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With Remember Credentials checked, users won’t be prompted to enter credentials
when using Windows XP Mode.
i. Enable automatic updates by selecting Help Protect My Computer By Turning On
Automatic Updates Now, and click Start Setup. It will take several minutes for the
setup to complete. Once it completes, a window will open with the Windows XP
Mode desktop.
Windows XP Mode is now installed on your system. However, it won’t be of much use
until you install some applications and configure them to run within your Windows 7 sys-
tem. The next section leads you through this process.
Running Applications from Windows XP Mode
Although the previous exercise showed you how to install Windows XP Mode, the real
value comes in using this to run applications in a virtual environment.
As an example, imagine that a user has a program she uses quite a bit, works well in
Windows XP, but does not work at all in Windows 7. You can add Windows XP Mode to
her Windows 7 desktop and then install the legacy application in the Windows XP Mode
virtual environment.
This feature is most valuable for applications that work in Windows XP but
not in Windows 7. However, you can install any application in Windows XP
Mode that will work in Windows XP. The point of the exercise is not what
you install but instead how it’s accessed after it is installed.
EXERCISE 1.5 (continued)
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