No. Its not more *efficient*. Its just wider.

If you mean for Explorer (the file manager) just check "aslways show menus" under tools-> folder options

I am 99% certain that windows 8 will be 64 bit only, as current server-grade offerings from microsoft (exchange 2010, Server 2008 R2 etc...) are 64 bit only and they tend to like to keep the...

There is a KDE4 port for windows.

Again, wrong!

It was available as a freely downloadable addon for XP pro and windows 2000 at least.

And again, you have been able to boot linux using NTLDR since windows XP at least (although it is slightly easier in vista and above).

Its not new. Every single thing you mentioned has existed for 5+ years.

It was like that in Server 2003 R2 (Installed via control panel and ncluded more, even - you could itegrate your AD domains...

Yes. You have been able to do it with AD group policy since like windows 2000. (For example, its default policy on domain servers that only admins logged in interacrively on the local machine can use...

Yes, but its free.

Secondly, i wouldnt use products from a company which use spam (ZInstall has spammed here in the past)

Thats not always an option. E.g it is in the TOS of my network that i MUST use thier corp version of McAffee.

ZInstall seems exactly the same as VirtualPC/XP Mode on Windows 7

That has copy/paste integration and you can use the same hardware, printers etc... (because in reality it all works over remote...

Windows 7? Is "lock taskbar" enabled?

What??? you dont make any sense.

Thats wierd. Ive got an Dell Dimension 5150 (e510?) which has only USB ports. It has no problem when installing XP or Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) using just a USB keyboard/mouse. (never tried with vista or...

Depends on model. My Desktops P4 HT has h/w virt but my Original CoreDuo laptop CPU doesnt have either 64 bit or h/w virt, which sucks.

Use this to check
http://ark.intel.com/Default.aspx

You install OSX first, then install Windows7 using bootcamp.

XP mode (Virtualisation) on windows 7 and Compatibilty mode (which simply makes the system act as if its 95,98,NT,2000 or XP instead of actually running the older system in its entirity) are two...

It wouldnt anyway. It runs silent.

Just a question, are you using Bitlocker drive encryption or do you have an IBM/Lenovo/Sony/Apple Laptop? I ask this because my lenovo updater promoted me to...

Compatibility mode has existed since windows XP came out, its not a new feature.

I reackon thats due to superfetch. That tends to at least double boot time, but generally leads to all round better performance once the system is up due to having common applications already cached...

providing an interface between hardware and the user
performing memory management
scheduling of CPU time

etc...

I take it that its an Intel Mac, if so then use Boot Camp, its virtually the same procedure as installing XP using Boot Camp.

Video here

http://www.apple.com/macosx/compatibility/

Details:
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The exact same thing worked for XP. If you showed your 98 or ME disk to the XP installer it would run the upgrade.

Yeah, i use the live version, it seems fairly speedy. took 2-3 hours for me. Only gripe was that it could be a bit more user friendly.

Yes, unless you do the whole upgrade-the-trial hack.

yeah i know it works fine, its just that your not technically supposed to upgrade the trial if you only have an upgrade key because its not a qualifying upgrade path.
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No you didnt. Windows 3.1 -> XP was not a valid upgrade path.

They only supported NT4 Workstation and Windows 98 or above.

Windows 2000 on the other hand, allowed an upgrade from windows 95 or...

Yeah. If you upgrade you arent supposed to use the older OS you upgraded from at the same time. Indeed, i believe it blacklists that serial when you do so.

With vista and Win7 do actually have to...

Yeah i had that on XP before, but only ever in a corporate (loading roaming profiles from server over a network) setting. It meant our profile had become corrupted. Not really any way to fix it.

Yes but most people will buy an upgrade licence for Win7 and so not be able to do that.

The MS deployment tools like look into WAIK can make customised images (With windows vista and above windows installs are comprised of a copressed image, and some scripts which run in the installers...

Soon most games wont run on XP due to it not having DX10. Current gen games tend to look nicer on vista due to them being able to take advantage of this.



Noooooooooooo. XP mode is horrific for...

Yes, look into WAIK, and Sysprep. Also Norton Ghost.

Basically the registry stores data for users programs and the OS. Everything from options, to file associations. In comparison, UNIX-like systems use text-files instead of one centralized registry.
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Well XP wont be supported for much longer.

Secondly, its hardware support SUCKS. No native IPV6, No native Wifi, No native SATA.

Would not recommend for new builds. Its just too old now.

Yes you can. http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2009/08/19/running-virtual-pc-2007-on-windows-7.aspx

You can move them around on the desktop, just not in a folder anymore, but i wasnt aware anyone did that anyway?

Yeah, its a shared folder (essentially its a network share). All the apps etc... are streamed between using RDP. Its as if the XP environment was another machine down the hall.

You clearly didnt bother looking very hard!

Click download and on the side of that page it says

"Looking for Virtual PC 2007?

Running Windows Vista or Windows XP? Learn more about Virtual PC...

Yeah, its normal for it to be turned off on most motherboards. And intel, for example, deliberately disable it on their lower end CPUs (even although they are physically from the same die) in order...