Do you have old programs that do not work in Windows 7? Maybe you had software on Windows XP that just simply will not run in Windows 7. Windows 7 provides a feature called XP mode that literally turns your computer into a Window of XP. To use this, we need to download Microsoft Virtual PC.

To download Microsoft Virtual PC, go to their website and follow all the instructions for downloading and installing the software.

The first time you open XP mode, it might take a couple minutes. Then you will see a window that wants you to set up a username and password. After turning on automatic updates, XP mode is all set to run, and you have a fully functioning version of Windows XP.

You are able to download software just normally as you would in XP. You can also choose to go full screen.