Notebooks & Netbooks

[JackE]

What is the filename of the WinXP installation that you downloaded from Microsoft? 

Jack E/NJ

[hadodi]

WindowsXPMode_N_en-us.exe

and another one: WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe as well as

Windows6.1-KB958559-x64-RefreshPkg/msu

What do I have to do ater the window of VMWarePlayer opens and WELCOME screen with on the left side shows Windos XP Professional AND Windows XP Professional (2) and on the right side CREATE, OPEN UPGRADE, HELP? Unfortunately I can not attach a screenshot.

[JackE]

Congratulations! It seems like you have successfully installed a virtual WinXP....not once...but twice!

All you have to do is highlight either of the WinXP installations on the left. Then click open on the right. Then you have to wait a few moments while WinXP loads. You may be asked to set an amount of virtual RAM...250 or 500 MB would be good. Hard drive size...40GB is nice.  The VMWare installation  may also want your machine to be connected to the internet to be able to download code that fine tunes mouse behavior, screen resolution, etc.

Which VMWare Player version did you decide to install?

Jack E/NJ

[hadodi]

Vers. 4.0.6

On the right side it shows XP...POWERED OFF

I did, click on left side XP. Comes the question "pLAY VIRTUAL MACHINE" - COMES bLACK SCREEN with last line operatin"g system not found"

[JackE]

Hello Michael:

What procedure did you use to run the WinXP installation exe file from the VMWare player?

Jack E/NJ 

[hadodi]

I am not sure. I think I clicked on the exe

[hadodi]

Maybe I should install the XP again. Could you please be so nice and give me (ignorant) a step by step help? Thks a lot

[JackE]

No. Don't install again right now. First, let's try look for the first two virtual WinXP installations you tried to do. I think you intalled WinXP twice but VMWare doesn't know where the virtual WinXP operating system files are located.

So open Win7 Explorer. Then search your computer C:\ for  "*.vmdk" but without the quotation marks. This file would be the virtual WinXP operating system files. Make a note of what directory they're located in if Explorer finds them. Report back with your results and we'll proceed to the next step.

Jack E/NJ   

[hadodi]

C:\Users\MICHAEL BEER\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Professional

But this appear several times on this c:\

Pls give me some hours. I must do some business urgently

[hadodi]

Good day. Be back at the computer. Can you help me further where we were. Thks a lot