Virtual machine additions won't install

hello, I've winXP pro sp2 with latest update and virtual pc 7 with winNT 4
workstation as host.

All goes fine, but I must create a shared folder and so I must install
Virtual machine Additions (ver. 13.803.00, no virtual pc 2004 at all, fresh
install of Virtual pc 2007), but, when virtual iso is mounted, autorun won't
start at all and I've this error: "SO o versione SO errati per
l'applicazione" (it sound like: "os or os version is wrong for this
applications").

Please some advice, thanks!

 

If all you want is the ISO image for the additions, then you could install
VPC 2004 in a virtual machine instead of a physical one. VPC 2004 won't
work when it's itself inside a virtual machine but the installation will
work and you will have access to the iso image and be able to copy it
somewhere on your physical machine.

 

Why? They seem to work just fine side-by-side.

 

You may be thinking of VPC and Virtual Server working side by side. Only
one version of VPC can be installed on a machine at any given time. The
easiest solution for the OP is to install VPC 2004 on Windows in a virtual
machine and then move the virtual machine additions .iso to his host
computer. VPC won't run in the vm but it will install.

 

VPC2004 and VPC2007 cannot be installed side-by-side, when running the
installer for VPC2007, it uninstalls VPC2004...

 

Well, dunno what to say, other than, "Works here!"

Not sure I fully recall the order I installed them in. Seems like I had 2007, then
uninstalled that, installed 2004, then 2007 again. But, I used the custom install
option, and told it to go to separate folders:

C:\Program Files>tree "Virtual PC"
Folder PATH listing
Volume serial number is 00000073 E48C:6871
C:\PROGRAM FILES\VIRTUAL PC
+---2004
¦ +---1031
¦ +---1033
¦ +---1036
¦ +---1040
¦ +---1041
¦ +---3082
¦ +---Documentation
¦ ¦ +---English
¦ ¦ +---French
¦ ¦ +---German
¦ ¦ +---Italian
¦ ¦ +---Japanese
¦ ¦ +---Spanish
¦ +---Utility
¦ ¦ +---VMNetSrv
¦ +---Virtual Machine Additions
+---2007
+---1031
+---1033
+---1036
+---1040
+---1041
+---3082
+---Documentation
¦ +---English
¦ +---French
¦ +---German
¦ +---Italian
¦ +---Japanese
¦ +---Spanish
+---Utility
¦ +---VMNetSrv
+---Virtual Machine Additions

C:\Program Files>

True, I can't run them both at the same time, but I certainly can run them
individually at will.

 

Not a bad way to do it if you have DOS or Win95 guests. I might have
to try this myself. <g>

 

Yeah, I was very much saddened to learn that VPC07 didn't support W95. I'm kinda
(you may recall, that's a bit of an understatement from me <g>) tired of MSFT
discarding vintage product lines and their users. Always looking for ways to
continue supporting them myself!

And, I kinda wanted to try bringing up an old DOS/Win3 system, just for nostalgia'
sake.

 

Yeah, I was very much saddened to learn that VPC07 didn't support W95. I'm kinda

Definitely an understatement. ;-)


In their defense it is a free product, and it does really work, you
just have to get and keep the VPC2004 additions around.

You never know when you're going to need something like that -- I
already have one.


--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

 

Agreed on the free part. But I don't see that as an excuse to avoid responsibility.
I support the products I offer for free. It's clearly a marketing device, and
recognizing it as that allows you to accept the partial defense a bit. But missing

Actually why I signed-on to this group. (Thread-drift warning!) Wanted to see to
what degree the VM additions were supposed to work. Seems the silly thing still
traps the cursor?

 

I've been accuse of worse things than "thinking" in the past, but I gotta deny it

Not true. Just do custom installs, and specify non-default folders. You may have
to make custom shortcuts, too -- I don't recall.

Twisted. Neat.

 

Seems the silly thing still

Only if the additions are not installed, otherwise it's integrated.
The addition work pretty well, especially for performance enhancements
-- as long as you're running an OS with additions that is. Hardware
Virtualization standard networking can help on those OS's that don't
have additions.

 

Whoosh! Sorry, I'm still ramping up on this. I installed the DOS additions, I
believe. (I hesitate to affirm that, as the whole thing seems a lot hinkier than
when installing the VM additions in newer OS's.) But the VM window still traps the
cursor -- I have to press the right-Alt key to let it free -- and I get that warning
about this the first time I click in the window. Is this the correct behavior?

Config.sys:

C:\>type config.sys
DEVICE=C:\VMADD\VMADD386.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH
FILES=100
LASTDRIVE=Z
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=C:\VMADD\CDROM.SYS /D:IDECD001 /L:E
LASTDRIVE=Z

 

Or just download the VPC 2004 Additions from my site and save all the trouble
of extracting them.
http://vpc.essjae.com/VPC2004VMAdditions.zip

 

DOS is an exception to pointer integration -- unfortunately it doesn't
do that function.

 

"Bummer! Even when you're running Windows 3.1???" <gd&rvvvf...>

So, what do the additions really do in DOS then? I guess there's the CD emulation.
Anything else? (Should I start a new thread? What if the next question is how to
increase Win3 screen resolution? <bg>)

Thanks...

 

"Bummer! Even when you're running Windows 3.1???" <gd&rvvvf...>

Yep. (I run wfw instead of 3.1.)

Shared folders, CDRom drivers, better idle handling, and I think, time
sync, though I haven't checked that. Steve Jain can answer that
better than I, as I usually don't even bother with the DOS additions.

It might not be bad to tag it with DOS or Win3.1, but to answer your
question, you need to find an S3 Trio driver.

 

In message <> Robert Comer

Shared folders, I can see.

CDROM drivers, you should be able to use anything of the FreeDOS ones,
or any DOS bootdisk you have kicking around.

The idle handling is nice, but unfortunately (although understandably)
only at the command prompt.

 

In message <> "Karl E. Peterson"

I did it, spent several hours getting everything up and running, even
got some rudimentary networking ability, although I can't seem to get it
to join my AD domain for some reason, maybe it doesn't support the
latest NTLM version.

It was rather aniclimatic as I couldn't really think of anything to do
with it after all that effort.

 

I think my disks for that were of the "upgrade" variety, so I installed 3.1 first
thinking I'd come back to update it. Definitely where I probably going.

That's starting to sound sensible.

I've seen that said in a dozen threads here -- "you need to find" -- is this
something one just downloads somewhere? I'd think it'd be on one of these FAQ
lists.

Thanks... Karl