Re: Vista 5342 installation failure under Vmware Workstation 5.5

[Gabriel Lozano-Morán]

Nobody has managed to install Windows Vista Build 5342 in a VMware Virtual
Machine. There is propably a check to see whether this is run in VMware,
using Strings.exe from Sysinternals you will see what I mean Way to go
Microsoft

Gabriel

"FredBloggs2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]
>I am unable to install 5342 under VMware Workstation 5.5. It fails with a
>Stop 0x7E error during the first part of the installation, ie after Windows
>has copied files to the HDD, and it switches to graphics mode, to where (I
>assume) it begins to perform the first bit of hardware detection.
> The install worked fine with build 5308.
>
> For what its worth, the config is as follows :
> VMWare WS 5.5 runnning on XP Pro Sp2
> AMD XP2500+
> 1GB RAM
> 300GB Maxtor
>
> Apparently the same thing happens under VMware GSX server..
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Actually I got it running... but because of the 4-bit graphics (and my lack
of experience with the VMWare product I couldn't fix it) so I just rid it
and put it in Virtual Server 2005 R2 instead.

But it can be done ;o)

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--: Original message follows :--
"Gabriel Lozano-Morán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> Nobody has managed to install Windows Vista Build 5342 in a VMware Virtual
> Machine. There is propably a check to see whether this is run in VMware,
> using Strings.exe from Sysinternals you will see what I mean Way to go
> Microsoft
>
> Gabriel
>
> "FredBloggs2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:%[email protected]
>>I am unable to install 5342 under VMware Workstation 5.5. It fails with a
>>Stop 0x7E error during the first part of the installation, ie after
>>Windows has copied files to the HDD, and it switches to graphics mode, to
>>where (I assume) it begins to perform the first bit of hardware detection.
>> The install worked fine with build 5308.
>>
>> For what its worth, the config is as follows :
>> VMWare WS 5.5 runnning on XP Pro Sp2
>> AMD XP2500+
>> 1GB RAM
>> 300GB Maxtor
>>
>> Apparently the same thing happens under VMware GSX server..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Tim]

So you're saying that you got build 5342 to install on VMware 5.5? Care to
share how you did it since that's the point of this post?

"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> Actually I got it running... but because of the 4-bit graphics (and my lack
> of experience with the VMWare product I couldn't fix it) so I just rid it
> and put it in Virtual Server 2005 R2 instead.
>
> But it can be done ;o)
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Gabriel Lozano-Morán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
> > Nobody has managed to install Windows Vista Build 5342 in a VMware Virtual
> > Machine. There is propably a check to see whether this is run in VMware,
> > using Strings.exe from Sysinternals you will see what I mean Way to go
> > Microsoft
> >
> > Gabriel
> >
> > "FredBloggs2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:%[email protected]
> >>I am unable to install 5342 under VMware Workstation 5.5. It fails with a
> >>Stop 0x7E error during the first part of the installation, ie after
> >>Windows has copied files to the HDD, and it switches to graphics mode, to
> >>where (I assume) it begins to perform the first bit of hardware detection.
> >> The install worked fine with build 5308.
> >>
> >> For what its worth, the config is as follows :
> >> VMWare WS 5.5 runnning on XP Pro Sp2
> >> AMD XP2500+
> >> 1GB RAM
> >> 300GB Maxtor
> >>
> >> Apparently the same thing happens under VMware GSX server..
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Well it really wasn't difficult to be honest - no trick to it whatsoever. I
installed it as if it was any other operating system - except I chose
"Windows Server 2003" from the operating system list instead of anything
else...

But as I said, only 4-bit graphics and it was slow as hell.

--
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that up!

--: Original message follows :--
"Tim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> So you're saying that you got build 5342 to install on VMware 5.5? Care
> to
> share how you did it since that's the point of this post?
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
>> Actually I got it running... but because of the 4-bit graphics (and my
>> lack
>> of experience with the VMWare product I couldn't fix it) so I just rid it
>> and put it in Virtual Server 2005 R2 instead.
>>
>> But it can be done ;o)
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "Gabriel Lozano-Morán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]
>> > Nobody has managed to install Windows Vista Build 5342 in a VMware
>> > Virtual
>> > Machine. There is propably a check to see whether this is run in
>> > VMware,
>> > using Strings.exe from Sysinternals you will see what I mean Way to
>> > go
>> > Microsoft
>> >
>> > Gabriel
>> >
>> > "FredBloggs2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:%[email protected]
>> >>I am unable to install 5342 under VMware Workstation 5.5. It fails with
>> >>a
>> >>Stop 0x7E error during the first part of the installation, ie after
>> >>Windows has copied files to the HDD, and it switches to graphics mode,
>> >>to
>> >>where (I assume) it begins to perform the first bit of hardware
>> >>detection.
>> >> The install worked fine with build 5308.
>> >>
>> >> For what its worth, the config is as follows :
>> >> VMWare WS 5.5 runnning on XP Pro Sp2
>> >> AMD XP2500+
>> >> 1GB RAM
>> >> 300GB Maxtor
>> >>
>> >> Apparently the same thing happens under VMware GSX server..
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

Why did you choose Server 2003 when VM Ware has an option in the new VM list
box for Windows Vista x86 and x64 for testing? I know, if you are going to
install in VM Ware on a new disk, its possible you will have to partition
the drive using the Shift + F10 command and install it in that partition,
since you will be asked to load drivers.
--
--
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"Zack Whittaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]
> Well it really wasn't difficult to be honest - no trick to it whatsoever.
> I installed it as if it was any other operating system - except I chose
> "Windows Server 2003" from the operating system list instead of anything
> else...
>
> But as I said, only 4-bit graphics and it was slow as hell.
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Tim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> So you're saying that you got build 5342 to install on VMware 5.5? Care
>> to
>> share how you did it since that's the point of this post?
>>
>> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>>
>>> Actually I got it running... but because of the 4-bit graphics (and my
>>> lack
>>> of experience with the VMWare product I couldn't fix it) so I just rid
>>> it
>>> and put it in Virtual Server 2005 R2 instead.
>>>
>>> But it can be done ;o)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Zack Whittaker
>>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>>> not
>>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>>> cleared
>>> that up!
>>>
>>> --: Original message follows :--
>>> "Gabriel Lozano-Morán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]
>>> > Nobody has managed to install Windows Vista Build 5342 in a VMware
>>> > Virtual
>>> > Machine. There is propably a check to see whether this is run in
>>> > VMware,
>>> > using Strings.exe from Sysinternals you will see what I mean Way to
>>> > go
>>> > Microsoft
>>> >
>>> > Gabriel
>>> >
>>> > "FredBloggs2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> > news:%[email protected]
>>> >>I am unable to install 5342 under VMware Workstation 5.5. It fails
>>> >>with a
>>> >>Stop 0x7E error during the first part of the installation, ie after
>>> >>Windows has copied files to the HDD, and it switches to graphics mode,
>>> >>to
>>> >>where (I assume) it begins to perform the first bit of hardware
>>> >>detection.
>>> >> The install worked fine with build 5308.
>>> >>
>>> >> For what its worth, the config is as follows :
>>> >> VMWare WS 5.5 runnning on XP Pro Sp2
>>> >> AMD XP2500+
>>> >> 1GB RAM
>>> >> 300GB Maxtor
>>> >>
>>> >> Apparently the same thing happens under VMware GSX server..
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Because it didn't work P It got to the blue screen in the setup and just
wouldn't have it. Went for Server 2003 because it's closest to Vista.
Nothing major behind it, just guesswork and a bit of logical thinking here
and there )

--
Zack Whittaker
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rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!

--: Original message follows :--
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> Why did you choose Server 2003 when VM Ware has an option in the new VM
> list box for Windows Vista x86 and x64 for testing? I know, if you are
> going to install in VM Ware on a new disk, its possible you will have to
> partition the drive using the Shift + F10 command and install it in that
> partition, since you will be asked to load drivers.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Zack Whittaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:%[email protected]
>> Well it really wasn't difficult to be honest - no trick to it whatsoever.
>> I installed it as if it was any other operating system - except I chose
>> "Windows Server 2003" from the operating system list instead of anything
>> else...
>>
>> But as I said, only 4-bit graphics and it was slow as hell.
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "Tim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]
>>> So you're saying that you got build 5342 to install on VMware 5.5? Care
>>> to
>>> share how you did it since that's the point of this post?
>>>
>>> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Actually I got it running... but because of the 4-bit graphics (and my
>>>> lack
>>>> of experience with the VMWare product I couldn't fix it) so I just rid
>>>> it
>>>> and put it in Virtual Server 2005 R2 instead.
>>>>
>>>> But it can be done ;o)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Zack Whittaker
>>>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>>>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>>>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>>>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>>>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
>>>> and not
>>>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>>>> cleared
>>>> that up!
>>>>
>>>> --: Original message follows :--
>>>> "Gabriel Lozano-Morán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]
>>>> > Nobody has managed to install Windows Vista Build 5342 in a VMware
>>>> > Virtual
>>>> > Machine. There is propably a check to see whether this is run in
>>>> > VMware,
>>>> > using Strings.exe from Sysinternals you will see what I mean Way
>>>> > to go
>>>> > Microsoft
>>>> >
>>>> > Gabriel
>>>> >
>>>> > "FredBloggs2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> > news:%[email protected]
>>>> >>I am unable to install 5342 under VMware Workstation 5.5. It fails
>>>> >>with a
>>>> >>Stop 0x7E error during the first part of the installation, ie after
>>>> >>Windows has copied files to the HDD, and it switches to graphics
>>>> >>mode, to
>>>> >>where (I assume) it begins to perform the first bit of hardware
>>>> >>detection.
>>>> >> The install worked fine with build 5308.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> For what its worth, the config is as follows :
>>>> >> VMWare WS 5.5 runnning on XP Pro Sp2
>>>> >> AMD XP2500+
>>>> >> 1GB RAM
>>>> >> 300GB Maxtor
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Apparently the same thing happens under VMware GSX server..
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Velkovich]

Vista 5381 is working perfect in a VmWare 5.5

Install VmWare Toolls to get rit of the 4 bit limitation.


"Zack Whittaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> Because it didn't work P It got to the blue screen in the setup and just
> wouldn't have it. Went for Server 2003 because it's closest to Vista.
> Nothing major behind it, just guesswork and a bit of logical thinking here
> and there )
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> Why did you choose Server 2003 when VM Ware has an option in the new VM
>> list box for Windows Vista x86 and x64 for testing? I know, if you are
>> going to install in VM Ware on a new disk, its possible you will have to
>> partition the drive using the Shift + F10 command and install it in that
>> partition, since you will be asked to load drivers.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Zack Whittaker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:%[email protected]
>>> Well it really wasn't difficult to be honest - no trick to it
>>> whatsoever. I installed it as if it was any other operating system -
>>> except I chose "Windows Server 2003" from the operating system list
>>> instead of anything else...
>>>
>>> But as I said, only 4-bit graphics and it was slow as hell.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Zack Whittaker
>>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>>> not
>>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>>> cleared
>>> that up!
>>>
>>> --: Original message follows :--
>>> "Tim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]
>>>> So you're saying that you got build 5342 to install on VMware 5.5?
>>>> Care to
>>>> share how you did it since that's the point of this post?
>>>>
>>>> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Actually I got it running... but because of the 4-bit graphics (and my
>>>>> lack
>>>>> of experience with the VMWare product I couldn't fix it) so I just rid
>>>>> it
>>>>> and put it in Virtual Server 2005 R2 instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it can be done ;o)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Zack Whittaker
>>>>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>>>>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>>>>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>>>>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>>>>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
>>>>> and not
>>>>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>>>>> cleared
>>>>> that up!
>>>>>
>>>>> --: Original message follows :--
>>>>> "Gabriel Lozano-Morán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> news:[email protected]
>>>>> > Nobody has managed to install Windows Vista Build 5342 in a VMware
>>>>> > Virtual
>>>>> > Machine. There is propably a check to see whether this is run in
>>>>> > VMware,
>>>>> > using Strings.exe from Sysinternals you will see what I mean Way
>>>>> > to go
>>>>> > Microsoft
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Gabriel
>>>>> >
>>>>> > "FredBloggs2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> > news:%[email protected]
>>>>> >>I am unable to install 5342 under VMware Workstation 5.5. It fails
>>>>> >>with a
>>>>> >>Stop 0x7E error during the first part of the installation, ie after
>>>>> >>Windows has copied files to the HDD, and it switches to graphics
>>>>> >>mode, to
>>>>> >>where (I assume) it begins to perform the first bit of hardware
>>>>> >>detection.
>>>>> >> The install worked fine with build 5308.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> For what its worth, the config is as follows :
>>>>> >> VMWare WS 5.5 runnning on XP Pro Sp2
>>>>> >> AMD XP2500+
>>>>> >> 1GB RAM
>>>>> >> 300GB Maxtor
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Apparently the same thing happens under VMware GSX server..
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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