So I take it since no one has responded in two months, that no one has
ever encountered this issue? I've tried to make several Vista VPCs and
in each and every case I've run into this issue. Has anyone made a VPC
with Vista? Has anyone had trouble with the VMAs? I'm using Virtual PC
2007 SP1.
On Sep 24, 10:16*am, Vandaveer <vandav...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> I recently created a Vista Business Edition VPC and cannot get theVirtualMachineAdditionsto install properly. Though I can get the
> higher screen resolutions, cursor integration, and whatever otheradditionsthat allow the thing tonotrun like a complete dog, I
> cannot get the clipboard integration or shared folder functionality to
> work. Poking around I noticed that the followingservicesweren't
> started though they're set to automatic:
>
> VirtualMachineAdditionsServicesApplicationVirtualMachineAdditionsShared Folder Service
>
> Attempting tostarteither service results in the following error
> message:
>
> "Windowscouldnotstartthe [service name] service on the Local
> Computer.
>
> Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed tostart."
>
> Checking on the dependencies for each service I found that the 1st
> relies onVirtualMachineAdditionsServicesDriver. The 2nd relies onVirtualMachineAdditionsFolder Sharing Driver andVirtualMachineAdditionsServicesDriver.
>
> I've searched Google and MSDN and can't find anything at all related
> to this. I've tried installing the VMA right after creating the VPC
> and also after I've updated it with every update Vista update to no
> avail.
>
> If anyone has run into this and solved it, I'd appreciate any
> assistance you can give. Thank you.