Enable Windows 8 Hyper-V

In Windows 8 there is a new feature called Hyper-V that is basically the same thing as XP Mode in Windows 7. It allows you to run as many guest operating systems on your Windows 8 host machine. However, Windows XP mode was based on Windows Virtual PC, which was the consumer version of their virtualization product. Now you get the more enhanced server version. Also, there is no XP Mode in Windows 8 with Hyper-V. XP Mode was a free copy of Windows XP SP3 that allowed you to run older apps seamlessly with Windows 7. That is no longer available in Windows 8 with Hyper-V.