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 ...

Nevertheless, if you're curious and nostalgic, experimenting with XP on a virtual machine is worth the effort. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to run it directly on my modern laptop, but it will ...

Of course there's bound to be legacy applications that won't work in Windows 7. Let's say they'll work in the XP mode virtual machine.

XP mode/virtual machine is a clunky, ridiculous workaround which should only be required on non-native Windows OS's and which rather ignores the formula that made Microsoft the juggernaut that it ...

Using a virtual machine, Parker set up a Windows XP instance and configured it to be fully exposed with no firewall and no anti-virus software, just like the good old days.