Download and Install Windows XP Virtual Machine in

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Download and Install Windows XP Virtual Machine in Virtual. Box Dr. Cliff Zou University

Download and Install Windows XP Virtual Machine in Virtual. Box Dr. Cliff Zou University of Central Florida

Acknowledgement “How to add an XP Mode Virtual Machine to Windows 10 (or 8)

Acknowledgement “How to add an XP Mode Virtual Machine to Windows 10 (or 8) using Hyper-V” by Mihai Neacsu ◦ https: //www. download 3 k. com/articles/How-to-add-an-XPMode-Virtual-Machine-to-Windows-10 -or-8 -using-Hyper-V 00770 CAP 4145: Introduction to Malware Analysis by Dr. Xinwen Fu from UCF ◦ http: //www. cs. ucf. edu/~xinwenfu/Classes/Malware/2018 SP /CAP 4145 -2018 SP. html

Windows Virtual Machines Microsoft has provided many Windows OS virtual machine for free use

Windows Virtual Machines Microsoft has provided many Windows OS virtual machine for free use ◦ Download from: https: //dev. windows. com/enus/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/ ◦ Currently it has Win 7, Win 8, Win 10 ◦ Under the webpage, “Choose your OS” means your host OS ◦ These virtual machines expire after 90 days. You can delete expired VM and reload the original downloaded VM image again for a fresh windows VM 3

Windows Virtual Machines However, Microsoft has discontinued its Windows XP virtual machine Luckily, there

Windows Virtual Machines However, Microsoft has discontinued its Windows XP virtual machine Luckily, there is a way to get Win. XP VM through another way 4

Downloading Win. XP VM Download Win. XP mode for Windows 7 from: ◦ https:

Downloading Win. XP VM Download Win. XP mode for Windows 7 from: ◦ https: //www. microsoft. com/en. US/download/details. aspx? id=8002 ◦ Either Windows. XPMode_en-us. exe or another one is fine (differed by Media Player software) ◦ Use Winzip or Win. Rar to unzip this file (just treat it as a normal compressed file instead of exe file)

Downloading Win. XP VM ◦ In the extracted folder, under the ‘sources’ folder, find

Downloading Win. XP VM ◦ In the extracted folder, under the ‘sources’ folder, find a file named ‘xpm’, rename it as ‘xpm. zip’ ◦ Open this xpm. zip file, extract the ‘Virtual. XPVHD’ file out ◦ Change ‘Virtual. XPVHD’ to ‘Virtual. XP. VHD’ ◦ This VHD file is the actual VM image of Win. XP! ◦ Make a copy of this VHD file to a safe file location as it will be used and changed by Virtual. Box later

Installing Win. XP VM in Virtual. Box Under Virtual. Box Manager: ◦ Menu “Machine”

Installing Win. XP VM in Virtual. Box Under Virtual. Box Manager: ◦ Menu “Machine” “New” to create a winxp 32 -bit vm ◦ “Use an existing virtual hard disk file” choose the downloaded Virtual. XP. VHD ◦ If you feel the Win. XP display is too small, when the Win. XP VM is running, goto menu “View” ”Scale factor” change to 200% ◦ If your mouse does not work under Win. XP VM, close this VM and goto its “Settings” ”System” ”Mother. Board” ”Pointing Device” select “PS/2 Mouse”

Running Win. XP Virtual Machine In setup, disable the “automatic update” If you want

Running Win. XP Virtual Machine In setup, disable the “automatic update” If you want to go back to host OS, click right CTL key to release your mouse back to your host OS ◦ The right CTL key is the default ‘home key’ for Virtual. Box ◦ Right CTL + HOME will show the popup virtual. Box menu

Virtual. Box Guest Additions Install Guest Additions for Windows XP ◦ Start Virtual. Box.

Virtual. Box Guest Additions Install Guest Additions for Windows XP ◦ Start Virtual. Box. ◦ Start the Win. XP VM ◦ Once the host has booted, click Menu “Devices” “Insert Guest Additions CD Image” ◦ Following the on-screen instructions. Ignore warnings and continue Mouse integration – moving freely inside and out of Windows XP ◦ Enabled with the Guest Additions 9

Virtual. Box Guest Additions Enable copy and paste ◦ Start the VM, and once

Virtual. Box Guest Additions Enable copy and paste ◦ Start the VM, and once it's booted, click “Devices” “Shared Clipboard” “Bidirectional” Enable Drag and Drop ◦ Click “Devices” “Drag and Drop” “Bidirectional” Since the Win. XP’s IE browser is too old, it cannot browse most websites (and not safe to use it!) ◦ On your host machine, google “Chrome download for winxp 32 bit” to find Chrome program to download, then drag-drop to Win. XP VM to install Chrome (or firefox) ◦ You can safely use the new browser to goto Internet 10