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Hang on Guest boot

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 11/02/2005
From: James
Message:

I was wondering if anyone knows of a fix for this...

Dell Precision 470
Dual 3ghz procs
2 Gig Ram
XP Pro SP2

Virtual PC downloaded from MSDN

So... every time I boot up a guest OS (win 2000, 2k3, etc), the host system
will hang on and off for 20 or so seconds. All windows are disabled. The
mouse is the only thing that will work during this period. Once it is
finished messing with me, any keys that were pressed or windows that were
clicked all get done in a flurry. It will hang - process, hang - process,
for a few cycles, totalling 20 secs.

I know I could probably just ignore it, but I'm hoping there is an easy fix.

I have also noticed this happens when installing the release version of SQL
Express, and a few other high load situations.

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Re: Hang on Guest boot

Sent: 11/02/2005
From: "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

If you change the virtual machines floppy setting to not automatically
detect - does the problem persist?
--
Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
===============================
Virtual machine Program Manager

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James wrote:

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> I was wondering if anyone knows of a fix for this...
>
> Dell Precision 470
> Dual 3ghz procs
> 2 Gig Ram
> XP Pro SP2
>
> Virtual PC downloaded from MSDN
>
> So... every time I boot up a guest OS (win 2000, 2k3, etc), the host system
> will hang on and off for 20 or so seconds. All windows are disabled. The
> mouse is the only thing that will work during this period. Once it is
> finished messing with me, any keys that were pressed or windows that were
> clicked all get done in a flurry. It will hang - process, hang - process,
> for a few cycles, totalling 20 secs.
>
> I know I could probably just ignore it, but I'm hoping there is an easy fix.
>
> I have also noticed this happens when installing the release version of SQL
> Express, and a few other high load situations.

Re: Hang on Guest boot

Sent: 11/03/2005
From: James
Message:

YES!

I knew it was something simple!

Ben, you just started my day off right, with a non-freezing boot of Virual PC.

Thanks!

Re: Hang on Guest boot

Sent: 11/03/2005
From: "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Glad to help - we have seen this on a number of the newer systems coming
out. They seem to have issues when we try and access the floppy drive
directly (and really - how many people who aren't using Virtual PC use a
floppy drive these days).
--
Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
===============================
Virtual machine Program Manager

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use.

James wrote:

Show quoted text

> YES!
>
> I knew it was something simple!
>
> Ben, you just started my day off right, with a non-freezing boot of Virual PC.
>
> Thanks!

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