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| | Guests OS hang VM Additions 13.820 on VS05 R2 Ent SP1 I encountered several hours of downtime attempting to update the VM Additions from 13.552 to 13.820 on Windows Server 2003 guest OS's. The parent server is Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 SP2 and is up to date running Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise SP1 + KB948515 + MS09-033 (KB969856). When I attempt to install the new additions on the guests, it uninstalls the existing ones and reboots the guest OS. When the guest OS restarts without any additions, it is so slow (55 min to press ctrl-alt-del logon screen!) it is impossible to log on and complete the installation of the new additions. I had to revert to my backup VHD drives to get the guest OS's operational again. How should I complete the upgrades? I tried booting the guest OS in safe mode, but the additions cannot be installed since the Windows Installer Service does not run in safe mode ![]() I have already reviewed these articles: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...8WS.10%29.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...8WS.10%29.aspx |
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| | Re: Guests OS hang VM Additions 13.820 on VS05 R2 Ent SP1 Any suggestions yet? Can the VM Additions be installed manually by copying files to offline VHD's and editing the registry files (dangerous and time consuming w/o a proper procedure)? Or is this a know issue with MS09-033 so I can call Microsoft PSS for support? <Mltwwlco@newsgroup> wrote in message news:u9tmq$DIKHA.4024@newsgroup Quote: > I encountered several hours of downtime attempting to update the VM > Additions from 13.552 to 13.820 on Windows Server 2003 guest OS's. The > parent server is Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 SP2 and is up to date > running Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise SP1 + KB948515 + MS09-033 > (KB969856). When I attempt to install the new additions on the guests, it > uninstalls the existing ones and reboots the guest OS. When the guest OS > restarts without any additions, it is so slow (55 min to press > ctrl-alt-del logon screen!) it is impossible to log on and complete the > installation of the new additions. I had to revert to my backup VHD > drives to get the guest OS's operational again. How should I complete the > upgrades? I tried booting the guest OS in safe mode, but the additions > cannot be installed since the Windows Installer Service does not run in > safe mode ![]() > > I have already reviewed these articles: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...8WS.10%29.aspx > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...8WS.10%29.aspx |
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| | Re: Guests OS hang VM Additions 13.820 on VS05 R2 Ent SP1 On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:10:35 -0700, <Mltwwlco@newsgroup> wrote: Quote: > Any suggestions yet? Can the VM Additions be installed manually by >copying files to offline VHD's and editing the registry files (dangerous and >time consuming w/o a proper procedure)? Or is this a know issue with >MS09-033 so I can call Microsoft PSS for support? > performance is as you'd describe. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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