[American_Centurion]

HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

This is the closest I could find for you, although VMWare Server isn't free, you do get a 30 day trial so you can do it free for a while. Maybe you can figure out how to "appliance" XP and use it on the free VMWare Player. Good Luck.

[American_Centurion]

I found this too.

Creating an XP Pro VM for the free VMware Player<[> Looks like just the ticket for you, as long as you have an XP pro CD. Those should be fairly easy to come by soon since Vista is out.

Good Luck.

[ShadowAce]

...although VMWare Server isn't free, you do get a 30 day trial so you can do it free for a while.

Actually, VMWare Server is free. It's part of their Free Product lineup.

[Clara Lou]

Thanks for the link! I may give it a try over spring break!

[Golden Eagle]

This is the closest I could find for you, although VMWare Server isn't free, you do get a 30 day trial so you can do it free for a while.

They give away VMware Server for free now, although it's probably their worst product. Still good, but even their Workstation product is better, which is why they still charge for it.

Maybe you can figure out how to "appliance" XP and use it on the free VMWare Player.

You should be able to build the VM (appliance) with Server and then run with Player, which has less overhead when running. You give up some features like "snapshot" backups when just using the player, though.