Virtual Machine Windows XP Mode in Win 7

[xxsilk109xx]

I am running windows ultimate 64 bit, amd quad core black edition, 4 gb ddr3 ram, and an aus m4a79t deluxe mobo.

I also have a webcam that is an older one and the drivers dont work with windows 7, or vista for that matter from what I can read.

It only works in the virtual machine running xp and "xp mode" seems to be lagging really bad. I dedicated 1GB to it over the 512 it was to start and its just laggy and real slow...

Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

I added something I read on a website to the options.xml file I think it is to help it use the processor more but it didnt give much improvement.

[kagman]

Virtual machine mode is not meant for video, webcam, video games, etc etc.. It was meant to help users run old software that would not run on windows 7.

[Rodrick]

Specifically business software. There is a reason it's not on the home ediitions ...

[xxsilk109xx]

ok well then i am just going to install another partition with windows xp on it.

[MobileTechie]

Or just buy a new webcam. If it doesn't work even with vista then it must be a pretty old one.