XP Mode on Windows 7

I installed Windows 7 Professional on my computer and now I am trying to
install the XP Mode/Virtual Machine and it keeps stopping just short of
finishing. I get the red X and the message that it didn't install
correctly, please try again. I followed the instructions to validate my
copy of Windows and did the test to make sure it was capable of running a
virtual machine. Is there something that I am missing? I'm not getting any
specific error messages, just the same thing happens every time without the
installation completing. Anyone have any suggestions? My machine is a home
build with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard, AMD FX-8350 8 core 4.00 GHz
Processor with 16 GB Ram

On 03/24/2014 10:42 PM, Camellia Sinensis wrote:
I installed Windows 7 Professional on my computer and now I am trying to
install the XP Mode/Virtual Machine and it keeps stopping just short of
finishing. I get the red X and the message that it didn't install
correctly, please try again. I followed the instructions to validate my
copy of Windows and did the test to make sure it was capable of running
a virtual machine. Is there something that I am missing? I'm not
getting any specific error messages, just the same thing happens every
time without the installation completing. Anyone have any suggestions?
My machine is a home build with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard,
AMD FX-8350 8 core 4.00 GHz Processor with 16 GB Ram



If you can't get it working a good alternative is to install Oracle
Virtual Box and then within install XP

Camellia Sinensis wrote:
I installed Windows 7 Professional on my computer and now I am trying to
install the XP Mode/Virtual Machine and it keeps stopping just short of
finishing. I get the red X and the message that it didn't install
correctly, please try again. I followed the instructions to validate my
copy of Windows and did the test to make sure it was capable of running
a virtual machine. Is there something that I am missing? I'm not
getting any specific error messages, just the same thing happens every
time without the installation completing. Anyone have any suggestions?
My machine is a home build with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard,
AMD FX-8350 8 core 4.00 GHz Processor with 16 GB Ram

So tell us what install order you used.

Windows 7 Professional.
SP1 added manually or from Windows Update ?
Windows Update for all Security Patches ?

Install Windows Virtual PC first ?
Install WinXP Mode package. Which should unpack a VM of some sort.
With perhaps a VHD or VHDX file as an image of WinXP.

Now, when all of that is finished, look for recent files
ending in .log, and perhaps you'll get an indication of what
step is failing.

I would not expect the download or initial install step to get
too far, unless a qualifying OS is being used. And as far as I know,
Pro is good enough for that. My Home Premium on the other hand,
would not be good enough to qualify for the WinXP Mode package.

The BIOS may have an entry for VT-X or Vanterpool technology,
which is support for virtualization. Strictly speaking, that
isn't absolutely necessary. As in VPC2007, you could run with
that enabled or disabled, and Windows Virtual PC is just another
version of VPC2007. You could use some tool to verify
that Vanterpool setting actually took. Again, if the installer
expects that as a pre-requisite setting, it would likely stop
at the beginning, rather than at the end. At the end, sounds
like time to update the Registry.

There's a virtualization checking tool here, for what it is worth.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

And at the end of this thread, reports of a corrupted file.
It would help if some twit would offer a checksum, for
future reference :-(

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...um=w7itprovirt

OK, so even though I can't use it, I checked my file collection.
I have two things in that folder. From Nov2,2009.

WinXP_mode_Windows7
WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe 492,597,008 bytes MD5=bf3726d684d3acb98185665123c9efcf
Windows6.1-KB958559-x86.msu 9,591,606 bytes MD5=af256856f06be651e05e47a5cead3728

Now, if I actually look for KB958559, it looks like
a reference to Windows Virtual PC.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958559

And the link off that page goes here, and it has the usual
~16MB Virtual PC software. As a guess.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=3702

Version: 6.1.7600.16393 Date Published: 2/14/2011

Windows6.1-KB958559-x86-RefreshPkg.msu 15.3 MB
Windows6.1-KB958559-x64-RefreshPkg.msu 16.3 MB

I don't know why my MSU is so small in this case. (Maybe the word
Refresh means it's a later version ?)

To work out the MD5SUM on your download, you can use Microsoft FCIV.
fciv -md5 WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290 (FCIV download)

Paul

Il Mon, 24 Mar 2014 23:38:24 -0500, philo ha scritto:


If you can't get it working a good alternative is to install Oracle
Virtual Box and then within install XP

but in this case he needs a FULL xp license



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"Camellia Sinensis" wrote in message ...

I installed Windows 7 Professional on my computer and now I am trying to
install the XP Mode/Virtual Machine and it keeps stopping just short of
finishing. I get the red X and the message that it didn't install
correctly, please try again. I followed the instructions to validate my
copy of Windows and did the test to make sure it was capable of running a
virtual machine. Is there something that I am missing? I'm not getting any
specific error messages, just the same thing happens every time without the
installation completing. Anyone have any suggestions? My machine is a
home build with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard, AMD FX-8350 8 core
4.00 GHz Processor with 16 GB Ram

Well, some good news but mostly bad news. After further research I found
that this problem is caused by some AMD processors. Microsoft has a
"hotfix" for it, however to get the OPK, or the Windows 7 OEM
Preinstallation Kit needed to install the hotfix you have to be in some kind
of business that builds or services computers running Microsoft products.
After about the fifth page of filling out forms and crap I gave up. I was
able to download the hotfix from the first page at microsoft.com where I
found the answer to my question. However, the get the OPK is where I ran
into the snag. Really Microsoft, do you think that individuals don't build
and take care of their own computers?????

In ,
Camellia Sinensis typed:
"Camellia Sinensis" wrote in message
...
I installed Windows 7 Professional on my computer and now I am
trying to install the XP Mode/Virtual Machine and it keeps stopping
just short of finishing. I get the red X and the message that it
didn't install correctly, please try again. I followed the
instructions to validate my copy of Windows and did the test to make
sure it was capable of running a virtual machine. Is there something
that I am missing? I'm not getting any specific error messages,
just the same thing happens every time without the installation
completing. Anyone have any suggestions? My machine is a home
build with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard, AMD FX-8350 8 core
4.00 GHz Processor with 16 GB Ram

Well, some good news but mostly bad news. After further research I
found that this problem is caused by some AMD processors. Microsoft
has a "hotfix" for it, however to get the OPK, or the Windows 7 OEM
Preinstallation Kit needed to install the hotfix you have to be in
some kind of business that builds or services computers running
Microsoft products. After about the fifth page of filling out forms
and crap I gave up. I was able to download the hotfix from the first
page at microsoft.com where I found the answer to my question.
However, the get the OPK is where I ran into the snag. Really
Microsoft, do you think that individuals don't build and take care of
their own computers?????

AMD doesn't seem to want to fix their own problems is what I think
is the real problem. My AMD machines also experience a lot of
nonsense like this.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

Camellia Sinensis wrote:


"Camellia Sinensis" wrote in message ...

I installed Windows 7 Professional on my computer and now I am trying
to install the XP Mode/Virtual Machine and it keeps stopping just
short of finishing. I get the red X and the message that it didn't
install correctly, please try again. I followed the instructions to
validate my copy of Windows and did the test to make sure it was
capable of running a virtual machine. Is there something that I am
missing? I'm not getting any specific error messages, just the same
thing happens every time without the installation completing. Anyone
have any suggestions? My machine is a home build with a Gigabyte
GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard, AMD FX-8350 8 core 4.00 GHz Processor with
16 GB Ram

Well, some good news but mostly bad news. After further research I
found that this problem is caused by some AMD processors. Microsoft has
a "hotfix" for it, however to get the OPK, or the Windows 7 OEM
Preinstallation Kit needed to install the hotfix you have to be in some
kind of business that builds or services computers running Microsoft
products. After about the fifth page of filling out forms and crap I
gave up. I was able to download the hotfix from the first page at
microsoft.com where I found the answer to my question. However, the get
the OPK is where I ran into the snag. Really Microsoft, do you think
that individuals don't build and take care of their own computers?????

Interesting. I've never heard of this one. Windows Virtual PC runs
on a single core, so it's hard to imagine how the Bulldozer would
cause a problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2519949

The file mentioned is Vpcvmm.sys .

Try Googling that, and see how the "home hackers" do it :-)

Hmmm. Now, here's a problem that involved Intel processors, and the same file.
So much for AMD versus Intel theories. I think the Windows Virtual PC
designers are to blame.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977632

*******

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...um=w7itprovirt

And that thread references this KB.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2652034

You could check Windows Update, and see if those are applied already.
It looks like you can use the web form to request 2652034 be
sent to you by email. Perhaps the version of Vpcvmm.sys is
even later than the other one.

It would also be interesting to see, if installing
Windows Virtual PC, then visiting Windows Update, causes
any of the above patches to show up in Windows Update.

A Hotfix can always be superseded by a Service Pack,
and you would want to compare the Service Pack 1 date,
against any of the above articles. It is not always
appropriate to use a Hotfix, if the Service Pack
installed it for you.

Paul

Originally Posted by Camellia Sinensis[_2_]

I installed Windows 7 Professional on my computer and now I am trying to
install the XP Mode/Virtual Machine and it keeps stopping just short of
finishing. I get the red X and the message that it didn't install
correctly, please try again. I followed the instructions to validate my
copy of Windows and did the test to make sure it was capable of running a
virtual machine. Is there something that I am missing? I'm not getting any
specific error messages, just the same thing happens every time without the
installation completing. Anyone have any suggestions? My machine is a home
build with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Motherboard, AMD FX-8350 8 core 4.00 GHz
Processor with 16 GB Ram

why not try VMware Workstation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2652034

You could check Windows Update, and see if those are applied already.
It looks like you can use the web form to request 2652034 be
sent to you by email. Perhaps the version of Vpcvmm.sys is
even later than the other one.

It would also be interesting to see, if installing
Windows Virtual PC, then visiting Windows Update, causes
any of the above patches to show up in Windows Update.

A Hotfix can always be superseded by a Service Pack,
and you would want to compare the Service Pack 1 date,
against any of the above articles. It is not always
appropriate to use a Hotfix, if the Service Pack
installed it for you.

Paul

They did email me the hotfix, it was the OPK or the Windows 7 OEM
Preinstallation Kit where I hit the snag. To get that they wanted me to
become a "member" of some kind, wanting to know the name of my business, and
all kinds of detailed information. After about two pages of that crap I
just exited out. The hotfix cannot be installed without the OPK, so I am
stuck unless I want to give up my firstborn or whatever it is they are after
before they will part with that.

Camellia Sinensis wrote:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2652034

You could check Windows Update, and see if those are applied already.
It looks like you can use the web form to request 2652034 be
sent to you by email. Perhaps the version of Vpcvmm.sys is
even later than the other one.

It would also be interesting to see, if installing
Windows Virtual PC, then visiting Windows Update, causes
any of the above patches to show up in Windows Update.

A Hotfix can always be superseded by a Service Pack,
and you would want to compare the Service Pack 1 date,
against any of the above articles. It is not always
appropriate to use a Hotfix, if the Service Pack
installed it for you.

Paul

They did email me the hotfix, it was the OPK or the Windows 7 OEM
Preinstallation Kit where I hit the snag. To get that they wanted me to
become a "member" of some kind, wanting to know the name of my business,
and all kinds of detailed information. After about two pages of that
crap I just exited out. The hotfix cannot be installed without the OPK,
so I am stuck unless I want to give up my firstborn or whatever it is
they are after before they will part with that.

Install this, then get back to me. It comes
after KB2519949. It's a later file.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2652034

Paul

"Paul" wrote in message ...

Camellia Sinensis wrote:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2652034

You could check Windows Update, and see if those are applied already.
It looks like you can use the web form to request 2652034 be
sent to you by email. Perhaps the version of Vpcvmm.sys is
even later than the other one.

It would also be interesting to see, if installing
Windows Virtual PC, then visiting Windows Update, causes
any of the above patches to show up in Windows Update.

A Hotfix can always be superseded by a Service Pack,
and you would want to compare the Service Pack 1 date,
against any of the above articles. It is not always
appropriate to use a Hotfix, if the Service Pack
installed it for you.

Paul

They did email me the hotfix, it was the OPK or the Windows 7 OEM
Preinstallation Kit where I hit the snag. To get that they wanted me to
become a "member" of some kind, wanting to know the name of my business,
and all kinds of detailed information. After about two pages of that
crap I just exited out. The hotfix cannot be installed without the OPK,
so I am stuck unless I want to give up my firstborn or whatever it is
they are after before they will part with that.

Install this, then get back to me. It comes
after KB2519949. It's a later file.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2652034

Paul

Hey, thanks! This one actually worked.