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Not sure if this has any relevance to a Windows activation issue. Running Disk2vhd again now with the VHD created being saved to a separate drive.
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"Do not save VHD to any of the drives included in VHD being created!" In other words, I missed this part of the earlier instructions (post dated ) This is probably not good, logically I need to save it somewhere else. I just realised the VHD file name in my image above saves the VHD to the desktop of the XP Mode virtual machine. So before running Disk2vhd again, I unchecked that passwords required option.īut given that the "complaint" when booting in HyperV was that Windows XP required activation, and not a password issue, I'm not very hopeful about this. Yes, like this (I'm running it again now):īefore running it again I noticed that Start/run/ control userpasswords2 purported to show that an XP Mode box was ticked to require passwords from users, as shown below (although in practice I could always boot and use it without entering any password.?). Internet Speed: AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplexīrowser: Nightly (default) + Firefox (stable),Chrome, Edge/ß/Dev/Canaryĭid you use Disk2VHD to create the virtual hard disk? SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSDĢ * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM (AMD RAID 1)
#How to downgrade from windows 7 to xp upgrade#
Once it downgrades, all you need to do is insert the Windows 7 installation and do a repair upgrade to a desired edition. Hard Drives: 3x Sabrent Rocket PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 1 TB SSD (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB) Windows 7 Downgrader will let downgrade popular editions such as Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional quickly and easily.
#How to downgrade from windows 7 to xp full#
PSU: PC Power & Cooling’s Silencer Series 1050 Watt, 80 Plus PlatinumĬase: Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark ATX Full Tower CaseĬooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler + Air (3 * 140mm fans from case) Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Laser Mouse(shared) Keyboard: SteelSeries Apex Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard Monitor(s) Displays: 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Graphics Card: eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB) Answer (1 of 4): I would like to say NO as XP has been discontinued since 2014 completely, no more extended support even. System Manufacturer/Model Number: The Beast Mark A (homebrew)