# Running Ignition v8.1 on Windows XP **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, vision\ **Created:** [February 28, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625 "2022-02-28T15:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/1 "2022-02-28T15:46:35Z")
I’ve been investigating how to run an Ignition v8.1 vision client on windows xp but I haven’t been able to find a solution yet. Due to licensing issues I am stuck on windows xp 32-bit for the foreseeable future. I tried a test perspective view in a google chrome browser but it didn’t load. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/2 "2022-02-28T15:48:00Z")
If you can find a JDK 11 that will run on Windows XP 32-bit then some variation of this may work: [https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047576471-Ignition-8-32-bit-Vision-Clients](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047576471-Ignition-8-32-bit-Vision-Clients) Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/3 "2022-02-28T15:50:06Z")
Yeah I already have the 32-bit work around setup on several RPis and Windows 7 boxes. Unfortunately, there aren’t any JDK 11 builds for XP that I can find. I’m definitely in bad spot on this one 🥲 Upgrading the licensing on these machines to get to Windows 7 costs $37k each and we have two. ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/4 "2022-02-28T15:59:28Z")
> [@dkhayes117](#): > > Upgrading the licensing on these machines to get to Windows 7 costs $37k each 😲 Even Windows 7 is out of support. Time to switch to Linux? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/5 "2022-02-28T16:07:04Z")
> [@witman](#): > > Time to switch to Linux? Or running the Windoze XP instances in Linux KVM guests, allowing everything other than the peculiarly licensed software to run in the host. ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/6 "2022-02-28T16:21:20Z")
Another layer of complexity is the machines have a PCI card for a camera system so if a VM can work, it would have to allow PCI passthrough too. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/7 "2022-02-28T16:23:20Z")
KVM has excellent support for PCI passthrough. ( Cognex VisionPro? ) ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-v8-1-on-windows-xp/56625/8 "2022-02-28T16:32:54Z")
No, some proprietary camera system for a CNC fabric cutter. The camera takes pictures of the fabric pattern as it cuts to compensate for any bows/skews in the fabric design. I will give KVM a try, thanks!