Windows 7 wants to be your trusted upgrade from Windows XP—so much so that the Redmond giant will offer a virtualized "Windows XP Mode" in Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions when they drop.

Microsoft released the beta of XP mode for Windows 7 - intended to make the migration from Windows XP (which most businesses still use) to Windows 7 easier for SMEs - in April. It has now incorporated ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft announced Oct. 1 that Windows XP Mode, which ...

Microsoft is publicly acknowledging a new XP virtualization technology it is readying for Windows 7 that two Windows experts first revealed late on April 24. On Friday, bloggers Paul Thurrott and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the past few days -- since word of Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC went public-- Microsoft has provided so far only the barest of details about its planned Virtual XP Mode functionality ...

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 ...

Microsoft Windows’ biggest strength is that it works with so much hardware and software, both old and new. Unfortunately, that’s also its biggest weakness. With each new version of Windows, Microsoft ...

RonE asked the Windows forum why Windows 7’s XP Mode can’t see other computers on the network. It can access the Internet. Windows 7’s XP Mode, part of the Windows Virtual PC, allows you to run a ...

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 ...