Yes, Mike. I did find out that xp was a bootcamp issue. Still, very odd that folks are having problems with fusion four. It works great for me. My upgrade went without a hitch.
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
