xp mode
at work we are almost done getting all computers to windows 7.
there are a few stragglers mainly because of legacy software that we still have to use. And this legacy software doesn't work with compatibility mode. I was thinking that maybe using XP mode would be the way to go. However, I'm I correct to say that even though XP mode is a virtual environment, it is still vulnerable?
Or can you "isolate" XP mode so that it can not interact with Win7?
If you can do something like that, my vision would be to just run the legacy app in XP mode, not to have a full blown virtual XP mode "pc" running the application.
there are a few stragglers mainly because of legacy software that we still have to use. And this legacy software doesn't work with compatibility mode. I was thinking that maybe using XP mode would be the way to go. However, I'm I correct to say that even though XP mode is a virtual environment, it is still vulnerable?
Or can you "isolate" XP mode so that it can not interact with Win7?
If you can do something like that, my vision would be to just run the legacy app in XP mode, not to have a full blown virtual XP mode "pc" running the application.
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sorry bigeven2002, I was typing my response and when i uploaded it, I saw your response.
Thanks for the advise, I didn't know about the integration thing, That sounds promising.
Thanks for the advise, I didn't know about the integration thing, That sounds promising.
Thank you bigeven2002. I did not know this either.
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Thank you McKnife. Every interesting!! I did not know.
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Sure thing.
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I am not sure how you have XP mode setup, but I can run it on my Windows 7 box with the network adapters disabled just fine. So there is no RDP or port 3389 dependency here.
As you can see from my screenshot, no network connection and no network adapters in device manager, and XP is running fine.
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I am not sure how you have XP mode setup, but I can run it on my Windows 7 box with the network adapters disabled just fine. So there is no RDP or port 3389 dependency here.
As you can see from my screenshot, no network connection and no network adapters in device manager, and XP is running fine.
Bigeven, please read the part with asterisks more carefully.
Seems I misunderstood your post McKnife. Thank you for the clarification. Cheers.
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thank you for the help.
@JeffBeall - Thank you and I was happy to help.
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I totally agree, I would NOT have anything like flash, or java in the XP environment. Lucky for me, I think the legacy only needs to run software off a CD, and I think once the software is installed, it doesn't need access to anything like the internet or servers.
So I think I could really isolate XP mode.
Are there actually steps to isolate XP mode? Kind of a check list of things to do?