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 )

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--- Original message follows ---
"MCSE" <> wrote in message
news:88E7C554-9720-4714-AC7F-...
> 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-...
| 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 )
>
> --
> 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
> news:88E7C554-9720-4714-AC7F-...
> > 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-...
> | 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
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» Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
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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
news:3E585119-9CDA-41B7-BC66-...
>
> 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-...
>> | 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
(

--
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
news:4732BAAB-D263-4876-8E10-...
> 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-...
|
| Will the free VMWare work? And that requires a bare-metal install,
doesn't
| it?