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Windows XP compatible with Dell E5520

  • 18-08-2011 04:05PM
    #1
    jollylee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I hope someone can help here. I use a Dell E5520 running windows 7 32 bit for work purposes. 2.3Ghz, 4.00 Gb RAM.

    We use a lot of older software which is not compatible with Windows 7. Up to now I have been using Virtual machines to get around this and VMware is a gem I have to say. That is until today.

    I'm trying to connect a USB device which I know will connect to XP as its been tested. However when I plug it into the laptop windows 7 grabs the port, decides the device is faulty and disables it before I can connect it to the XP virtual machine. This happens regardless of whether the virtual machine is maximised or not.

    I've installed the .inf driver for the device in windows 7 but it still won't install correctly. I'm guessing its just not compatible with 7.

    I would like to install Windows XP on the laptop. Will I have compatibilty issues with the new hardware which is designed for Windows 7?

    Anybody got any thoughts on the above. I'm pretty stuck after 2 days of trying.
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  • #2
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,833 ✭✭✭phill106


    Should be fine, best way to do it is to setup your laptop to dual boot first, that way you can choose to boot either xp or 7.

    http://www.techspot.com/guides/143-dual-boot-windows7/


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    which vm do you use - maybe try another one ?

    Ubuntu users who install virtualbox from ubuntu get the version that doesn't pass USB through. downloading directly form virtualbox gets you the version that will allow you to assign a USB port. No sure if the same is true of windows. ;)



    Dual boot will require you to get another windows license


  • #4
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    which vm do you use - maybe try another one ?



    Dual boot will require you to get another windows license


    does this?

    Windows XP Mode

    i presume the OP is using Win7 pro / enterprise?


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