Comments on: Windows 7’s XP Mode will only work on select Sony Laptops

By: Windows.Next after Windows 7

Windows.Next after Windows 7 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:41:05 +0000

[...] Windows 7’s XP Mode will only work on select Sony Laptops Windows 7’s XP Mode will not work on all Sony laptops that have hardware virtualization… [...]

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:33:17 +0000

Sony Vaio’s and many other intel notebooks don’t have virtualization enabled on their intel chips so you cant run XP mode on windows 7. (I believe all AMD’s do. I overcame the problem of virtualization on my Sony Vaio by installing the free Sun Virtual box software. It runs faster and better than VM ware or Microsoft virtual PC (and did I mention its free!!) and does not require hardware virtualization. I then installed Win XP and it runs seamlessly on my win7 home edition OS as a window on the desktop. My windows apps then run on XP with only a slight delay that is acceptable to me. Now I have the best of both worlds: Win 7 and XP on a Sony Vaio. http://www.virtualbox.org/. I could now run as many additional operating systems I want using Virtual box. Go Sun!!!!

By: sloff

sloff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:52:19 +0000

Wow – interesting! – I have the same model. What NVidia Graphics driver did you use? And do you observe any issues with the HDMI output (or switching internal/external monitor etc.) under Windows 7?
So far, all the warnings about the Graphics driver have stopped me from considering Windows 7.

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By: rakonda

rakonda — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:10:25 +0000

Ops ! I have Sony vaio FZ31E Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66GHz 2GB RAm ! Windows 7 working perfect in my vaio =)

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By: PetFoodz.Info

PetFoodz.Info — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:45:15 +0000

I saw threads about this along time ago.. I don’t trust Sony to do the right thing.. Purposefully blocking VT is a joke.. Don’t buy Sony..

By: Don

Don — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:11:40 +0000

I used Levicki’s tool on my SR39VN and it worked perfectly.

By: marciton

marciton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:20:52 +0000

I tested the patch of the BIOS last month
worked perfectly on my TT

By: Tenoq

Tenoq — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:08:48 +0000

Sony – still making proprietary shit and telling you what you can and can’t do with it.

You’d be a mug to ever by a Vaio anyway. Their return rate is almost as high as Acer.