Get a straight answer from Dell? that's a joke right? In my experience, the chance of that happening is about 1 in 20 and even then it will be only partially correct. I'd put a little smiley face here but it's not funny.....
Anyway, I have a Studio 540 and I'm wondering the same thing. I want to find out if this machine is a total dead end box before buying a new processor though.
I'm investigating 'VirtualBox" from Sun. it's supposed to do the same thing, but I think you need a complete copy of XP already (I have it, just without SP3 so i don't know if it's going to be a problem).
We're wasting our time hoping Dell will be forthcoming with anything. they sold the box, now they're done with us...
More info... I looked through the bios and there's no option for VT. I don't expect that will change just by adding a new processor, but perhaps the bios can sense the VT in the processor and act accordingly? Improbable, but not impossible...
I have successfully installed XP Virtualization on my Studio 540 decktop running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Not thanks to Dell. Microsoft has removed the hardware requirement so there was no need to have a chip that support virtualization nor a need to enable anything in BIOS. Refer to this article for information. You will need to install something from Microsoft that removes the hardware requirement. After that just install the xp virtual machine.
So far I have successfully installed in my virtual XP machine my old scanner software and scanned correctly and the old MusicMatch Jukebox. Next up is the software for my Palm Pilot III (yes I know I need to get into the 21st century). I'm hoping that the USB to serial adapter I just purchased will let me setup my cradle.
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Get a straight answer from Dell? that's a joke right? In my experience, the chance of that happening is about 1 in 20 and even then it will be only partially correct. I'd put a little smiley face here but it's not funny.....
Anyway, I have a Studio 540 and I'm wondering the same thing. I want to find out if this machine is a total dead end box before buying a new processor though.
I'm investigating 'VirtualBox" from Sun. it's supposed to do the same thing, but I think you need a complete copy of XP already (I have it, just without SP3 so i don't know if it's going to be a problem).
We're wasting our time hoping Dell will be forthcoming with anything. they sold the box, now they're done with us...
More info... I looked through the bios and there's no option for VT. I don't expect that will change just by adding a new processor, but perhaps the bios can sense the VT in the processor and act accordingly? Improbable, but not impossible...
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April 29th, 2010 19:00
I have successfully installed XP Virtualization on my Studio 540 decktop running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Not thanks to Dell. Microsoft has removed the hardware requirement so there was no need to have a chip that support virtualization nor a need to enable anything in BIOS. Refer to this article for information. You will need to install something from Microsoft that removes the hardware requirement. After that just install the xp virtual machine.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/microsoft_removes_hardware_virtualization_requirement_xp_mode
So far I have successfully installed in my virtual XP machine my old scanner software and scanned correctly and the old MusicMatch Jukebox. Next up is the software for my Palm Pilot III (yes I know I need to get into the 21st century). I'm hoping that the USB to serial adapter I just purchased will let me setup my cradle.