I decided to install VMWare Player and Import my existing XP Mode virtual amchine, which was working fine if slowly under Windows 7 Virtual PC. The Player install seemed to go okay, but when it first tried to (automatically) launch XP at the end of the install and Tool upgrade there was a quick Blue Screen that flashed, and then it went to the WIN XP Start Up selection screen (Safe Mode etc). I tried Safe Mode, Normal Mode, it would just keep cycling back to this screen, sometimes in between flashing that same Blue Screen. It went by so fast that the best I could get was "A problem has been detected..."
When I closed Player and restarted, and then re-opened the XP VM it launched fine! Since it was the first time into XP it installed some drivers and whatnot, and then said I had to restart (just like normal XP). So I let it restart and the same thing happened. This time I just shut the Player down and restarted it, and once again XP seemed to come up okay. Anybody else seen this, and if so what do I do about it?
When I closed Player and restarted, and then re-opened the XP VM it launched fine! Since it was the first time into XP it installed some drivers and whatnot, and then said I had to restart (just like normal XP). So I let it restart and the same thing happened. This time I just shut the Player down and restarted it, and once again XP seemed to come up okay. Anybody else seen this, and if so what do I do about it?
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
- CPU
- E8400 E0 stepping @ 4.05GHz
- Motherboard
- Abit IP35-E, BIOS v.18b1
- Memory
- 2x2GB + 2x1GB Mushkin
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GTS 250SC
- Sound Card
- Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sony FW900
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x1024
- Hard Drives
- WD Black 1TB SATA
- PSU
- Corsair 550W
- Case
- CM Scout
- Cooling
- Scythe Mugen2
- Keyboard
- PS2
- Mouse
- PS2
- Internet Speed
- FiOS
for that one, but in my case all the years that I ran XP Pro (since its release) I found it to be very stable. My rig runs 24/7, I sometimes won't reboot it for weeks, and I can't even remember the last time it BSOD'ed under XP. For me I can only hope Win7 works as well. 