Does anyone know anything about virtualizing an entire WinXP machine and hosting it under Win8.1? I just got a powerhouse of a new computer, and I'm looking for a *temporary* way to keep all the apps and drivers I will lose when I fully commit to the Win 8.1 machine. Over time I will be replacing WinXP apps that will not run under Win 8.1 -- but I need to get the new machine working efficiently pretty quickly, and I don't want to suddenly lose all the capability I've built up over many years in my Win XP computer. I believe that the new computer's 16 GB RAM, 4 GHz eight hyper-threaded cores & 2 TB drive (+ SSD helper drive) will actually support this (obscure reference follows) checkers-playing-dog, even if it wins very few games. I got the idea of virtualizing my WinXP computer here: http://tinyurl.com/Virtualize-Windows-XP-computer or: http://www.infopackets.com/news/9473/how-copy-programs-windows-xp-windows-8 I was encouraged when I found this: "Intel and AMD have ... developed virtualization extensions to the x86 architecture. ... Either will allow a virtual machine ... to run an unmodified guest operating system *without* *incurring* *significant* emulation *performance* *penalties*." I would not use the WinXP browsers or email to help mitigate its security risks. Any recommendations, experiences, gotchas, links, etc. about virtualizing and hosting an entire WinXP machine would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane@earthlink.net ######################## --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com