This post represents my personal, subjective opinion based on my own experience. As such, this should not be taken as a software review or as a recommendation not to use this software. My opinion may be biased due to previous negative experiences with VMlite's software in general. I have tried.
Trying to boot from existing vhd Following the instructions carefully, I am able to prepare all Windows vhd's to be used with VBoot and add them to VBoot start menu. All Windows vhd's boot OK, until Windows boot screen, and then (without an exception) a BSOD causes PC to reboot back to square 1.
Tested Windows vhd's: XP Pro SP2, XP Pro SP3, Vista Ultimate x86, Vista Ultimate x64, Seven Ultimate x86, Seven Enterprise x86 All mentioned vhd's tested on one laptop (see my specs) and two desktops, one running Seven Ultimate x64 and the other Seven Enterprise x64. Trying to mount other than Windows vhd's have not worked at all. Here trying to mount Ubuntu 10.04 vhd. VBoot tries to mount the vhd: Until it finally fails, telling that the vhd is write protected (which it is not): This happens with all tested Linux and Solaris Unix vhd's. Trying to create a vhd and install OS using VBoot Every installation seems to work, this is what I normally got: But after testing, only Windows 7 Enterprise guest vhd was able to boot, which it did completely problem free.
Installation of Seven using VBoot command line options took about 15 minutes, plus an additional 7 minutes after first boot to vhd. All other tries failed, Linux and Windows. The most common reason to fail: So, after an 8 hour test session, I would like to say this is a pretty useless piece of software. Over 3 weeks after release, more than 10,000 people have used it and are happy. If you want to boot existing vhds, you need to do v2p conversion. In addition to run 'vbootctl prepare', you need to inject mass storage drivers.
If you want to boot windows from a virtual disk stored on USB, you need to insert more USB drivers. Our forum has many discussions. VBoot main purpose is to boot fresh virtual disks installed from iso files, i.e., you need to follow our instructions to install a fresh windows xp/2003/7/2008 from original os cd, then it will surely boot on the physical machine. For ubuntu Linux, you need to change initrd. If you mount Linux Vhd on windows, it won't work since there is no Linux file systems, such as ext3. In short, vboot works extremely well, no one comes even close, and it boots all windows from a virtual disk file, in vhd/vmdk/vdi, and it supports snapshots and differencing files.
Don't take my words, go to read others feedbacks in vmlite forums. Multi boot is one use. VBoot will give you the same control to your host machine as you do on virtual machines. For example, you can take snapshots and keep your machine clean. Many situations, vms are slow, and people may want to run them as real machine.
VBoot provides you the capability to run the same disk file as virtual and as real interchangeably. Also, this will simply IT management by distributing a file to real machines. VBoot also provides a feature called 'immutable boot', where all system changes will be discarded after reboot. This is ideal in public computers, e.g., universities. A few universities are already in talk with us to deploy vboot. There are many other use cases, e.g., to distribute a readonly Linux vhds, to boot a readonly Windows PE for admin use, etc. Similar help and support threads Thread Forum Windows XP Mode on any PC (www.vmlite.com) A Windows XP Mode like virtual machine that does not require VT-x or AMD-v, so Windows 7 on old PCs can also have XP Mode.
There are many more features, snapshots, seamless mode virtual applications, auto shortcuts publishing, shared folders. Virtualization I wanted to use some older apps which will not run on Windows 7 so i thought i'd give XP Mode ago then realised it wont run on Windows 7 Home Premium I thought I'd post this in case anyone else is have problems installing there version of XP in VMPlayer or Virtual Box So I was looking for. Virtualization I did not find any conclusive article on the difference between deploying a virtual machine in W7, or using the VMLIte, using its the XP mode. Mainly, the following: XP Mode consumes so many hardware resources as the virtual machine (for instance the RAM)?:sarc: Virtualization How do you exit seamless mode in VMLite? Virtualization Our Sites Site Links About Us Find Us.
I would appreciate some help on a project. I would like to first emphasize that everything here is totally legitimate. All of this is done using software or files obtained from freely-obtainable sources. For example, Microsoft makes the 'XP Mode' software and files available here: Anyway, I am trying to get XP Mode running under VirtualBox, on a Linux host. Because it comes with a free license. I don't want to spend $150 for an extra license for XP just to run it as a guest under Linux. There is a commercial derivative of VirtualBox OSE that is in beta-test stage, called VMLite.
It is available here: VMLite has the ability to run Microsoft's XP Mode. The real advantage of VMLite over Microsoft's version (based on Virtual PC) is that VMLite does not require the Intel/AMD virtualization instructions, and it can run on any version of Windows 7. So it can run on a larger number of PCs. (A large percentage of Intel CPUs do not have the virtualization instructions). Since it is currently in beta-test, VMLite is currently free. It is only available for Windows, at the present time.
What I tried to do is create a working 'XP Mode' virtual machine using VMLite, following all the instructions to the letter. Everything worked fine at that point. Then I tried to use the 'export virtual appliance' feature, and import it to VirtualBox running on Ubuntu 9.10. (I tried both VirtualBox OSE and VirtualBox PUEL) When I booted the Windows guest, it does work, but it eventually told me the license key was invalid and wanted another one. I am gathering that the virtual hardware is different on VirtualBox than on VMLite. (The VMLite guys must have done something to make VirtualBox resemble the virtual hardware of XP Mode's special version of Virtual PC) Other than rejecting the license key, this does work great, though. As a way to get XP Mode running under Linux, this method is about 90% 'there'.
It just needs a little bit of tweaking to get it to work. I was wondering if someone could look at this and come up with a totally-legitimate way to get XP Mode fully-working with Linux, including having it not reject the license keys. No XP license key cracks or other such stuff. Posts: 7 Joined: 27. Dec 2009, 03:30 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows XP. Stefan.becker wrote:You misunderstood something.
MS XP Mode is only free for Windows 7 Prof/Enterprise/Ultimate. You misunderstood something. XP Mode will only run under Win7 prof/ent/whatever. Assuming you use their modified version of Virtual PC. The files are freely available here: XP Mode will run fine under Win7 Home, Starter, whatever, if you disregard their Virtual PC and use VMLite instead, which is a modified version of VirtualBox. The files for XP mode are also installed (free) at install-time when you install VMLite.
All I am doing is exporting a virtual machine created by VMLite and importing it to VirtualBox under Linux. Oh, and if you want to see borderline illegal, check this out: This project has been on the VirtualBox forums for two years, and is shady (at least) on so many levels. My project is totally on the 'up-and-up' by comparison. Posts: 7 Joined: 27. Dec 2009, 03:30 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows XP.
Mnealbarrett wrote:You misunderstood something. XP Mode will only run under Win7 prof/ent/whatever. Assuming you use their modified version of Virtual PC. The files are freely available here: XP Mode will run fine under Win7 Home, Starter, whatever, if you disregard their Virtual PC and use VMLite instead, which is a modified version of VirtualBox. Then why does that site show 'You are not eligible to download Windows XP Mode.
You must have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate to run Windows XP Mode' if you select another Win7 version? Volunteer Posts: 1886 Joined: 30. May 2007, 18:05 Primary OS: Fedora 18 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: XP, Win7, Linux, OS/2. It is interesting that MS has put it's users on the 'honor system' this. You can enter whatever you want. There is no checking to see if you really are running whatever version you are claiming to have. This is opposed to other items of software that they have produced, which go through the Windows Update facility and do check your Windows release version and your 'Genuine Advantage' status.
Anyway, I will continue to proceed full-speed-ahead with this, whether I get help or not. Like I said, the powers-that-be here have tolerated a FAR FAR more questionable project on the VirtualBox forums for YEARS.
They even pinned it, for goodness sakes. As an update, I tried making sure the MAC address of the network stack was exactly the same under the VirtualBox/Linux Host as it was on VMLite. Other discussions have said this can trigger a license rejection. Unfortunately, this did not work. Posts: 7 Joined: 27.
Dec 2009, 03:30 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows XP. True that MS has you on the 'Honor System' but just because you can do this with vmlite doesn't mean you Can do it. Regardless of if it's freely available or not the EULA that you agree to says it's for Win7 pro, ultimate or enterprise. Now that aside I tried vmlite in XP Mode in both 7 and Vista and must say it works really well, better than MS's own VirtualPC intergrated into Windows 7 for XP Mode. I don't like the fact however that when I installed VMlite it crippled my Vbox and when I tried running vmlite it would not run. I had to uninstall vmlite and vbox then reinstall vmlite to set up XPMode. I too would like to get it running under vbox.
And will gladly help in the effort. Posts: 5 Joined: 25. Dec 2009, 20:35 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: dos 5.0 and up, and all windows and OS/2. Mnealbarrett wrote:VMLite has the ability to run Microsoft's XP Mode. Many weeks ago, I read a Microsoft blog somewhere were they said a simple modification to any virtualisation product would allow that product to run Windows XP Mode without activation. Later I searched and searched to re-find that blog but could not.
I assume the modification was to the source code of the virtualisation product, and that VMlite has that modification. If this is correct, then until such time as VirtualBox also has that mod, it will require activation on the Windows XP Mode VHD files. Volunteer Posts: 875 Joined: 10. Oct 2009, 06:27 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows Server 2008 R2; Ubuntu 11.04; Windows 2000 Server; Windows XP. 1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software in a single virtual machine on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device (“Workstation Computer”), that contains a licensed copy of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate edition.
I read that to mean that it is fine to run XP mode in Virtualbox under Linux as long as your computer has a licensed copy of Windows 7 Pro or higher installed somewwhere on it, such as dual booting like I do. So, with that out of the way, does anyone know which part of Virtualbox's source code needs changing to run the XP mode VHD? Posts: 1 Joined: 26. Jan 2010, 12:28 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: OSE other Guest OSses: XP, Ubuntu 9.10. 1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software in a single virtual machine on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device (“Workstation Computer”), that contains a licensed copy of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate edition.
I read that to mean that it is fine to run XP mode in Virtualbox under Linux as long as your computer has a licensed copy of Windows 7 Pro or higher installed somewwhere on it, such as dual booting like I do. So, with that out of the way, does anyone know which part of Virtualbox's source code needs changing to run the XP mode VHD? You are breaking the rules. And, of course, you know it. But to amuse you.
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Guess lawyers have to write nice letters. Why don't you email Microsoft's legal department and see what they say?
Or better yet, email Microsoft support and see if this is supported. I might help you out and send a direct link to this thread. Lol: 1.2 Activation. If you are using the Software with a properly licensed copy of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate, activation of the Software is not required. Activation associates the use of the Software with a specific Workstation Computer. During activation, the Software will send information about the Software and the Workstation Computer to Microsoft. This information includes the version, language and product key of the Software, the Internet protocol address of the Workstation Computer, and information derived from the hardware configuration of the Workstation Computer.
For more information, see. By using the Software, you consent to the transmission of this information.
If properly licensed, you have the right to use the version of the Software installed during the installation process up to a period of 30 days permitted for activation. Unless the Software is activated, you have no right to use the Software after the time permitted for activation. This is to prevent its unlicensed use.
You are not permitted to bypass or circumvent activation. If the Workstation Computer is connected to the Internet, the Software may automatically connect to Microsoft for activation. You can also activate the Software manually by Internet or telephone.
If you do so, Internet and telephone service charges may apply. Some changes to your computer components or the Software may require you to reactivate the Software. The Software will remind you to activate it until you do. 1.6 Validation. The Software may check periodically whether a properly licensed copy of the Software is installed. Validation may be required for certain Microsoft software to be downloaded, installed or used.
If you have a properly licensed copy of the Software installed, you receive special benefits, see. If the software detects that a properly licensed copy of the Software is not installed, you will receive a notification and periodic reminders to install a properly licensed copy of the Software.
During or after a validation check, the Software may send information about the Software, the device and the results of the validation check to Microsoft. This information includes, for example, the version and product key of the Software, any unauthorized changes made to the validation, licensing or activation functions of the Software, any related malicious or unauthorized software found and the Internet protocol address of the device. Microsoft does not use the information to identify or contact you. By using the Software, you consent to the transmission of this information. For more information about validation and what is sent during or after a validation check, see. Posts: 13 Joined: 2.
Jan 2010, 20:42 Primary OS: MS Windows XP VBox Version: OSE other Guest OSses: XP, WIN7, WIN7 64, UBUNTU. VMLite Forum wrote:The official VMLite XP Mode Plugin for Sun VirtualBox has been released. Who needs the plugin? (1) Current VirtualBox users that want to run XP Mode. The plugin is fully compatible with VirtualBox 3.1.2, so your existing VirtualBox and virtual Machines won't be touched in any way. The plugin simply installs to a separate folder, and enables VirtualBox to run XP Mode.
Volunteer Posts: 875 Joined: 10. Oct 2009, 06:27 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows Server 2008 R2; Ubuntu 11.04; Windows 2000 Server; Windows XP. That makes sense to me, Mark. There has been a similar discussion to this one running in the VPC forum, where people who cannot run WVPC (the Win 7 version which requires hardware virtualization) want to run XP Mode under VPC 2007. There is no legal reason why XP Mode cannot run under another virtualization system.
The license is tied to the OS in the host. (This is similar to the license arrangements for the server OS. You can run one server instance in a vm if the host has Server 2008 Standard and up to four if the host has an Enterprise server license. This is not tied to using a Microsoft virtualization program). I gather that Microsoft will assist third party virtualization providers to implement XP Mode. War novel.
The situation of having a Windows license for the machine but actually running XP Mode when the vm is running on a host booted into a Unix OS has also been raised in the Hyper-V newsgroup. It is a gray area that I wouldn't even comment on. Two lawyers would probably give you two (or three) different answers.
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I would appreciate some help on a project. I would like to first emphasize that everything here is totally legitimate. All of this is done using software or files obtained from freely-obtainable sources. For example, Microsoft makes the 'XP Mode' software and files available here: Anyway, I am trying to get XP Mode running under VirtualBox, on a Linux host.
Because it comes with a free license. I don't want to spend $150 for an extra license for XP just to run it as a guest under Linux. There is a commercial derivative of VirtualBox OSE that is in beta-test stage, called VMLite. It is available here: VMLite has the ability to run Microsoft's XP Mode. The real advantage of VMLite over Microsoft's version (based on Virtual PC) is that VMLite does not require the Intel/AMD virtualization instructions, and it can run on any version of Windows 7. So it can run on a larger number of PCs.
(A large percentage of Intel CPUs do not have the virtualization instructions). Since it is currently in beta-test, VMLite is currently free. It is only available for Windows, at the present time. What I tried to do is create a working 'XP Mode' virtual machine using VMLite, following all the instructions to the letter.
Everything worked fine at that point. Then I tried to use the 'export virtual appliance' feature, and import it to VirtualBox running on Ubuntu 9.10. (I tried both VirtualBox OSE and VirtualBox PUEL) When I booted the Windows guest, it does work, but it eventually told me the license key was invalid and wanted another one.
I am gathering that the virtual hardware is different on VirtualBox than on VMLite. (The VMLite guys must have done something to make VirtualBox resemble the virtual hardware of XP Mode's special version of Virtual PC) Other than rejecting the license key, this does work great, though. As a way to get XP Mode running under Linux, this method is about 90% 'there'. It just needs a little bit of tweaking to get it to work.
I was wondering if someone could look at this and come up with a totally-legitimate way to get XP Mode fully-working with Linux, including having it not reject the license keys. No XP license key cracks or other such stuff. Posts: 7 Joined: 27. Dec 2009, 03:30 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows XP.
Stefan.becker wrote:You misunderstood something. MS XP Mode is only free for Windows 7 Prof/Enterprise/Ultimate. You misunderstood something.
XP Mode will only run under Win7 prof/ent/whatever. Assuming you use their modified version of Virtual PC. The files are freely available here: XP Mode will run fine under Win7 Home, Starter, whatever, if you disregard their Virtual PC and use VMLite instead, which is a modified version of VirtualBox. The files for XP mode are also installed (free) at install-time when you install VMLite. All I am doing is exporting a virtual machine created by VMLite and importing it to VirtualBox under Linux.
Oh, and if you want to see borderline illegal, check this out: This project has been on the VirtualBox forums for two years, and is shady (at least) on so many levels. My project is totally on the 'up-and-up' by comparison. Posts: 7 Joined: 27. Dec 2009, 03:30 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows XP. Mnealbarrett wrote:You misunderstood something.
XP Mode will only run under Win7 prof/ent/whatever. Assuming you use their modified version of Virtual PC. The files are freely available here: XP Mode will run fine under Win7 Home, Starter, whatever, if you disregard their Virtual PC and use VMLite instead, which is a modified version of VirtualBox. Then why does that site show 'You are not eligible to download Windows XP Mode. You must have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate to run Windows XP Mode' if you select another Win7 version? Volunteer Posts: 1886 Joined: 30.
May 2007, 18:05 Primary OS: Fedora 18 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: XP, Win7, Linux, OS/2. It is interesting that MS has put it's users on the 'honor system' this. You can enter whatever you want. There is no checking to see if you really are running whatever version you are claiming to have. This is opposed to other items of software that they have produced, which go through the Windows Update facility and do check your Windows release version and your 'Genuine Advantage' status. Anyway, I will continue to proceed full-speed-ahead with this, whether I get help or not. Like I said, the powers-that-be here have tolerated a FAR FAR more questionable project on the VirtualBox forums for YEARS.
They even pinned it, for goodness sakes. As an update, I tried making sure the MAC address of the network stack was exactly the same under the VirtualBox/Linux Host as it was on VMLite. Other discussions have said this can trigger a license rejection. Unfortunately, this did not work. Posts: 7 Joined: 27. Dec 2009, 03:30 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows XP. True that MS has you on the 'Honor System' but just because you can do this with vmlite doesn't mean you Can do it.
Regardless of if it's freely available or not the EULA that you agree to says it's for Win7 pro, ultimate or enterprise. Now that aside I tried vmlite in XP Mode in both 7 and Vista and must say it works really well, better than MS's own VirtualPC intergrated into Windows 7 for XP Mode. I don't like the fact however that when I installed VMlite it crippled my Vbox and when I tried running vmlite it would not run. I had to uninstall vmlite and vbox then reinstall vmlite to set up XPMode. I too would like to get it running under vbox. And will gladly help in the effort.
Posts: 5 Joined: 25. Dec 2009, 20:35 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: dos 5.0 and up, and all windows and OS/2. Mnealbarrett wrote:VMLite has the ability to run Microsoft's XP Mode.
Many weeks ago, I read a Microsoft blog somewhere were they said a simple modification to any virtualisation product would allow that product to run Windows XP Mode without activation. Later I searched and searched to re-find that blog but could not. I assume the modification was to the source code of the virtualisation product, and that VMlite has that modification. If this is correct, then until such time as VirtualBox also has that mod, it will require activation on the Windows XP Mode VHD files. Volunteer Posts: 875 Joined: 10.
Oct 2009, 06:27 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows Server 2008 R2; Ubuntu 11.04; Windows 2000 Server; Windows XP. 1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software in a single virtual machine on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device (“Workstation Computer”), that contains a licensed copy of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate edition. I read that to mean that it is fine to run XP mode in Virtualbox under Linux as long as your computer has a licensed copy of Windows 7 Pro or higher installed somewwhere on it, such as dual booting like I do.
So, with that out of the way, does anyone know which part of Virtualbox's source code needs changing to run the XP mode VHD? Posts: 1 Joined: 26.
Jan 2010, 12:28 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: OSE other Guest OSses: XP, Ubuntu 9.10. 1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software in a single virtual machine on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device (“Workstation Computer”), that contains a licensed copy of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate edition. I read that to mean that it is fine to run XP mode in Virtualbox under Linux as long as your computer has a licensed copy of Windows 7 Pro or higher installed somewwhere on it, such as dual booting like I do. So, with that out of the way, does anyone know which part of Virtualbox's source code needs changing to run the XP mode VHD? You are breaking the rules.
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And, of course, you know it. But to amuse you. Guess lawyers have to write nice letters. Why don't you email Microsoft's legal department and see what they say? Or better yet, email Microsoft support and see if this is supported. I might help you out and send a direct link to this thread. Lol: 1.2 Activation.
If you are using the Software with a properly licensed copy of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate, activation of the Software is not required. Activation associates the use of the Software with a specific Workstation Computer. During activation, the Software will send information about the Software and the Workstation Computer to Microsoft. This information includes the version, language and product key of the Software, the Internet protocol address of the Workstation Computer, and information derived from the hardware configuration of the Workstation Computer.
For more information, see. By using the Software, you consent to the transmission of this information. If properly licensed, you have the right to use the version of the Software installed during the installation process up to a period of 30 days permitted for activation. Unless the Software is activated, you have no right to use the Software after the time permitted for activation. This is to prevent its unlicensed use.
You are not permitted to bypass or circumvent activation. If the Workstation Computer is connected to the Internet, the Software may automatically connect to Microsoft for activation. You can also activate the Software manually by Internet or telephone. If you do so, Internet and telephone service charges may apply.
Some changes to your computer components or the Software may require you to reactivate the Software. The Software will remind you to activate it until you do. 1.6 Validation. The Software may check periodically whether a properly licensed copy of the Software is installed.
Validation may be required for certain Microsoft software to be downloaded, installed or used. If you have a properly licensed copy of the Software installed, you receive special benefits, see. If the software detects that a properly licensed copy of the Software is not installed, you will receive a notification and periodic reminders to install a properly licensed copy of the Software. During or after a validation check, the Software may send information about the Software, the device and the results of the validation check to Microsoft. This information includes, for example, the version and product key of the Software, any unauthorized changes made to the validation, licensing or activation functions of the Software, any related malicious or unauthorized software found and the Internet protocol address of the device. Microsoft does not use the information to identify or contact you.
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By using the Software, you consent to the transmission of this information. For more information about validation and what is sent during or after a validation check, see.
Posts: 13 Joined: 2. Jan 2010, 20:42 Primary OS: MS Windows XP VBox Version: OSE other Guest OSses: XP, WIN7, WIN7 64, UBUNTU.
VMLite Forum wrote:The official VMLite XP Mode Plugin for Sun VirtualBox has been released. Who needs the plugin?
(1) Current VirtualBox users that want to run XP Mode. The plugin is fully compatible with VirtualBox 3.1.2, so your existing VirtualBox and virtual Machines won't be touched in any way. The plugin simply installs to a separate folder, and enables VirtualBox to run XP Mode.
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Volunteer Posts: 875 Joined: 10. Oct 2009, 06:27 Primary OS: MS Windows 7 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Windows Server 2008 R2; Ubuntu 11.04; Windows 2000 Server; Windows XP. That makes sense to me, Mark. There has been a similar discussion to this one running in the VPC forum, where people who cannot run WVPC (the Win 7 version which requires hardware virtualization) want to run XP Mode under VPC 2007.
There is no legal reason why XP Mode cannot run under another virtualization system. The license is tied to the OS in the host.
(This is similar to the license arrangements for the server OS. You can run one server instance in a vm if the host has Server 2008 Standard and up to four if the host has an Enterprise server license. This is not tied to using a Microsoft virtualization program). I gather that Microsoft will assist third party virtualization providers to implement XP Mode.
The situation of having a Windows license for the machine but actually running XP Mode when the vm is running on a host booted into a Unix OS has also been raised in the Hyper-V newsgroup. It is a gray area that I wouldn't even comment on. Two lawyers would probably give you two (or three) different answers.
Would you like to run XP Mode, but prefer Sun’s VirtualBox for virtualization? Thanks to the free VMLite plugin, you can quickly and easily run XP Mode in or alongside VirtualBox. Yesterday we showed you one method to install XP Mode in VirtualBox, unfortunately in that situation you lose XP’s activation, and it isn’t possible to reactivate it. Today we show you a tried and true method for running XP mode in VirtualBox and integrating it seamlessly with Windows 7. Note: You need to have Windows 7 Professional or above to use XP Mode in this manner. Install XP Mode Make sure you’re logged in with Administrator rights for the entire process.
The first thing you’ll want to do is install XP Mode on your system (link below). You don’t need to install Windows Virtual PC. Go through and install XP Mode using the defaults. Install VirtualBox Next you’ll need to install VirtualBox 3.1.2 or higher if it isn’t installed already.
If you have an older version of VirtualBox installed, make sure to update it. During setup you’re notified that your network connection will be reset.
Check the box next to Always trust software from “Sun Microsystems, Inc.” then click Install. Setup only takes a couple of minutes, and does not require a rebootwhich is always nice. Install VMLite XP Mode Plugin The next thing we’ll need to install is the VMLite XP Mode Plugin.
Again Installation is simple following the install wizard. During the install like with VirtualBox you’ll be asked to install the device software. After it’s installed go to the Start menu and run VMLite Wizard as Administrator.
Select the location of the XP Mode Package which by default should be in C: Program Files Windows XP Mode. Accept the EULAand notice that it’s meant for Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions. Next, name the machine, choose the install folder, and type in a password. Select if you want Automatic Updates turned on or not. Wait while the process completes then click Finish. The VMLite XP Mode will set up to run the first time.
That is all there is to this section. You can run XP Mode from within the VMLite Workstation right away. XP Mode is fully activated already, and the Guest Additions are already installed, so there’s nothing else you need to do! XP Mode is the whole way ready to use. Integration with VirtualBox Since we installed the VMLite Plugin, when you open VirtualBox you’ll see it listed as one of your machines and you can start it up from here.
Here we see VMLite XP Mode running in Sun VirtualBox. Integrate with Windows 7 To integrate it with Windows 7 click on Machine Seamless Mode Here you can see the XP menu and Taskbar will be placed on top of Windows 7. From here you can access what you need from XP Mode. Here we see XP running on Virtual Box in Seamless Mode. We have the old XP WordPad sitting next to the new Windows 7 version of WordPad. This works so seamlessly you forget if your working in XP or Windows 7. In this example we have Windows Home Server Console running in Windows 7, while installing MSE from IE 6 in XP Mode.
At the top of the screen you will still have access to the VMs controls. You can click the button to exit Seamless Mode, or simply hit the right “CTRL+L” Conclusion This is a very slick way to run XP Mode in VirtualBox on any machine that doesn’t have Hardware Virtualization. This method also doesn’t lose the XP Mode activation and is actually extremely easy to set up. If you prefer VMware (like we do), Check out how to run capability, and also how to create an. Terra gen classic resources. Links (Site Registration Required).