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VM Additions broke Guest OS
  1. #1


    ThomasAJ Guest

    VM Additions broke Guest OS

    Ran Setup.exe in the CD, says it completed normally and required a
    restart, I hit restart, it went to "Windows is shutting down...and
    nothing...would not close down. I closed down via the console. Started it
    again and is sitting on starting up (ie XP logo and status bar underneath
    moving horizontally).

    Never went to logon.



    I started in SAFE mode, unchecked VMUSRVC.EXE in Msconfig/startup..still
    would not start properly.

    I did restore to VMA install point, restarted, no good.
    --
    Regards
    Tom

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  2. #2


    Bill Grant Guest

    Re: VM Additions broke Guest OS



    "ThomasAJ" <ThomasAJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:2602B582-2DBA-472F-8C28-4C1A5B99EFD6@xxxxxx

    > Ran Setup.exe in the CD, says it completed normally and required a
    > restart, I hit restart, it went to "Windows is shutting down...and
    > nothing...would not close down. I closed down via the console. Started it
    > again and is sitting on starting up (ie XP logo and status bar underneath
    > moving horizontally).
    >
    > Never went to logon.
    >
    > I started in SAFE mode, unchecked VMUSRVC.EXE in Msconfig/startup..still
    > would not start properly.
    >
    > I did restore to VMA install point, restarted, no good.
    > --
    > Regards
    > Tom
    You certainly have a knack. I personally think that Microsoft should
    employ you as a tester!


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  3. #3


    ThomasAJ Guest

    Re: VM Additions broke Guest OS

    Perhaps they should have. I have spent about 2 weeks (not full time of
    course) trying to get to the stage where I am confident of running my work PC
    on my laptop in the event of a disaster (new Lenovo, 64 bit Visa business,
    VPC2007) or at least running some essential stuff and am not there yet by a
    long way.

    From what I have seen VPC2007 should stay off off broadway, way down in some
    basement with an audience of 2.

    I have many years IT experience (no not admin stuff which would help of
    course) in software development, management etc and I am very very
    dissapointed with this product - I understand now why it is free and I feared
    this might be the case when I started this excercise.

    BTW why this concept of VM Additions - from what I can see that it adds it
    should just come standard with VPC. After all it knows what guest OS one is
    trying to install cause it asks.
    --
    Regards
    Tom


    "Bill Grant" wrote:

    >
    >
    > "ThomasAJ" <ThomasAJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:2602B582-2DBA-472F-8C28-4C1A5B99EFD6@xxxxxx

    > > Ran Setup.exe in the CD, says it completed normally and required a
    > > restart, I hit restart, it went to "Windows is shutting down...and
    > > nothing...would not close down. I closed down via the console. Started it
    > > again and is sitting on starting up (ie XP logo and status bar underneath
    > > moving horizontally).
    > >
    > > Never went to logon.
    > >
    > > I started in SAFE mode, unchecked VMUSRVC.EXE in Msconfig/startup..still
    > > would not start properly.
    > >
    > > I did restore to VMA install point, restarted, no good.
    > > --
    > > Regards
    > > Tom
    >
    > You certainly have a knack. I personally think that Microsoft should
    > employ you as a tester!
    >
    >

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  4. #4


    Robert Comer Guest

    Re: VM Additions broke Guest OS

    >BTW why this concept of VM Additions - from what I can see that it adds it

    >should just come standard with VPC. After all it knows what guest OS one is
    >trying to install cause it asks.
    There's no way to inject the VM additions as the OS install in the VM
    has full control of the computer, not VPC, remember it's just an
    emulator of a real PC and a real PC can't inject software by itself
    either.

    One could build an install disk for any OS with the proper install of
    the Additions, but who would do that when VM usage is so much less...

    --
    Bob Comer



    On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:11:00 -0800, ThomasAJ
    <ThomasAJ@xxxxxx> wrote:

    >Perhaps they should have. I have spent about 2 weeks (not full time of
    >course) trying to get to the stage where I am confident of running my work PC
    >on my laptop in the event of a disaster (new Lenovo, 64 bit Visa business,
    >VPC2007) or at least running some essential stuff and am not there yet by a
    >long way.
    >
    >From what I have seen VPC2007 should stay off off broadway, way down in some
    >basement with an audience of 2.
    >
    >I have many years IT experience (no not admin stuff which would help of
    >course) in software development, management etc and I am very very
    >dissapointed with this product - I understand now why it is free and I feared
    >this might be the case when I started this excercise.
    >
    >BTW why this concept of VM Additions - from what I can see that it adds it
    >should just come standard with VPC. After all it knows what guest OS one is
    >trying to install cause it asks.

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  5. #5


    Mark Rae [MVP] Guest

    Re: VM Additions broke Guest OS

    "ThomasAJ" <ThomasAJ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:3602ADD6-7FDF-4D98-B44E-B481F9A3784D@xxxxxx

    > BTW why this concept of VM Additions - from what I can see that it adds it
    > should just come standard with VPC. After all it knows what guest OS one
    > is
    > trying to install because it asks.
    No it doesn't. The VM creation wizard has nothing whatsoever to do with the
    subsequent installation of an OS - they are simply there as recommended
    settings... E.g. you could tell VPC that you wanted to create a VM
    appropriate for Win2k3, but then actually install Win98 - VPC wouldn't care
    because it wouldn't know...

    The installation of the Additions has to be a manual process because:

    a) the OS running in a VM doesn't actually know it's running in a VM, so it
    doesn't know that it needs the Additions

    b) VPC doesn't know what OS is running on the VM - the first stage of the
    Additions setup identifies that...

    This is the same for any software virtualisation technology - cf VMWare's
    Tools or VirtualBox' Additions:
    http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...q=VMWare+Tools
    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...dditions&meta=


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


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