rculver9056 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Has anyone had a problem with the Virtual PC RC freezing?I was running Vista in Virtual PC (and had for a few days) but then the other day it just froze the whole computer.I thought it might have been because I increased the ram size to the max (Tried 4GB, but vpc wouldn't have it, then just accepted the 3-ish GB maximum).After the freeze, I rebooted (Oh yeah - It froze the PC for about 30 seconds or so, then Windows 7 just rebooted), and put the ram back to 1GB, and tried again, but it still froze. Then I tried running Virtual Windows XP, and it froze again. And again.Can't just be me, right? What have I done to deserve this? Lil' ol' moi...? LOLBy the way, I have 8GB of RAM - I got more just so I could give more to the virtual machines.Surely if I max the Vista vm out (at 3-is GB), thaere is plenty left for Windows 7...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 use the new Windows Virtual PC (XP Mode). Virtual PC 2007 causes such hangs and crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rculver9056 Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 It is the new version - The release candidate (Both VPC and Virtual Windows XP).I couldn't even get vpc 2007 to install in Windows 7 (Not in compatability mode either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) Has anyone had a problem with the Virtual PC RC freezing?I was running Vista in Virtual PC (and had for a few days) but then the other day it just froze the whole computer.I thought it might have been because I increased the ram size to the max (Tried 4GB, but vpc wouldn't have it, then just accepted the 3-ish GB maximum).After the freeze, I rebooted (Oh yeah - It froze the PC for about 30 seconds or so, then Windows 7 just rebooted), and put the ram back to 1GB, and tried again, but it still froze. Then I tried running Virtual Windows XP, and it froze again. And again.Can't just be me, right? What have I done to deserve this? Lil' ol' moi...? LOLBy the way, I have 8GB of RAM - I got more just so I could give more to the virtual machines.Surely if I max the Vista vm out (at 3-is GB), thaere is plenty left for Windows 7...?A delay before it reboots sounds like the dreaded infinite loop problem crash problem I used to have. (That would occur when running Need For Speed III, in 2002, when Windows XP was the new kid on the block. (video) )The symptoms would be that the video freezes for at least around 10 seconds then Windows reboots. (stop error, obviously!) (And in 1 case, when I was running Need For Speed III, the music would still be playing like nothing happened during the freeze before Windows reboots. LOL. )-> The blame would go on the video driver. Do you have a "STOP: 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER" logged?Sounds like that problem may be back with Windows 7. Edited August 31, 2009 by RJARRRPCGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rculver9056 Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 RJARRRPCGP - Don't know about the error logs, and there wasn't a blue screen.Talking of blue screens, I tried VirtualBox with Vista, and after using it for a while, got a bluescrren in Windows 7 (You know, when it kindly shutdown the computer for me...).Maybe my PC just ain't up to this virtualization crap, but check the specs: Atlon x2 x64, 8GB RAM, GeForce 94000 GT 1GB graphics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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