Problems with Windows Virtual machine for Windows XP Pro installation
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As much as I know (from experience) the licensing team will not help regarding win xp as the system over the support time life. Moreover, VB6 also need a licence! make sure you have it. I would probably try the second option Dave mentioned which is installing VB6 on the main OS (win 7). You should have no issue installing on the same machine VS 2015, as long as you install it in the right order, which mean first VB6 and then VS 2015 (according to documentation I found both System Requirements fir to win 7).
I found the following short tutorial. I have not test it or read it in deep, but in first glance it seems good. please check if this help you, and remember that that VB6 is not longer supported and anything you do is on your own risk:
http://www.fortypoundhead.com/showcontent.asp?artid=20502
Here you can see official documentation saying that VB6 Works Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows 10. But the VS team dose not committed to this, they just committed to “It Just Works” compatibility :-)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms788708.aspx* If you have MSDN subscription then you can download windowx XP and use it. This is the option to use if you still want to use win XP and you lost the key.
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As much as I know (from experience) the licensing team will not help regarding win xp as the system over the support time life. Moreover, VB6 also need a licence! make sure you have it. I would probably try the second option Dave mentioned which is installing VB6 on the main OS (win 7). You should have no issue installing on the same machine VS 2015, as long as you install it in the right order, which mean first VB6 and then VS 2015 (according to documentation I found both System Requirements fir to win 7).
I found the following short tutorial. I have not test it or read it in deep, but in first glance it seems good. please check if this help you, and remember that that VB6 is not longer supported and anything you do is on your own risk:
http://www.fortypoundhead.com/showcontent.asp?artid=20502
Here you can see official documentation saying that VB6 Works Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows 10. But the VS team dose not committed to this, they just committed to “It Just Works” compatibility :-)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms788708.aspx* If you have MSDN subscription then you can download windowx XP and use it. This is the option to use if you still want to use win XP and you lost the key.
Ronen Ariely
[Personal Site] [Blog] [Facebook] [Linkedin]
