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How To Check If Your Computer is Capable of Running Windows XP Mode in Windows 7

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Mida

Windows 7 introduced a new feature which allows you to install and run any application on Windows XP environment, You still can run any unsupported application on windows 7 by using Windows XP mode. (a virtual Windows XP environment for Windows 7).

But not all computers support this features, you must have processor that support  hardware virtualization, also you need to enable it in BIOS in order to use windows xp mode.

Microsoft released HAV (hardware-assisted virtualization) detection tool that help you check whether your processor supports hardware virtualization or not.

First download and run the HAV tool, if your processor supports hardware virtualization you will get this message, and you should be able to run windows xp mode without problems.

But if your computer does not supports hardware virtualization you will get this error message telling you that it’s not possible to run windows xp mode in windows 7.

Generaly almost all new processors support hardware virtualization, so let’s say if you bought new computer in the last 2 years you should be able to run windows xp mode.

Note: Windows XP mode is available only in the Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows 7.

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