legacy apps as through they were on an XP machine — if you have the right hardware. Preston Gralla installed XP Mode and reports on how it went. Windows XP ...