Using VT in Win7 Home Premium, possible?

I haven't owned any windows 7 yet.

I read from the microsoft website they stated that only Win7Pro and Ultimate that come with VT.

Since i'm getting a new notebook with windows 7 home premium soon, I really wonder whether hacking the Win7 Home Premium will be able to run VT as well?

If not then I just stick with VMware or VirtualBox to run some windows XP programs that are not compatible with windows 7.

 

Actually, VT is dependent on the type of processor you have, not the version of Windows 7 your computer comes with. Only Windows 7 Pro and up let you use XP mode without numerous loops to go through if your processor supports it. A computer with 7 HP can have a VT processor, but you won't be able to get XP mode running very easily.

 

1)You can run Virtualisation even without VT using other VM Software like VirtualBox
2)Microsoft stated You can run XPMode only with Pro and Ultimate not VT
3)The solution to your problem is not allowed in the forums.

 

Do you mean that the so-called "XPMode" claimed by Microsoft for Windows 7 is different from "Virtualization Technology"?

Now i'm a bit confused here.

 

XP mode is a special type of virtualization, only available in Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate, and only works with a processor capable of hardware VT. Not that confusing.

 

Basically XP Mode is newest Virtual PC with "free" XP SP3 license. (Your Win7 Pro and up contain the XP license.) Nothing fancy there yet.


Then the interesting part:
When you install something in XP Mode, it also appears in your Win7 start menu and works like a normal application. Just takes couple moments longer to start, because it kicks up the Virtual PC in the background.

I succesfully installed my trusty Canon Lide n656u (from year 2000) scanner today under XP Mode. Even the button on scanner itself launches the Toolbox application in x64 Win7, if I have first manually connected the usb-device with XP Mode. I wonder if I could have the device connect automatically

What I don't know, and right now cannot test is if it were possible to install same Virtual PC in Win7 Home Premium and then install your own license of XP. Would the integration features be available? Anyone care to test?


And in case someone wonders that USB connection, if found a workaround: When any XP Mode application is started, a program "Windows XP Mode Applications" appears in the taskbar. I quickly rightclicked and pinned that on the taskbar, now I can use the Jump List to connect USB devices like my scanner to the XP Mode before launching scan software. That is possible to do without pinning but have to be really fast since the icon disappears once the wanted application is started. I'm not that fast with touchpad

 

I don't think MS allows you to even install Virtual PC with Windows 7 Home Premium. I wouldn't know though as both my computers have 7 Pro x64 installs.

I wish my T6400 had VT so I could use XP mode... I have some software for classes that like XP a lot more than Vista/7. For now, I'm going to have to put up with VirtualBox and it's super slowness without VT enabled...

 

I had virtual pc running on windows vista home premium a box pops up like the first time you use it telling you that its not supported on home premium but it worked fine i was able to get win 98 running on it. I haven't tried it on windows 7 yet on my asus G60

 

XP mode is not what it's cracked up to be. First off, it requires a separate download, around 600MB. Not a big deal. Secondly, the thing is slow. After experiencing terrible lag while running any program in a coherent mode, I decided to uninstalled it. The uninstallation is dirty too, leaving reminents of the visualization program in the start menu.