Will there be Windows Xp Mode in Windows 8.1?

Company has 100,000 employees that used 30 main programs that do not run in Windows 8.1 Have test about half so far and all have failled to run in Windows 8.1. Have tried most work arounds and none are working.

In Windows 7, there was a Windows Xp mode.

Will there be Windows Xp Mode in Windows 8.1?

August 1st, 2013 6:10pm

I don't believe you, My company has 300,000 using windows 8 and all the programs used in xp work in 8. We tested them and they all work
  • Edited by colakid Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:45 PM
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August 1st, 2013 8:39pm

I am BSing here sorry if you feel offended and yes I am a driver with 20 people working, howvever I feel the post has some BS in his story
 Here is why, most companies lets say, CIBC for example which still uses xp. There is lots of work to  be done to upgrade all systems. Its  not the OS they worry about, its the cost to upgrade all the computers and the downtime for the customers. However lets say queens university they use windows 7 and are starting to switch their systems to 8. I have windows xp, 7, 8. I run almost every thing in my system now as xp does.

Many companies buy computers and than downgrade them to windows XP.

We bought about 1000 Vista laptops and downgrade to Windows XP a few years ago. They were cheap laptops since Windows 7 came out and no one want to get the Vista any more so we got a good price for them.



  • Edited by Under_info Friday, August 02, 2013 12:27 PM
August 2nd, 2013 3:18pm

Can I ask a favor of the MSFT MVP and others?  When you provide an answer, can you be a little more human and at least give the OP a good reason as to why something is x or y or z?

Just stating "Hi, No . . ." seems very cold and condescending.  How about some like:

"XP Mode is deprecated for Windows 8 in support of the client-side version of Windows Hyper-V.  If you like, you can easily install any previous, licensed version of Windows--including XP--in Hyper-V for backwards compatibility.  We understand this may be a slight inconvenience to some, but we also believe that you will come to enjoy the added benefits of Hyper-V.  See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh857623.aspx for more details.  I hope this answered your question and alleviated your concerns."


  • Edited by DarienHawk67 Friday, August 09, 2013 12:45 AM
  • Proposed as answer by Carey FrischMVP Monday, August 12, 2013 7:45 PM
  • Unproposed as answer by Under_info Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:18 AM
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August 9th, 2013 3:44am

It seems MS will still support Windows Xp after end of support for business.

Will it be returned to Windows 8.1?

September 10th, 2013 3:27pm

Any new updates on this?
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September 20th, 2013 8:06am

Nope, and I expect the chances of it happening are as close to 0 as you can get.

September 20th, 2013 10:58am

Windows 8.1 RTM is now a known quantity, so I have to agree with Bob.  It is what it is.

Bob, how difficult would it be to set up a Windows 8 system with a full-on Hyper-V implementation, and just install XP in a VM?  Could Hyper-V offer any kind of desktop integration - e.g., running an application on the virtualized system, but in an application-sized window on the host system, similar to what VMware offers as "Unity".

If not Hyper-V, which I understand comes with Windows 8, then VMware with XP could be a possible solution for running obsolete software...  Under_Info, look up the VMware Unity feature some time.

  

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September 20th, 2013 2:52pm

Hi Noel,

It's not hard at all to set up XP in a Win 8 Hyper-V VM, but there is nothing like Windows VPC's seamless windows or VMware's Unity.  (at least for now and there are no rumors that I have heard that changes that)  

Technically you could run a server OS in a VM and connect to virtual applications on it to simulate the same thing, but at a lot more cost.

Unity is an option, of course, but the performance isn't as nice as Windows VPC for seamless windows, and now that I'm only running Windows 8+, I'm running Windows 7 in Hyper-V VM's for all my compatibility testing.   I still run VMware WS on one PC for things that Hyper-V can't do, though connecting to Windows VM's via RDP instead of the Hyper-V console cures a lot of the shortcomings for desktop OS's.  (sound, shared drives, Some USB compatibility...)

September 20th, 2013 3:09pm

It's not hard at all to set up XP in a Win 8 Hyper-V VM, but there is nothing like Windows VPC's seamless windows or VMware's Unity.

What about MDOP?  How seamless is it?   <eg>  

 

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September 20th, 2013 4:35pm

Windows 8.1 RTM is now a known quantity, so I have to agree with Bob.  It is what it is.

Bob, how difficult would it be to set up a Windows 8 system with a full-on Hyper-V implementation, and just install XP in a VM?  Could Hyper-V offer any kind of desktop integration - e.g., running an application on the virtualized system, but in an application-sized window on the host system, similar to what VMware offers as "Unity".

If not Hyper-V, which I understand comes with Windows 8, then VMware with XP could be a possible solution for running obsolete software...  Under_Info, look up the VMware Unity feature some time.

  

September 23rd, 2013 8:18am

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