X220 ordering question: Windows XP Mode option

Greetings one and all.
In reviewing my options in ordering a X220, with MS 7 Pro, there is a screen where it states that if I want to have MS 7 Windows XP Mode the MS 7 64bit system will need to have at least 4 gb of RAM. I then have the option of choosing 'None' or 'MS 7 XP Mode - english'. If I choose to add XP Mode it the configuration automaticly boost the RAM up to 4 GBand as such a higher price.
My question then is: Isnt XP mode already built into MS 7 Pro, or is this something extra?
I would rather order just 2GB of RAM and add more later, but I do want the ability to run older XP programs.
TIA
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Firefox freezes trying to download or save files, Import/Export bookmarks, clicking (Tools) Options (was: Fire Fox crashes in Windows safe mode and in Firefox Safe mode)

Hi
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Firefox crashes every time I do any of the following. Then I have to force quit Fire fox.
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Hi.
This is about a question you posted to the Firefox Support forum three months ago (I'm sorry you never got an answer).
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Once I clicked it the time glass on the mouse was there for a few seconds and then went away without the application starting up at all.
A couple times a week I open Dentrix 11.0 in a virtual machine on Windows 7. I experience the same thing almost every time I open the VM. I must first get Windows to "reconnect" my network for me. Do this by opening Start | My Computer, and
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I just purchsed an iMac and I want to load Windows 7 Professional onto it as well. We own the full version of Edius 5 but have not tried learning that program yet. I don't know if Edius 5 will run on Windows 7 but if I can still use Let's Edit I'll be in business for now. I read some information on running Windows XP mode on Windows 7 and I see that a special processer is needed in order to run this. Do you have any idea if my new iMac will support the Windows XP mode? Any help you can provide me will be extremely benefecial to me.
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VMs are virtual machines. They run inside or under or side by side (same thing, just what people call it) and your Mac will run Windows and this application just peachy - perfect for anything except games.
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2. After you complete the 3rd installation step, check your Start menu in Windows 7 and look for Windows Virtual PC. Open it and double click Windows XP Mode (it should be the only thing in there) to boot up XP.
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All:
Edit: Lenovo link added
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/windows7/index.html?ipromoID=wnb00492&
Here's the information from Microsoft about the update program. Hopefully there will be an announcement soon from .... hardware vendors
Announcing the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program & Windows 7 Pricing – Bring on GA!
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/06/25/announcing-the-windows-7-upgrade-option...
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Another one of the most common questions I get is: how much will Windows 7 cost? Well, today we’re sharing these details.
For Windows 7, we are reducing the price on our most popular retail product for customers, the Home Premium Upgrade, by approximately 10% (depending on the market). In the U.S., this means a customer buying Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade will pay only $119.99 instead of the $129.99 being charged today for its predecessor.
Overall, customers will be paying less and getting more with Windows 7. This includes fun new features such as HomeGroup, Device Stage, Aero Shake, Snap, Peek, Jump Lists and our completely redesigned Windows Taskbar (one of my favorite new features in Windows 7 today). These new features make your PC simpler and much easier to use.
So here’s the low-down on pricing for Windows 7. The estimated retail prices for upgrade packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:
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Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99
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Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
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My HP Pavilion 775C with Windows XP 32 bit SP3 has begun to startup in Windows Recovery Mode.

I have had many problems with my Pavilion a775c desktop, running XP 32 Bit with SP3 and 2.5 G Ram. I was receiving a Fatal Error message 1327 that Drive M did not exist. I did a selective startup eliminating the programs I thought were causing this but that did not help. Then I cleaned away all the files for any HP printer, and for my current printer, an Officejet j3680 All-in-One, and then reinstalled it. That took care of the fatal error message but I began to get a message that my DRive D was out of memory. I deleted some regular files that were previously stored on that drive before I increased the memory on my Drive C but I continued to receive that message. I cleaned the registry with Registry Mechanic and then deleted files I though would not harm the computer and I no longer get the Drive D low on memory message but now the computer starts up each time in recovery mode and If I'm not there to select the Windows XP option it goes to a dos screen but nothing ever happens from there. I'm not that familiar with DOS and don't know anything except to type EXIT which I did and the computer would reboot giving my an opportunity to select Windows XP. Now, however, it won't allow me to type EXIT. I must instead hit enter and then it goes to the screen that allows me to select the Windows environment. I really don't want to have to do this each time I start up. Can anyone help?

I am not that familiar anymore with troubleshooting Windows XP, but way back in the day I seem to recall that the Windows recovery console would be used to fix issues like the one you're describing. It sounds like you may have a corrupted boot sector if it keeps going into the windows recovery mode. The solution could be as simple as using the last known good configuration or possibly doing a system restore. You may want to try this link on Technet that explains the recovery console and the tools available in it like fixmbr..
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457126.aspx
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I am an employee of HP

Install Captivate 4 on Windows 7 64-bit machine with Windows XP mode?

Hi,
I have been searching the web to find out the best way/place in which to load Captivate 4 on my Windows 7 64-bit machine. Seems some people have issues with recording, others don't. I have Windows XP mode on my machine.
My question is... what's the best way to load Captivate 4 on Windows 7 - should I install to Windows 7 and see how it goes. Or should I install under Windows XP mode?
Thank you!
Michele

Yea it works in XP mode
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Try running Cp4 in WinXp compatibility mode on Win7. Also make sure
you're set to Run as Administrator.
I run Cp4 on Win7 without issues. But other users report similar problems
to yourself. In the end, it may or may not work for you because Adobe has
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LPTI redirect in Virtual WIndows XP mode using WIndows 7 Pro

I have an application that only prints to LPT1. The application only can run on XP so I installed it on Virtual Windows XP mode. The application works ok but I cannot print. The printer I have is a USB printer that is installed on Windows 7 Pro and I am
able to share that printer in XP mode. In the past when the application was installed on a dedicated XP Pro operating system, I was able to get the application to print to my USB printer by using the NET USE LPT1 command.
My problem now is how to I get the application installed on Virtual Windows XP mode to be directed to the shared USB printer on Windows 7 Pro when it is looking for LPT1
Your help is greatly appreciated.

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XP Mode does not have access to parallel ports so the DOS command to use LPT1 within XP Mode will fail, have you checked this link?
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Windows XP Mode will not run

I have installed Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode following the steps outlined on the Microsoft website.
I enabled hardware virtualization in the BIOS, as requested, and then ran the hardware virtualization detect tool, and this indicated that hardware virtualization was working ok.
When I try to run Windows XP Mode, I get the following error message:
"Cannot start Windows Virtual PC Host Process. Check the system event log for more details
Server execution failed"
The Event Viewer shows the following Errors for Virtual PC:
"One or more files from the Virtual PC installation are missing. Please reinstall Virtual PC and try again."
and
"Virtual machine Error - Server execution failed (0x80080005)"
I have reinstalled Virtual PC, and I get the same errors.
I looked at Device Manager, and Virtual PC Host Bus Driver has an exlamation mark, indicating there is a problem. The driver properties reports:
"Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)"
If I try to update the driver software, it reports that the best driver software is already installed.
I get this same device driver error after uninstalling everything, and then re-installing in the order stipulated on the Microsoft website.
I need to be able to run a Windows XP virtual machine, so please can someone help with this.
Details of my PC are as follows:
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz 3.40 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 32.0 GB
Motherboard: Asus P8CWS

This thread is a discussion of a few things that can cause that, hopefully one of the fixes will help you.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/5be5c8e0-bb3e-4c6b-98a1-b44b7eb5e83a/windows-virtual-machine-doesnt-start
Bob Comer Microsoft MVP -- Hyper-V

Windows XP mode/ Windows virtual PC

I have to support some LV7.1 programs (along with newer versions). I just bought a new laptop with Windows 7 Home 64-bit. LV7.1 loads and runs, but the drivers disk pukes on the 64-bit OS. (This was not unexpected...)
The new PC does have an Intel processor that will support Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode.
I will need to upgrade to W7 Pro, but before I do, I'd like to get some feeling that it will all work. Should older NIDaq, MAX, etc. install OK in XP mode?  Has anybody done this? Is there another solution that is better?
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Seth,
Thanks for the speedy reply.
I try to use NI-DAQmx, but I won't swear that I don't have traditional DAQ routines out there. I would like to run real hardware (USB DAQ) on my new laptop, de-bug and burn executables.
What are my options? I could keep LV7.1 on my old desktop, newer versions on my new laptop. Would I be running afowl of LV's EULA? Does NI care about antique versions of LV?
I see that NI-DAQmx 9.0 supports versions LV8.2.1, 8.5.1 and 8.6.1.  If I put these on my 64-bit, will executables I make run on 32-bit target systems?
I don't want to flush Windows 7 64-bit to install the 32-bit. I want it all!
My company has let my subscription lapse. I don't have LV 2009. Not much chance of an upgrade this year...
Regards,
John Spencer

Problem with Win 7 x64, WWAN or WiFi card and Windows XP Mode

I have a T500 with switchable graphics (2056-4RU) with a clean install of Windows 7 Pro x64 with the AT&T WWAN card.
With all the Win7 RTM drivers and Access Connections for Win7, I had a problem that the WWAN card (Ericson F3507g, purchased from Lenovo and working flawlessly under Vista 32-bit) would not initialize. Support told me to uninstall the Win 7 versions of the Power Manager Drivers, WWAN card driver and Access Connections and replace them with the Vista counterparts, which restored the functionality of my WWAN card. Based on the speed with which the support tech came up with the suggested fix, I suspect I am not the only one with the disappearing WWAN card problem.
Now I have found that starting the Windows XP Mode virtual machine kills the WiFi functionality (Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN) until I disable and re-enable the WiFi adapter in Device Manager and then restart the system. (I have not problems with XP Mode and with the Win7 drivers / Access Connections opening Windows XP Mode did not cause the problem with the WiFi.) Opening Windows XP Mode causes no problem with the wired network adapter on my system).
Thus it appears that I can have functionality of the WWAN and WiFi adapters with XP Mode using the Released Win 7 versions and functionality of Windows XP Mode together OR I can have WWAN but not WiFi functionality with XP Mode using the Vista drivers that support suggested. However, it seems that I cannot have WWAN, WiFi and XP Mode concurrently.
I reproduced the above XP mode / WWAN problem / WiFi problems on a T500 with Win7 x64 owned by another family member.
Does anyone (particularly anyone from Lenovo) have fix for this?
Thanks.

for the sim card, try this:
http://jack.ukleja.com/update-ericsson-f3507g-mobile-broadband-on-windows-7-with-lenovo-thinkpad/com...
I have another operator and I finally gave up. apparently it's also no that easy to install the SIM card, if the plastic thing that helps to remove the SIM card is not the right position, it will overlap the SIM Card chip.
can't help for the WIFI. I had the problems too with access connection and decided to remove it. I use Seven's network manager, which does an equally good job.
Since I have the switch to turn off the wireless, I don't really need access connection anyway.
Finally, something that I learns while struggling with the bluetooth driver: the order in which power manager, access connection and the different drivers are installed DOES affect their effectiveness. I forgot the details but I remember 2 things:
always read the TXT file that is available on the driver page on the lenovo web site and install power manager and access connection last.
Good luck

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