Windows XP editions – Henry Poon's Blog https://blog.henrypoon.com Wed, 05 Oct 2022 02:08:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 83044199 Setup Windows 7 XP Mode https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2010/05/04/setup-windows-7-xp-mode/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2010/05/04/setup-windows-7-xp-mode/#respond Wed, 05 May 2010 01:48:01 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/setup-windows-7-xp-mode Requires Intel Virtualization

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup.html

If the applications don’t appear, disable and enable the “Auto-Publish” setting within the VM”s settings

Working with Virtual Applications

By default, applications installed in the Windows XP VM are auto-published to the Windows 7 host. This means that your Windows XP applications appear on Windows 7’s Start menu. You can then launch your XP applications without having to first load the Windows XP VM and then launch them from the virtual Windows XP’s Start menu.

In order for a Windows XP application to be auto-published to the Windows 7 host, the application must be installed in the All Users profile in the Windows XP VM. However, not all applications are installed in the All Users profile by default.

So, what if the application that you want to be able to run from within Windows 7 isn’t auto-published? Or what if an application is auto-published and you really don’t want it to be available from within Windows 7? Fortunately, you can take control of the auto-published using a couple of tips.

If the XP application that you want to be able to run from within Windows 7 isn’t auto-published, you can force it to be so simply by creating a shortcut to the application in the All Users profile in the Windows XP VM. When you do so, the application will be auto-published to the Windows 7 host.

Access the Windows XP VM, right-click the Start button, and select the Open All Users command. When Windows Explorer launches, open the Programs folder. Once there, you can either drag-and-drop the shortcut from Windows XP’s Start menu to the Programs folder or you can launch the Create Shortcut wizard, as shown in Figure A.

]]> https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2010/05/04/setup-windows-7-xp-mode/feed/ 0 274 Installing Windows XP Pro using Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2009/11/18/installing-windows-xp-pro-using-windows-xp-tablet-pc-edition-2005/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2009/11/18/installing-windows-xp-pro-using-windows-xp-tablet-pc-edition-2005/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:49:00 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/installing-windows-xp-pro-using-windows-xp-tablet-pc-edition-2005 I didn’t have an actual disc for Windows XP Pro, but I did have a Chinese version of it with a serial key.  When I was fixing Dexter’s sister’s computer, I wasn’t going to install Chinese Windows for them.  I had a Windows XP Tablet Edition disc, but no key.  So I figured, what the hey, why don’t I use the key from the Chinese version and use it on the tablet edition.  What I found was that only Windows XP Pro English version was installed.  Maybe it was because I used an XP Pro key.  Either way, here is how to do it.

  1. Insert Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 disc into computer and install Windows as normal
  2. When the installation asks for a serial number, use the one written on the Chinese XP Pro disc.
  3. Win

I have a copy of both downstairs in the boxes of CD’s behind Sam.

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