Preface
I dug out an old piece of equipment in the laboratory and planned to put it to use. I saw that it was only compatible with XP systems and had to be used in combination with Matlab. I was confused. However, after consulting the information and going through some twists and turns, I was able to successfully solve the problem. Specifically, it was through virtualization. The machine simulates the XP system environment, and then combines it with the corresponding version of Matlab software to implement it.
1. VMware virtual machine installation
In view of the age of the XP system, which is relatively rare at this stage, we decided to use a virtual machine to install the XP system for environment simulation. The virtual machine uses VMware. The download address can be found on the official website. The detailed installation tutorial of the VMware virtual machine can be found at the following website. After the installation is completed, open the XP system The XP.vmx file can load and simulate the XP system in the virtual machine.
2. Matlab installation
There is a saying on the Internet that the highest version of matlab that XP system can adapt to is 2015b. In fact, I encountered a series of strange problems after the installation was completed, and I could not solve it after several installations. The most serious problem is that after the installation is completed, double-clicking the matlab shortcut displays the error " Matlab2015b cannot locate the program input point CancelIoEx in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll ". Finally, I learned on the matlab forum that 32-bit XP supports up to 32-bit 2015a, and related statements : "32-bit XP supports up to 32-bit 2015a; 64-bit of".
In the end, because I could not find suitable 2015a resources, I chose the 2014a version. There were no related incompatibility issues and it could run normally.
Note: The XP system and Matlab 2014a installation package mentioned above can be obtained from the homepage resources.