> hi, All
> I'm new in this group. I'll need your help. Thanks in advance.
> After I installed VPC 2004 (did not setup any virtual machines yet), some
> problems occurred.
> like:
> - slow startup and shundown
> - error poped up few times (RPC service terminated unexpectedly, machine
> will shut down in 60sec)
> - my network printer disappear (can't not be added)
> - no audio (it was working)
> ------------------------
> my PC
>
> ASUS mother board
> Athlon 2400
> 512 RAM
> 120 & 80 HDD
> 1 DVDRW drive and 1 DVD drive
> ATI9800
> XP Pro installed
> ------------------------
> Gene

> Hi,
>
> I don't think it's VPC related. Did you just install your host OS as well?
>
> The RPC problem is because of missing patches, MS03-39 in particular, which
> has since been updated (I think 04-25) but the fact is, that patch is over a
> year old
>
> Head over to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and pick up the patches
> you're missing. You can save yourself a load of time by just getting
> Service Pack 2 if you're using Windows XP
>
> --
> --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
> http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
> tutorial site :-)
> http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004? Find out
> here
> Only reply by newsgroup. I do not do technical support via email. Any
> emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
>
>
> "Gene Wang" <Gene (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > hi, All
> > I'm new in this group. I'll need your help. Thanks in advance.
> > After I installed VPC 2004 (did not setup any virtual machines yet), some
> > problems occurred.
> > like:
> > - slow startup and shundown
> > - error poped up few times (RPC service terminated unexpectedly, machine
> > will shut down in 60sec)
> > - my network printer disappear (can't not be added)
> > - no audio (it was working)
> > ------------------------
> > my PC
> >
> > ASUS mother board
> > Athlon 2400
> > 512 RAM
> > 120 & 80 HDD
> > 1 DVDRW drive and 1 DVD drive
> > ATI9800
> > XP Pro installed
> > ------------------------
> > Gene
>
>
>

> Thanks, Jonathan:
> Based on your suggestion, I did install XP SP2.
> But machine just kept restartin, I have startup via safe mode then restore
> back to the state before VPC installed then everythin is fine.
>
> So I heard VPC wont work with some AMD CPU (I have AMD Athlon), and I
> need service pack to fix thsi issue.
> Do you think is true and where I can find the service pack?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Gene
>
> "Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't think it's VPC related. Did you just install your host OS as
> >
> > The RPC problem is because of missing patches, MS03-39 in particular,
> > has since been updated (I think 04-25) but the fact is, that patch is
> > year old
> >
> > Head over to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and pick up the patches
> > you're missing. You can save yourself a load of time by just getting
> > Service Pack 2 if you're using Windows XP
> >
> > --
> > --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
> > http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
> > tutorial site :-)
> > http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004? Find
> > here
> > Only reply by newsgroup. I do not do technical support via email. Any
> > emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
> >
> >
> > "Gene Wang" <Gene (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> > news:(email address - cut out)...
> > > hi, All
> > > I'm new in this group. I'll need your help. Thanks in advance.
> > > After I installed VPC 2004 (did not setup any virtual machines yet),
> > > problems occurred.
> > > like:
> > > - slow startup and shundown
> > > - error poped up few times (RPC service terminated unexpectedly,
> > > will shut down in 60sec)
> > > - my network printer disappear (can't not be added)
> > > - no audio (it was working)
> > > ------------------------
> > > my PC
> > >
> > > ASUS mother board
> > > Athlon 2400
> > > 512 RAM
> > > 120 & 80 HDD
> > > 1 DVDRW drive and 1 DVD drive
> > > ATI9800
> > > XP Pro installed
> > > ------------------------
> > > Gene
> >
> >
> >