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ssn637 · 07-22-14, 02:15 AM

I've done a bit of research since sooner or later we'll have to leave Windows XP (or 7) behind, and apparently there's a trick you can use to run Windows XP mode in Windows 8 without the need for an installation disk. Here's a link to the instructions.

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-run...free-tutorial/

However, I couldn't get Dangerous Waters to run in the Hyper-V virtual Windows XP or Windows 7 systems. The Windows 7 VHD reported that the graphics failed to initialise so I suppose it must have something to do with the virtual driver. I even tried installing both Windows XP and 7 in a VMware virtual machine from OS X, then installing Dangerous Waters and testing its functionality, and finally converting these vmware.vmd disks to .vhd format in Windows 8.1 before attempting to run the program again in those Hyper-V environments. Without success.

07-22-14, 02:15 AM	#10
ssn637 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Switzerland Posts: 9 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I've done a bit of research since sooner or later we'll have to leave Windows XP (or 7) behind, and apparently there's a trick you can use to run Windows XP mode in Windows 8 without the need for an installation disk. Here's a link to the instructions. http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-run...free-tutorial/ However, I couldn't get Dangerous Waters to run in the Hyper-V virtual Windows XP or Windows 7 systems. The Windows 7 VHD reported that the graphics failed to initialise so I suppose it must have something to do with the virtual driver. I even tried installing both Windows XP and 7 in a VMware virtual machine from OS X, then installing Dangerous Waters and testing its functionality, and finally converting these vmware.vmd disks to .vhd format in Windows 8.1 before attempting to run the program again in those Hyper-V environments. Without success. Last edited by ssn637; 07-28-14 at 12:27 AM.