You’ll also need to choose where you’d like to store your virtual machine.
For example, you may decide to use the name of the operating system, but you can use whatever name you want. You’ll need to give your virtual machine a name that allows you to identify it easily. If you don’t want to see this message each time you create a VM, click “ Do not show this page again” and click Next. It’s general information and doesn’t affect your VM. The first screen is a fundamental message letting you know what it’s for. The “ New Virtual Machine Wizard” will start.
That opens the “ Actions” panel on the right. When Hyper-V Manager opens, select your PC’s hostname from the column on the left. Press the first result ( best match) from the search results at the top. To get started, press Start or hit the Windows key on your keyboard. You’ll also need a PC that is capable of virtualization and has the necessary system resources. Create a Virtual Machine in Windows 11īefore you begin, make sure virtualization is enabled in your PC’s BIOS/UEFI settings.
From there, click 7-Zip > Open archive > Cab to open the EXE file in the 7-Zip File Manager.If you’ve enabled virtualization in Windows 11, you should be able to create a virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager. Once 7-Zip is installed, locate your Windows XP installer file in Windows File Explorer, then right-click the file. If your PC doesn’t already have it installed, download and install 7-Zip before you proceed. This XP installer is only supported by Windows 7, so we’ll need to extract the files you’ll need from it to get XP to run on Windows 10. If the file is no longer hosted on Microsoft, you can download it from CNET. If your PC is ready, download the Windows XP Mode EXE file from the Microsoft website (named WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe). The operating system you use will also need to be supported by VirtualBox, the software we’ll be using to run Windows XP. You can use another operating system, but these instructions have been designed with Windows 10 in mind. To begin using your Windows XP virtual machine, you’ll need to use a PC running Windows 10, with virtualization enabled in the BIOS or UEFI settings. Downloading Windows XP and Extracting Installation Files
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