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Running XP Professional .iso on VMWARE on Win 11

Anonymous
2022-10-04T16:21:11+00:00

An older VMWare version (6) went haywire on my Win 10, so I figured I'd try their version 16 on Win 11 and Install a copy of XP Professional -32-bit. Everything is OK until one has to put in the Product Key. This can be found on the .iso in .txt files. But the Installer keeps refuting it [and I certainly did not get it wrong 4 times!] The only advice I can find is a) a Registry Key fiddle that doesn't exist in Win 11, and b) a suggestion that since XP in all its manifestations is no longer supported by Microsoft, too bad... This advice doesn't make sense, as a lot of us Users need older versions of Windows to run old programs. Why offer software well past its sell-by date...

Has anyone any ideas, please?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-09T01:25:29+00:00

    Dear Old_hand,

    I'm glad to see you again in Microsoft Community.

    I'm sorry I couldn't help you. Because Microsoft is shifting resources to support more of the latest technologies to provide a great new experience for users, it is no longer providing support for Windows XP. But your VMWARE problems can be published to publish to Microsoft Docs. This is because the VMWARE issue is beyond the scope of our answers community technical support, so I believe you can get better help above Microsoft Docs.

    If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

    Best regards,

    Zoee | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-05T03:23:26+00:00

    Dear Old_hand,

    I'm glad to see you in Microsoft Community.

    Due to your question involves VMWARE, this question is beyond the scope of technical support on our Microsoft Community. You can get more solutions by posting this question on Microsoft Docs.

    If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

    Best regards,

    Zoee | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-05T11:17:51+00:00

    Thanks, but there is no point pursuing this anywhere! It IS a Microsoft question and obviously no old versions of Windows are ever going to run again.

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