Vista - Virtual PC Painfully Slow

07-16-2009

I just reimaged my workstation and reinstalled virtual pc. Both the
host and guest are Windows XP Pro.

Total ram is 1 gb, of which 600GB is dedicated to the guest.

The guest is very slow, even when just using IE8 and no other
applications are open. It wasn't like this prior to the reload, is
there a setting that I am missing?

I have tried adjusting the ram as well as ensured that hardware
virtualization is enabled in the bios and on the guest as well.

07-16-2009

"Kelly" <kellyapproved@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Total RAM is 1GB, of which 600GB is dedicated to the guest.

Presumably you mean 600MB? That leaves only 400MB for the host...

Quote:

> The guest is very slow, even when just using IE8 and no other
> applications are open. It wasn't like this prior to the reload, is
> there a setting that I am missing?

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the additions.

Do you have the guest's virtual hard disk on the same partition as the host
OS?

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

07-17-2009

Quote:

> Do you have the guest's virtual hard disk on the same partition as the host
> OS?
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net

I think I've got it solved, laptop has been running well all day
without any slowness. There is a virtual pc fix available for running
this app on a laptop that I found on Google.

07-17-2009

"Kelly" <kellyapproved@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>> I just reimaged my workstation

>
> I think I've got it solved, laptop

If only you'd mentioned that your workstation was a laptop in your OP...

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

07-17-2009

> If only you'd mentioned that your workstation was a laptop in your OP...

Quote:

>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net

It's tough to determine what information would be considered relevant
when detailing an issue. Anyways, for those that have this issue,
I've added this to options.xml

<virtual_machines.>
<enable_idle_thread type="boolean">true</enable_idle_thread>
</virtual_machines>

07-16-2009	#1 (permalink)
Kelly n/a posts	Virtual PC Painfully Slow I just reimaged my workstation and reinstalled virtual pc. Both the host and guest are Windows XP Pro. Total ram is 1 gb, of which 600GB is dedicated to the guest. The guest is very slow, even when just using IE8 and no other applications are open. It wasn't like this prior to the reload, is there a setting that I am missing? I have tried adjusting the ram as well as ensured that hardware virtualization is enabled in the bios and on the guest as well.
My System Specs

07-16-2009	#2 (permalink)
Mark Rae [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Virtual PC Painfully Slow "Kelly" <kellyapproved@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:cc9dce0c-4deb-409e-b302-830201e5793f@xxxxxx Quote: > Total RAM is 1GB, of which 600GB is dedicated to the guest. Presumably you mean 600MB? That leaves only 400MB for the host... Quote: > The guest is very slow, even when just using IE8 and no other > applications are open. It wasn't like this prior to the reload, is > there a setting that I am missing? Try uninstalling and reinstalling the additions. Do you have the guest's virtual hard disk on the same partition as the host OS? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
My System Specs

07-17-2009	#3 (permalink)
Kelly n/a posts	Re: Virtual PC Painfully Slow Quote: > Do you have the guest's virtual hard disk on the same partition as the host > OS? > > -- > Mark Rae > ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net I think I've got it solved, laptop has been running well all day without any slowness. There is a virtual pc fix available for running this app on a laptop that I found on Google.
My System Specs

07-17-2009	#4 (permalink)
Mark Rae [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Virtual PC Painfully Slow "Kelly" <kellyapproved@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:bb1a1697-61f5-4706-8e77-b03cb5e0eeae@xxxxxx Quote: Quote: >> I just reimaged my workstation > > I think I've got it solved, laptop If only you'd mentioned that your workstation was a laptop in your OP... -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
My System Specs

07-17-2009	#5 (permalink)
Kelly n/a posts	Re: Virtual PC Painfully Slow > If only you'd mentioned that your workstation was a laptop in your OP... Quote: > > -- > Mark Rae > ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net It's tough to determine what information would be considered relevant when detailing an issue. Anyways, for those that have this issue, I've added this to options.xml <virtual_machines.> <enable_idle_thread type="boolean">true</enable_idle_thread> </virtual_machines>
My System Specs

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