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Running RDS Intranet in XP Mode on

Introduction Software for Converting to VMWare RDS Intranet is not supported on Windows 7 or on The conversion from a Windows XP Mode VM re- versions of Explorer beyond IE8. Fortunately, quires three software packages. The latter two are free, the availability of Windows XP Mode on Windows 7 but require registration. means that RDS Intranet can be accessed on new client • Windows XP Mode desktops. • VMWare Player This document describes use of virtual Windows • VMWare vCenter Converter XP to run RDS Intranet and provides guidance on ac- quiring Windows XP Mode software and on converting to VMWare Player. Converting to VMWare Player From the starting point of having XP Mode in- Windows XP Mode stalled and configured, these are the conversion steps: 1) Open vCenter converter, click Convert Ma- Windows XP Mode is offered as a separate chine, and choose a third party format. download for Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and 2) Locate the Windows XP Mode VM configura- Enterprise editions. Each of these tion file (“filename.”) on the local hard disk. includes a full Windows XP user license. Its location is not tightly controlled, so a search Windows XP mode is a specialized Vir- might be necessary. Once found, start the con- tual PC virtual machine (VM) that can integrate Win- version. dows XP programs with the Windows 7 desktop. In 3) Open the Windows XP virtual machine configu- addition, it can act as a stand-alone VM accessed via ration file (“filename.vmx”) and add this line: (RDP). XPmode.enabled = “True” Reedholm supports Windows XP Mode for pur- 4) Start the VM and install VMWare Tools when poses of running RDS Intranet via 8. prompted. Unfortunately, Reedholm has been unable to make XP Mode behave, despite exten- 5) Now it should be possible to set up the virtual sive in-house testing. Operations become unstable, and machine for RDS Intranet access. difficult to recover from problems. Additional Information VMWare Player These websites have more information on convert- VMWare Player (4 and later) from VMWare is a ing Windows XP Mode to VMWare player: much more robust and stable platform for virtual Win- http://communities.vmware.com/message/1541165 dows XP. It is a free virtual machine manager that #1541165 provides support for converting Microsoft Windows http://blog.zeltser.com/post/15781390680/windows XP Mode to VMWare format using the VMWare -xp-mode-for-vmware- vCenter Converter Stand Alone Client 5.1 tool.

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