Vista - RE: Windows 98 Crashes in Virtual PC 2007

05-20-2009

Quote:

> I have a Virtual PC consisting of Windows 98se which I use to connect
> to a Novell server and run a DOS application from that server. The
> Host OS is Windows XP Pro on a Dell laptop. When I boot the Win 98
> VPC and ESC at the login screen the VPC seems to work just fine, but
> when I boot and enter the required login in information for Novell,
> the VPC will generate WIndows 98 errors or cause Win 98 to hang, or
> crash resulting in VPC reboot.
>
> What could be causing this?
>
> I have other laptops from Dell that run Win 98 on VPC just fine. In
> fact, I have taken their VPC images and used them on the offending
> PC. In those cases, the VPC will work for a short time and them begin
> to exibit the same symtoms as before (crashing, rebooting, etc).
>
> Footnote: The laptops are connecting through the wireless NIC. We had
> problems making the connection to Novell using the wireless card as
> when I would return to the network the server could not be foudn, and
> then I had to uninstall and reinstall the MS Novell client. Then a
> resent set Microsoft updates seemed to prevent me from connecting at
> all to the Novell server through the wireless card.

I had the exact same problem, the solution is to open safe mode, open MSCONFIG and disable VMServices. Shared folders still works without it running.

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05-20-2009	#1 (permalink)
James Crawford n/a posts	RE: Windows 98 Crashes in Virtual PC 2007 Quote: > I have a Virtual PC consisting of Windows 98se which I use to connect > to a Novell server and run a DOS application from that server. The > Host OS is Windows XP Pro on a Dell laptop. When I boot the Win 98 > VPC and ESC at the login screen the VPC seems to work just fine, but > when I boot and enter the required login in information for Novell, > the VPC will generate WIndows 98 errors or cause Win 98 to hang, or > crash resulting in VPC reboot. > > What could be causing this? > > I have other laptops from Dell that run Win 98 on VPC just fine. In > fact, I have taken their VPC images and used them on the offending > PC. In those cases, the VPC will work for a short time and them begin > to exibit the same symtoms as before (crashing, rebooting, etc). > > Footnote: The laptops are connecting through the wireless NIC. We had > problems making the connection to Novell using the wireless card as > when I would return to the network the server could not be foudn, and > then I had to uninstall and reinstall the MS Novell client. Then a > resent set Microsoft updates seemed to prevent me from connecting at > all to the Novell server through the wireless card. I had the exact same problem, the solution is to open safe mode, open MSCONFIG and disable VMServices. Shared folders still works without it running. Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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