Xp is not supported using boot camp, fusion is not affected by that though. On Sep 23, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
> Hi, Guys. I thought that I had heard somewhere that xp isn't supported any > longer under lion. > Could this be the problem; the windows seven works better than xp under lion? > > On Sep 18, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Mark Colman wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> Just to add to the council of despair: >> >> I've been having similar problems with a Windows XP virtual machine >> and Window Eyes 7.5 after upgrading to Fusion 4. Whether I upgrade the >> VM or not (I think this has more to do with the Mac side rather than >> within Windows itself, as VMWare Tools upgrades itself regardless of >> this choice), I get to the stage of Window Eyes wanting to reboot >> having discovered there's been a new graphics driver installed, then >> Windows restarts and I get the blue screen of death during the reboot, >> it then restarts and sticks on the XP startup splash screen. >> >> I've now reverted to a backup of the virtual machine a few times, >> trying: >> - cancel Tools upgrade, remove Window Eyes, reboot, let the Tools >> upgrade, reboot and install WE again >> - repeat the above, but use my original WE 7.1 installation disk >> rather than the upgraded 7.5 one. >> In both cases the same thing happens. >> >> I'm going to try building a new XP VM tomorrow that has never seen >> Window Eyes, then install it and see how it goes, maybe will try a >> Win7 VM also, but I can't say I'm particularly hopeful. Failing this >> will just have to accept I've blown the £40 I spent on the Fusion 4 >> upgrade and put version 3 back on. Real shame as I've been a happy >> Fusion+WE user for a couple of years and this is literally the first >> problem I've had. >> >> Anyone had any more positive experience? >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
