I am having the same problem with my Vista Ultimate Inspiron 1521. The main reason that I purchased Vista Ultimate is because I need to run legacy programs on a virtual instance of XP for my business. I have tried everything that I can think of to make it work with no success including the following:
- Uninstall and reinstall Virtual PC 2007.
- Start Vista in safe mode (I found that Virtual PC 2007 will not run in safe mode).
- Turn off the firewall and try to install.
- Install an older version of XP (SP1). This got further than the SP2 version but still resulted in a reboot of Vista.
- Install from an ISO image instead of the CD.
- Tried to install Windows 2000.
- Called Dell's fee-based on call at 866-497-2661. They just blew me off and said they do not support Virtual PC 2007.
Andy - that was an excellent idea. I have installed VirtualBox and it is working perfectly. I think that I will remove Virtual PC. Thanks for your help.
mxwade
2 Posts
0
February 29th, 2008 19:00
I am having the same problem with my Vista Ultimate Inspiron 1521. The main reason that I purchased Vista Ultimate is because I need to run legacy programs on a virtual instance of XP for my business. I have tried everything that I can think of to make it work with no success including the following:
- Uninstall and reinstall Virtual PC 2007.
- Start Vista in safe mode (I found that Virtual PC 2007 will not run in safe mode).
- Turn off the firewall and try to install.
- Install an older version of XP (SP1). This got further than the SP2 version but still resulted in a reboot of Vista.
- Install from an ISO image instead of the CD.
- Tried to install Windows 2000.
- Called Dell's fee-based on call at 866-497-2661. They just blew me off and said they do not support Virtual PC 2007.
Andy_Linux
26 Posts
0
February 29th, 2008 22:00
mxwade
2 Posts
0
March 1st, 2008 18:00
Andy - that was an excellent idea. I have installed VirtualBox and it is working perfectly. I think that I will remove Virtual PC. Thanks for your help.
Marc