Unrecoverable Processor Error

Hi,
VPC 5.2 b418, running under WinXP, guest WInXP. On guest I repeatedly keep
on getting "Unrecoverable Processor Error" message when running
InstallShield based installation of an application. The error happens when
the IS installer starts copying files to disk.
Any ideas?
Best
Szymon Slupik
Krakow, Poland

I've had this error come up for me one time so far (I've
only tested a few apps). The software that tries
installing that cause Virtual PC to give that error tries
to scan for a security key attached to the parallel port,
so I assumed Virtual PC would not work with software that
needs a parallel security key.

Not sure if your software is similar, but I couldn't get
my problem to go away.
Thanks,
Joe
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>VPC 5.2 b418, running under WinXP, guest WInXP. On guest
I repeatedly keep
>on getting "Unrecoverable Processor Error" message when
running
>InstallShield based installation of an application. The
error happens when
>the IS installer starts copying files to disk.
>Any ideas?
>Best
>Szymon Slupik
>Krakow, Poland
>
>
>.
>

Indeed. We use HASP by Aladdin. But I'm not sure this is done at the time of
installation process...

Best
Szymon
"Joe" <> wrote in message
news:e37b01c3f0d1$e47b68f0$...
> I've had this error come up for me one time so far (I've
> only tested a few apps). The software that tries
> installing that cause Virtual PC to give that error tries
> to scan for a security key attached to the parallel port,
> so I assumed Virtual PC would not work with software that
> needs a parallel security key.
>
> Not sure if your software is similar, but I couldn't get
> my problem to go away.
> Thanks,
> Joe
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >VPC 5.2 b418, running under WinXP, guest WInXP. On guest
> I repeatedly keep
> >on getting "Unrecoverable Processor Error" message when
> running
> >InstallShield based installation of an application. The
> error happens when
> >the IS installer starts copying files to disk.
> >Any ideas?
> >Best
> >Szymon Slupik
> >Krakow, Poland
> >
> >
> >.
> >

I've just checked again and running "hinstall.exe -i" to install HASP dongle
drivers by Aladdin results in VPC reporting "unrecoverable processor error".
Should we consider it as a VPC bug?

Best,
Szymon

"Bluetooth" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Indeed. We use HASP by Aladdin. But I'm not sure this is done at the time
of
> installation process...
>
> Best
> Szymon
> "Joe" <> wrote in message
> news:e37b01c3f0d1$e47b68f0$...
> > I've had this error come up for me one time so far (I've
> > only tested a few apps). The software that tries
> > installing that cause Virtual PC to give that error tries
> > to scan for a security key attached to the parallel port,
> > so I assumed Virtual PC would not work with software that
> > needs a parallel security key.
> >
> > Not sure if your software is similar, but I couldn't get
> > my problem to go away.
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Hi,
> > >VPC 5.2 b418, running under WinXP, guest WInXP. On guest
> > I repeatedly keep
> > >on getting "Unrecoverable Processor Error" message when
> > running
> > >InstallShield based installation of an application. The
> > error happens when
> > >the IS installer starts copying files to disk.
> > >Any ideas?
> > >Best
> > >Szymon Slupik
> > >Krakow, Poland
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>

As I've posted before, the HASP software and VPC are incompatible at
an architectural level. You can call it a VPC bug, or a HASP bug,
doesn't matter. To fix one of them needs to be rewritten from a very
low level to work together.


On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:16:43 +0100, "Bluetooth"
<> wrote:

>I've just checked again and running "hinstall.exe -i" to install HASP dongle
>drivers by Aladdin results in VPC reporting "unrecoverable processor error".
>Should we consider it as a VPC bug?
>
>Best,
>Szymon
>
>"Bluetooth" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Indeed. We use HASP by Aladdin. But I'm not sure this is done at the time
>of
>> installation process...
>>
>> Best
>> Szymon
>> "Joe" <> wrote in message
>> news:e37b01c3f0d1$e47b68f0$...
>> > I've had this error come up for me one time so far (I've
>> > only tested a few apps). The software that tries
>> > installing that cause Virtual PC to give that error tries
>> > to scan for a security key attached to the parallel port,
>> > so I assumed Virtual PC would not work with software that
>> > needs a parallel security key.
>> >
>> > Not sure if your software is similar, but I couldn't get
>> > my problem to go away.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joe
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >Hi,
>> > >VPC 5.2 b418, running under WinXP, guest WInXP. On guest
>> > I repeatedly keep
>> > >on getting "Unrecoverable Processor Error" message when
>> > running
>> > >InstallShield based installation of an application. The
>> > error happens when
>> > >the IS installer starts copying files to disk.
>> > >Any ideas?
>> > >Best
>> > >Szymon Slupik
>> > >Krakow, Poland
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >.
>> > >
>>
>>
>

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
Website: http://www.essjae.com

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:16:43 +0100, "Bluetooth"
<> wrote:

>I've just checked again and running "hinstall.exe -i" to install HASP dongle
>drivers by Aladdin results in VPC reporting "unrecoverable processor error".
>Should we consider it as a VPC bug?
>
>Best,
>Szymon

Or a bug in the HASP. There are and have been some known
incompatibilies between VPC and HASP dongles. The design of the two
isn't compatible, and one of them needs to be completely redesigned
from a low level.

Windows VPC might work, since it's based off Virtual Server and the
fork from VPC200x might be enough, otherwise you'll probably need to
go with a non-MS VM solution.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
http://smudj.wordpress.com/

Was this reply posted to the right thread?

Fwiw, the second paragraph seems to be germaine. (When you say "Windows VPC", you
mean the version you can download to run XP Mode in Windows 7 with, right?) Moving
the VHD to w7 and firing it up there seems to have gotten it going again.

But I'll be darned if I can figure out the differences in network card settings, and
why using the same IP address on one of the Intel cards isn't working anymore. (Now
there are two VMWare "cards" and two Intel cards, and I didn't actually add any
myself.) One of the Intel cards shows a connection, while the other says the cable
is unplugged. The host can see the guest and the guest can see the host, but the
guest can't see the rest of the network at all. Very very odd for a guy only now
starting to move to w7!
--
..NET: It's About Trust!
http://vfred.mvps.org


Steve Jain [MVP] wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:16:43 +0100, "Bluetooth"
> <> wrote:
>
>>I've just checked again and running "hinstall.exe -i" to install HASP dongle
>>drivers by Aladdin results in VPC reporting "unrecoverable processor error".
>>Should we consider it as a VPC bug?
>>
>>Best,
>>Szymon
>
> Or a bug in the HASP. There are and have been some known
> incompatibilies between VPC and HASP dongles. The design of the two
> isn't compatible, and one of them needs to be completely redesigned
> from a low level.
>
> Windows VPC might work, since it's based off Virtual Server and the
> fork from VPC200x might be enough, otherwise you'll probably need to
> go with a non-MS VM solution.