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 ...

Microsoft announced on Thursday that the final version of the Windows XP virtual environment will be available on October 22, the day Windows 7 launches. Known as XP Mode, Microsoft’s new ...

Applications you install into the XP Mode OS install shortcuts under the Windows Virtual PC entry on the Windows 7 desktop (as long as the shortcuts are put into the All Users Start Menu folder on the ...

Capable of running everything from Linux to OS X, Oracle's VirtualBox makes it possible to work on multiple operating systems at the same time. For instance, if you'd like to run Windows XP on your ...

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 ...

Well, it finally happened. After years of patching and tweaking the Windows runtime to preserve backward compatibility (and placate its perpetually cranky customer base), Microsoft has finally said ...

My father-in-law does CAD & drafting. He upgraded to Windows 7 x64, but had old files in AutoCAD 2000. It's impossible to install AutoCAD2000 on Windows 7 due to the ancient 16-bit installer. So, ...

The integration features can be added to any suitably patched XP SP3, Vista, or Windows 7 virtual machine. This also allows users for Windows 7 Home Premium to create their own Windows XP Mode VM.