Vista - AV Software on Win98 VPCs - Problems

12-10-2008

Hello all...

I'm encountering difficulties when I try to install AV software onto a
virtual Windows 98 computer.

I've tried Avast and AVG, and both fail somehow. Avast merely locks up the
virtual PC during installation; AVG triggers a Virtual PC error message
about an unrecoverable processor error and then resets the virtual machine.

This happens in Virtual PC 2007 running on Windows SP SP3. It has happened
on Win98 guests that had the virtual machine additions installed and on
those that did not.

Is there something inherent in AV software that VPC doesn't like on a Win98
guest? A number of W2K and XP VPCs run AV software without incident (Avast
and AVG).

12-10-2008

"abbie" <abbiesomeone [AT] yahoo [DOT] com> wrote in message
news:eBSLIyyWJHA.5272@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Is there something inherent in AV software that VPC doesn't like on a
> Win98 guest? A number of W2K and XP VPCs run AV software without incident
> (Avast and AVG).

Not sure about Avast as I've never looked at it, but AVG (at least, the
latest version) doesn't work on Win98:
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-ant...e-edition#tba3

Nothing to do with VPC per se...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

12-10-2008	#1 (permalink)
abbie n/a posts	AV Software on Win98 VPCs - Problems Hello all... I'm encountering difficulties when I try to install AV software onto a virtual Windows 98 computer. I've tried Avast and AVG, and both fail somehow. Avast merely locks up the virtual PC during installation; AVG triggers a Virtual PC error message about an unrecoverable processor error and then resets the virtual machine. This happens in Virtual PC 2007 running on Windows SP SP3. It has happened on Win98 guests that had the virtual machine additions installed and on those that did not. Is there something inherent in AV software that VPC doesn't like on a Win98 guest? A number of W2K and XP VPCs run AV software without incident (Avast and AVG).
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12-10-2008	#2 (permalink)
Mark Rae [MVP] n/a posts	Re: AV Software on Win98 VPCs - Problems "abbie" <abbiesomeone [AT] yahoo [DOT] com> wrote in message news:eBSLIyyWJHA.5272@xxxxxx Quote: > Is there something inherent in AV software that VPC doesn't like on a > Win98 guest? A number of W2K and XP VPCs run AV software without incident > (Avast and AVG). Not sure about Avast as I've never looked at it, but AVG (at least, the latest version) doesn't work on Win98: http://free.avg.com/download-avg-ant...e-edition#tba3 Nothing to do with VPC per se... -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
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