vista 5308 installation error under virtual pc 2004

Anyone know how to fix the following?
Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) under Virtual PC 2004 :
Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error
The exception unknown software exception (0xe0000100) occurred {The next line contains a number that looks like 0x77 40001 but is cut off a few pixels down from the top of the font.}
Hardware: Toshiba A15-S129 running XP Home
This is really two separate problems: (1) 5308 won't install under Virtual PC v2004 (2) that the second line of the error message Window is cut off.
THANX!

It's very difficult to get Vista to run in Virtual PC 2004. If you want to run it in a virtual environment, your best bet is Virtual Server 2005 R2 as that has some stability and support for "Longhorn" as it was :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--- Original message follows --- "MCSE" wrote in message

Anyone know how to fix the following?
Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) under Virtual PC 2004 :
Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error
The exception unknown software exception (0xe0000100) occurred {The next line contains a number that looks like 0x77 40001 but is cut off a few pixels down from the top of the font.}
Hardware: Toshiba A15-S129 running XP Home
This is really two separate problems: (1) 5308 won't install under Virtual PC v2004 (2) that the second line of the error message Window is cut off.
THANX!

I remember reading somewhere (probably the release notes, or maybe the MSDN d/l site) that it will *not* run under Virtual PC. OTOH, it *will* run under VMWare. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"MCSE" a écrit dans le message de news: 88E7C554-9720-4714-AC7F-EE3D4ED6CA45@microsoft.com... | Anyone know how to fix the following? | | Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) | under Virtual PC 2004 : | | Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error [snip]

MCSE wrote:

Anyone know how to fix the following?
Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) under Virtual PC 2004 :
Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error
The exception unknown software exception (0xe0000100) occurred {The next line contains a number that looks like 0x77 40001 but is cut off a few pixels down from the top of the font.}
Hardware: Toshiba A15-S129 running XP Home
This is really two separate problems: (1) 5308 won't install under Virtual PC v2004 (2) that the second line of the error message Window is cut off.

Make sure you have either burned the download to DVD and then capture that, or use software to mount the iso to a virtual DVD drive, something along the lines of daemon tools. VPC is unable to properly work with an iso image the size of the Vista DVD iso. -- Tom Porterfield

My 5308 came on DVD from MS. Would you happen to know if this error is due to the ISO being too large? I could try creating an ISO on disk and capturing it, that may solve the problem.
"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

MCSE wrote: Anyone know how to fix the following?
Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) under Virtual PC 2004 :
Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error
The exception unknown software exception (0xe0000100) occurred {The next line contains a number that looks like 0x77 40001 but is cut off a few pixels down from the top of the font.}
Hardware: Toshiba A15-S129 running XP Home
This is really two separate problems: (1) 5308 won't install under Virtual PC v2004 (2) that the second line of the error message Window is cut off.
Make sure you have either burned the download to DVD and then capture that, or use software to mount the iso to a virtual DVD drive, something along the lines of daemon tools. VPC is unable to properly work with an iso image the size of the Vista DVD iso. -- Tom Porterfield

That requires a bare metal install, doesn't it?
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote:

It's very difficult to get Vista to run in Virtual PC 2004. If you want to run it in a virtual environment, your best bet is Virtual Server 2005 R2 as that has some stability and support for "Longhorn" as it was :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--- Original message follows --- "MCSE" wrote in message Anyone know how to fix the following?
Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) under Virtual PC 2004 :
Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error
The exception unknown software exception (0xe0000100) occurred {The next line contains a number that looks like 0x77 40001 but is cut off a few pixels down from the top of the font.}
Hardware: Toshiba A15-S129 running XP Home
This is really two separate problems: (1) 5308 won't install under Virtual PC v2004 (2) that the second line of the error message Window is cut off.
THANX!

Will the free VMWare work? And that requires a bare-metal install, doesn't it?
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote:

I remember reading somewhere (probably the release notes, or maybe the MSDN d/l site) that it will *not* run under Virtual PC. OTOH, it *will* run under VMWare. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"MCSE" a écrit dans le message de news: 88E7C554-9720-4714-AC7F-EE3D4ED6CA45@microsoft.com... | Anyone know how to fix the following? | | Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) | under Virtual PC 2004 : | | Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error [snip]

VMWare should work - but you will get very little to nothing of the performance or features you'd expect in a standard non-virtualised environment.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--- Original message follows --- "MCSE" wrote in message

Will the free VMWare work? And that requires a bare-metal install, doesn't it?
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote:
I remember reading somewhere (probably the release notes, or maybe the MSDN d/l site) that it will *not* run under Virtual PC. OTOH, it *will* run under VMWare. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"MCSE" a écrit dans le message de news: 88E7C554-9720-4714-AC7F-EE3D4ED6CA45@microsoft.com... | Anyone know how to fix the following? | | Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) | under Virtual PC 2004 : | | Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error [snip]

You got a disk with 5308 on it? They didn't release physical media though :o(
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--- Original message follows --- "MCSE" wrote in message

My 5308 came on DVD from MS. Would you happen to know if this error is due to the ISO being too large? I could try creating an ISO on disk and capturing it, that may solve the problem.
"Tom Porterfield" wrote:
MCSE wrote: Anyone know how to fix the following?
Error when installing Vista 5308 (MS provided CD February CTP P/N X11.97939) under Virtual PC 2004 :
Windows Setup: setup.exe - Application Error
The exception unknown software exception (0xe0000100) occurred {The next line contains a number that looks like 0x77 40001 but is cut off a few pixels down from the top of the font.}
Hardware: Toshiba A15-S129 running XP Home
This is really two separate problems: (1) 5308 won't install under Virtual PC v2004 (2) that the second line of the error message Window is cut off.
Make sure you have either burned the download to DVD and then capture that, or use software to mount the iso to a virtual DVD drive, something along the lines of daemon tools. VPC is unable to properly work with an iso image the size of the Vista DVD iso. -- Tom Porterfield

The "free" VMWare is just a "player": you can run pre-installed virtual machines with it, but you can't create a new one. I haven't tried to (re)install a VM with it, but quite possibly it'll work. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"MCSE" a écrit dans le message de news: 3E585119-9CDA-41B7-BC66-803511812575@microsoft.com... | | Will the free VMWare work? And that requires a bare-metal install, doesn't | it?

MCSE wrote:

My 5308 came on DVD from MS. Would you happen to know if this error is due to the ISO being too large? I could try creating an ISO on disk and capturing it, that may solve the problem.

I don't now as I was unaware that MS had shipped disks with 5308. Have you tried using the disk on another machine to verify the disk isn't the problem? -- Tom Porterfield

So is there a fix for Virtual PC 2004 or a new version coming?
"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

MCSE wrote: My 5308 came on DVD from MS. Would you happen to know if this error is due to the ISO being too large? I could try creating an ISO on disk and capturing it, that may solve the problem.
I don't now as I was unaware that MS had shipped disks with 5308. Have you tried using the disk on another machine to verify the disk isn't the problem? -- Tom Porterfield

tate wrote:

So is there a fix for Virtual PC 2004 or a new version coming?

Many have 5308 working fine under VPC, including myself. I haven't tried 5342 yet as I haven't had the time. But so far every Vista build prior to 5342 I have gotten to work under VPC. You will want he latest VPC enhancements that are included with Virtual Server R2 to optimal performance.
The only issue I am aware of is the one I have already mentioned in regards to the size of the ISO file. There are several workarounds including burning the ISO to DVD or using a utility such as daemon tools to mount the ISO image to a virtual drive. Mounting such a large ISO directly by VPC will not work. -- Tom Porterfield

When you say burn the ISO to a DVD, do you mean leave it as a *.ISO file or actually "expand" the image to a full DVD (without the *.ISO but with all files and folders contained in the ISO file)? I'm a little confused: If the latter, I already have an MS DVD with 5308. If the former, didn't you say VPC 2004 has trouble mounting large ISOs and how would this help?
Also, you mentioned the latest VPC extensions coming from Virtual Server R2. So there are Virtual PC 2004 extensions on the Virtual Server R2 CD? I have Virtual Server 2005 Standard, but that's not going to do it, is it? Is there another place I can obtain the latest VPC 2004 extensions?
Thank you!
"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

tate wrote: So is there a fix for Virtual PC 2004 or a new version coming?
Many have 5308 working fine under VPC, including myself. I haven't tried 5342 yet as I haven't had the time. But so far every Vista build prior to 5342 I have gotten to work under VPC. You will want he latest VPC enhancements that are included with Virtual Server R2 to optimal performance.
The only issue I am aware of is the one I have already mentioned in regards to the size of the ISO file. There are several workarounds including burning the ISO to DVD or using a utility such as daemon tools to mount the ISO image to a virtual drive. Mounting such a large ISO directly by VPC will not work. -- Tom Porterfield

There is a free VMWare server ( does need a server host though - Linux or Win 2000/2003)
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message

The "free" VMWare is just a "player": you can run pre-installed virtual machines with it, but you can't create a new one. I haven't tried to (re)install a VM with it, but quite possibly it'll work. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"MCSE" a écrit dans le message de news: 3E585119-9CDA-41B7-BC66-803511812575@microsoft.com... | | Will the free VMWare work? And that requires a bare-metal install, doesn't | it?

Thanks :) I wasn't aware of that one. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
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