An October surprise — that’s how many are interpreting Microsoft’s 11th-hour revelation that it will be providing a virtualized copy of Windows XP as a free compatibility add-on to Windows 7 ...

VMware's 3.0 version goes on sale Monday and will allow a Linux "virtual machine" to run on Microsoft's Windows XP system, among other operating system twists. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

XP Mode is free for users of Windows 7 Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate. Users of 64-bit Vista, 64-bit Windows 7 Home versions and 64-bit Windows 8 may employ VMware, Virtual PC (free) or any other ...

Further details on the Windows XP Mode to be included in Windows 7 have emerged, suggesting that use of the Virtual PC legacy environment may be trickier than simply buying the Professional, Ultimate ...

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 ...

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 ...

For those who were out enjoying the sunshine over the weekend and not glued to a web browser, you missed at least one interesting Windows 7 development. Friday, Microsoft announced that it plans to ...

As promised, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday launched the beta of “XP Mode,” the Windows 7 compatibility add-on that runs Windows XP applications in a virtual machine. XP Mode followed hard on the heels 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 ...

Update: While the rest of the details seem firm, the language in the CNET article leaves the question of licensing somewhat vague. Elsewhere on the net, however, it seems XP Mode will actually be a ...

When you upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 or Windows 10, Windows XP Mode is installed on your machine, however, Windows Virtual PC is not present anymore. This issue occurs because Windows Virtual ...