I may try upgrading mine to version 4 and see if window eyes works, I can also restore from my external hard drive if it doesn't, the reason I chose not to upgrade the virtual machine was mainly because everything was working and I figured if it ain't broke, don't fix it. On Sep 23, 2011, at 11:22 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
