The dustup started last month when Sophos CTO Richard Jacobs penned a blog post claiming that Microsoft's failure to include management tools in XP Mode, a virtual Windows XP SP3 environment running ...

It must be Virtualization Day at my office as right in the middle of test out XP Mode on Windows 7 with some VoIP software, Microsoft announces System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 is RTM ...

Microsoft Corp. touts that Windows 7 is nimble enough to run on underpowered netbooks. But the company also admits that its enticing new XP Mode may not work on netbooks or many other computers of ...

XP Mode, a virtual Windows XP SP3 environment running under Windows Virtual PC, will deliver the best experience on new hardware, says Scott Woodgate, director of Desktop Virtualization and Microsoft ...

"Compatibility mode" is in all versions of Vista and Win7. The XP Virtual Machine is only in Professional or 'higher,' not Home Premium. You only need the virtual machine if you have software that you ...

A new Microsoft add-on for Windows 7 that will let some users run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine could create support nightmares for IT managers, analysts said last week. The company had ...

Company says it 'never guessed' that users would be so confused and think the add-on was the only way to run XP apps in Windows 7 Microsoft Tuesday delivered the release candidate of Windows XP Mode, ...

New Microsoft OS lets you run Windows XP applications that aren't natively compatible with Windows 7 in a Virtual PC environment With Apple getting some good pickup lately around its Snow Leopard OS ...

Has anyone gotten the ESM to run under XP mode in Win7? I haven't tried, but I'd be curious if it is possible, given the IIS requirement. I'm running Server 08 on my workstation right now, but if I ...

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 ...