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XP Mode for Windows 7 goes live

Along with the Release Candidate for Windows 7, Microsoft has made available XP Mode virtualization technology for download.

Along with the Release Candidate for Windows 7, Microsoft has made available XP Mode virtualization technology for download.

Here's a link to the download page for both the 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.

Check out the Windows 7 XP Mode gallery

Each download package is 445MB.

Here are the system requirements:

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, or Windows 7 Enterprise.
Hard disk requirement: 2GB for installing Windows XP Mode. Additional 15GB of hard disk space for the virtual Windows environment.
Note: You can use Windows Virtual PC to run Windows XP Mode on your computer. Windows Virtual PC requires processor capable of hardware virtualization, with AMD-V™ or Intel® VT turned on in the BIOS.

You can read my XP Mode Hands on post here, and my verdict on XP Mode here.

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