XP Mode No Longer Requires Virtualization Hardware

Windows XP Mode No Longer Requires Virtualization Hardware - Windows XP Mode - Lifehacker
Windows XP Mode is a pre-configured solution for Windows 7 users needing support for older software, and, until recently, it required AMD-V or VT processor hardware. An update released today should make XP Mode far more accessible to more Windows 7 users.

If you're a 7 user who's been trapped by the lack of that finicky hardware requirement, check out the XP Mode page later today and look for the update. Those with Intel or AMD processors sporting virtualization code will still see benefits, but now you can run XP inside 7 solely on the back of your processor and memory, if that's what you need to do to ensure legacy program compatibility.

Comments: XP Mode in Windows 7 works very well. A program running in XP mode works as if it were running in Windows 7. I experienced none of the set up pain of Virtual Box (although VB has improved greatly). I have an old PIM that has a ton of info that does not easily transfer to any other program, so I need it now and then. But XP Mode would not work with older Intel or AMD Processors not possessing on chip virtualization. Hope it works.

Here is the update needed.

Here is he hack if you do not have Ultimate.