All is looking good.
I ran the -Pi386 -it command, then configured my 32bit build move in Project Options, compiled, then copied the .exe to the XP VM, and ran it. Looks good.
With the troubles I experienced with the Lazarus upgrade, I would recommend deleting it first. I was jumping from ...
[at this stage I opened up an old thread, and found my profile is the recently changed one, not the original when posted. My intention was to get the previous versions numners of Lazarus & FPC] ...
Anyway Lazarus was 1. something.
Thanks to all.