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virtual xp restarts with errors
I have been running XP mode in a virtual window for several months. The VPC I am using is what I got from Microsoft, and so is the XP. I have some persistent, but intermittent problems and could use some help making it run more smoothly.
1, I have created another user with admin privileges in addition to the default xpmuser. I am having difficulty getting it to work the way I'd like. I used control panel to set the option to allow for login fast user switching and to use the welcome screen (i.e. where it shows user names and lets you log in via clicking on a name). Neither of those options is taking hold. Instead, it keeps opening up the virtual XP using that default xpmuser.
2. I am getting frequent errors, especially with the xpmuser. There will be the usual error message asking me to send info to MS. Usually when I click that or the don't send, the virtual window closes and restarts itself. Sometimes I am able to get xpmuser to log off and then login my normal user.
3. If I can get to my normal user, I can look at event viewer to see various error and warning messages. Often trying to look at event view under xpmuser causes the system to restart and reload the virtual xp.
A sample of the recurring error and warning messages is:
Errors:
Driver Amyuni Document Converter 400 required for printer Quicken PDF Printer is unknown. Contact the administrator to install the driver before you log in again.
Error code 1000007e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 00000000, parameter3 b51cd1a8, parameter4 b51ccea4.
Warnings:
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer (from DALES-COMPUTER) was deleted.
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer (from DALES-COMPUTER) is pending deletion.
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer (from DALES-COMPUTER) was purged.
plus a similar set of three messages for each of printer pdf995, printer fax, and
Printer hp LaserJet 1320 PCL 6 on GAILS-COMPUTER (from DALES-COMPUTER) was deleted.
These messages strike me as strange because my virtual XP is not attempting to print *and* I can find no evidence in the printers property that any of those printers is installed in the virtual XP (although Quicken is installed on the host and the laserjet is a printer installed on another computer in the local net).
I'd appreciate any hints as to how to make my virtual XP more stable -- and how to enable the logon procedure to be the way I want it.