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lapa321:

--- Quote from: Bob2004 on April 14, 2012, 04:29:04 PM ---You don't need to install any drivers with Windows XP Mode, except in very specific cases, since it never interfaces with any of your hardware directly. It runs in an entirely virtual computer, which means virtual memory, virtual graphics card, virtual input devices, etc, so you shouldn't need to install drivers for anything.

As for antivirus, I wouldn't bother tbh. You're only going to be installing a very limited, specific set of software that's known to be safe, and you're not going to be using Windows XP to browse the web at all, so there's very little threat. An antivirus would just slow things down.

@lapa321: The way the Virtual Machine connects to the internet by default (in XP Mode, anyway) is using NAT, or Network Address Translation. It basically works in exactly the same way as your router does when deciding which computer it is meant to send data to. Basically, even though the VM and host PC are sharing one network card, and thus only have one physical address on the network, their IP addresses are actually different. So as far as the router is concerned, they are actually different computers, despite only being one computer.

That's how it works by default, you can also set up all kinds of virtual networks, and the host PC can act as a bridge, and link that to the real network. You can also disable internet connection for the VM completely, which is what I do.

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First time i saw that, i thought someone had hacked into my wifi ;D

Clannad_92:
thanks all...you explain it in the way that i can easily understand...

if got any trouble, i will ask again... 8)

EDIT : after installing xpmode, i can say that i like it...but why it only detect 512mb ram and i cant change the display setting from medium 16bit to high 32bit?

Bob2004:
You can adjust hardware in the virtual machine settings. Tools -> Options, I think.

As for the display settings, that's one of the big downsides. The way XP Mode works, is it connects to the virtual machine through RDP. In other words, you're actually using remote desktop - the difference is, you're connecting to a virtual computer, instead of a remote computer. It's sadly not possible to get it to do 32-bit colour, but you can improve it to 24-bit. This guide explains how: http://www.somelifeblog.com/2007/10/remote-desktop-video-32-bit-mode.html

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