Xp virtualization windows 7

It usually gets the correct time and date from your computer itself, but the time zone is often incorrect. Windows may ask to search for drivers. Simply press cancel, as VMware Tools will contain everything we need. You can run them seamlessly with other programs, copy between them, and even open and save files to the same folders.

Click there to access a full start menu from XP Mode right in Windows 7. To remove this logo, click VM in the VMware player window, then settings.

Click on the Options tab, and choose Unity on the left. Whenever you connect a new device to your computer, VMware will remind you that you can add it to XP Mode.

Click VM, then Settings. Click the Options tab, and then choose Shared Folders on the left. Click Browse, and then select your My Documents folder. Click Ok, and then click Next. You can now close the settings window as well. Now select the folder we shared, Documents, and click Ok. Click Ok in the main properties window. It may offer to copy the files from your old My Documents folder to the new one; choose Yes to make sure you have all of your documents in Windows 7.

You can repeat the same process for any folder you wish, such as your My Pictures and My Music folders. In our tests using VMware worked as good or better as actual XP Mode on a machine that supports hardware virtualization. You might also want to check out our look at XP Mode in Windows 7 if your machine is capable of running it. To find out if your machine can run XP Mode the best tool we have used is Securable which is linked below.

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