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XP Mode Integration Features Problem after Windows Update
Have been using Windows XP Mode with only minor problems for several years. Have experienced occasional problems with what appears to be a corrupted file or files. However, I have faithfully made a backup of the entire Virtual Machine and XP Mode folders. Up to now, restoring a recent backup always "fixed" the XP Mode problem, and all I had to do was restore backups of any of the data that was lost because it was created between the time of the problem, and the time of the backup I used to restore from.
But recently, I ran Windows Update (I did it later than usual, but it was the standard May 2015 Windows Update package. It had a total of 32 updates in it, some of which were for MS Office, rather than Windows. In any case, after the update, when I start XP Mode, it appears to load, then goes to a black screen with a box that says Enabling Integration Features. (Note, it has occasionally done this in the past, but then goes back to the XP Desktop with the Integration Features working.) However, now, the box lasts for several minutes, then I get a box that says Integration Features Could not be enabled, and that I can log on without them, and then enable them from the TOOLS menu. I can then log on, but of course, without the integration features active. If I try to enable the Integration Features from the TOOLS menu, it tries, but is never successful. Restoring a backup of the entire Virtual Machine/XP Mode from a date when it was working normally does not fix the problem.
One thing that may be completely normal, but that to me at least seems a bit odd, is that in XP Mode without integration features enabled, I can still log onto the internet and download antivirus updates. I would have thought (though I'm probably wrong), that internet access would have required the integration features to be active.
All of this leads me to a suspicion (nothing more than that) that the problem was caused by one of the Windows Updates. Has anyone else experienced a problem like this?