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Cannot install Server 2003 SP2 on a virtual PC running XP SP3.
Hello,
I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this particular question, but it's technically an installation problem. If it's in the wrong forum, I apologize.
I've just recently started a Computer Information Technology program at a university, and I'm in my first class, which is an intro class which is online as a summer class. My teacher does not have a text book for us, and he says it's a "research class" where we have to figure out everything on our own. All in all, he's not offered me anything at all that would help me figure out how to install Server 2003 on a virtual PC, and I'm not the only student having problems with trying to do this with zero instructions (for what it's worth, I'm in another class in the program which is nothing like this complete lack of instruction).
I ultimately have to make a video showing that I have the programs loaded (Virtual PC-done, MySQL-done, Server 2003-problems all week long), running, and then explain them, but I just can't get Server 2003 to work at all on my Windows 7 machine. I think I could probably get Server 2008 to work, but the university only uses 2003, hence my problem.
Basically, I downloaded the Virtual PC and Windows XP bundle off of Microsoft's site and installed those. I have created a virtual PC, and it's running XP SP3. Now, if I try to install Server 2003 on the virtual PC, it gives me various errors according to which installer I try to use:
WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB914961-SP2-x64-ENU
amd64\update\update.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
WindowsServer2003-KB914961-SP2-x86-ENU
Service Pack 2 Setup Error - The version of Windows you have installed does not match the update you are trying to install.
If I use the X86 version for SP1, it gives the same error as the X64 SP2 error. I'd expect the SP2 X64 to work but not the others, however none of them work. I'm running a computer with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and the only thing I can think of at this point is that the Server 2003 programs only go up to SP2, and the virtual PC is on SP3, and that might be preventing the installation.
If I try to install Server 2003 outside the virtual PC, on Windows 7, it gives the error message of "not enough storage space is available to process this command," and according to the instructor's assignment file, I'm supposed to install this inside the virtual PC anyway. Also, if the XP SP3 is really the problem, I'm not sure how to go about putting SP2 on there because you can't downgrade it due to the way Microsoft gave it to me (I've tried already...).
Anyway, I've been working on trying to get this to even load all week and have had no luck. I don't really understand why it's not working at this point if it's not the conflict between Server 2003 SP2 and XP SP3. For what it's worth, I already have MySQL (community version) installed on the virtual PC if that helps any.
Thanks for any help you can give me with getting the thing to work!