Sent: 12/27/2005
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and installing the
trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a virtual
machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for installing
vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much more recent than the
VPC additions you are now using.
This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up a lot.
If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16 soundcard emulation,
so don't plan on sound.
After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for future use
and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of course).
--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:op.s2f1qfsiiaw3e7@nabeel1...
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> Hi,
>
> My machine specs are
> CPU : 3.0 GHz
> RAM : 760 Mb
> HDD : 60 Gb SATA
> 20 Gb ATA IDE
>
> my primary drive is the SATA drive which has windows XP and Fedora Core 3
> Linux.
> Longhorn refuses to install because it detects "legacy fault tolerant
> disks" (which i found out after googling for days to be caused by the
> Linux partition, even if i want to install on a SEPARATE HDD altogether!,
> i.e. the ATA IDE)
> So i got VPC 2004 running and was finally able to install Longhorn Beta 1.
>
> The problem i'm facing is extremely low performance on the virtual
> machine.
> Are there any tips to get it to work better?
> Would a physical linked Virtual drive make enough difference to render a
> reinstall of longhorn feasible?
> btw, i had to leave the installation runnin overnight .. and when i came
> to work the next day, vista was still applying settings :|
>
> any comments/suggestions will be highly appreciated
>
> Regards,
> Nabeel Moeen
Sent: 12/28/2005
From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Message: Vista does not support the ISA bus. That is why the ISA SB16 sound card
in the VPC guest machine won't work under Vista.
Colin Barnhorst wrote:
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> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and
> installing the trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will
> give you a virtual machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then
> use for installing vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are
> much more recent than the VPC additions you are now using.
>
> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up a
> lot. If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16 soundcard
> emulation, so don't plan on sound.
>
> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for
> future use and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile,
> of course).
>> Hi,
>>
>> My machine specs are
>> CPU : 3.0 GHz
>> RAM : 760 Mb
>> HDD : 60 Gb SATA
>> 20 Gb ATA IDE
>>
>> my primary drive is the SATA drive which has windows XP and Fedora
>> Core 3 Linux.
>> Longhorn refuses to install because it detects "legacy fault tolerant
>> disks" (which i found out after googling for days to be caused by the
>> Linux partition, even if i want to install on a SEPARATE HDD
>> altogether!, i.e. the ATA IDE)
>> So i got VPC 2004 running and was finally able to install Longhorn
>> Beta 1. The problem i'm facing is extremely low performance on the
>> virtual
>> machine.
>> Are there any tips to get it to work better?
>> Would a physical linked Virtual drive make enough difference to
>> render a reinstall of longhorn feasible?
>> btw, i had to leave the installation runnin overnight .. and when i
>> came to work the next day, vista was still applying settings :|
>>
>> any comments/suggestions will be highly appreciated
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nabeel Moeen
Sent: 12/28/2005
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:The product key is one thing and activation is another. Activation does not
have its own activation key. When does Windows say the product key is not
valid? Do you have internet connection at the time you try to activate?
--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:op.s2h7vkj9iaw3e7@nabeel1...
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> I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
> And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription site)
> no longer seems to be valid.
> Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
> do they require a seperate activation key??
>
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
>
>> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and installing
>> the
>> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a virtual
>> machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for installing
>> vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much more recent than
>> the
>> VPC additions you are now using.
>>
>> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
>> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up a lot.
>> If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16 soundcard
>> emulation,
>> so don't plan on sound.
>>
>> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for future
>> use
>> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of course).
>>
>
Sent: 12/28/2005
From: "Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription site)
no longer seems to be valid.
Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
do they require a seperate activation key??
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
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> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and installing
> the
> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a virtual
> machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for installing
> vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much more recent than
> the
> VPC additions you are now using.
>
> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up a lot.
> If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16 soundcard
> emulation,
> so don't plan on sound.
>
> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for future
> use
> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of course).
>
Sent: 01/01/2006
From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Message: Activation does seem a bit dodgy in build 5270 from a virtual machine. I
have received funny messages from it with both vista and server. Just make
sure that you have a live Internet connection and try again. They have all
succeeded finally (vista and both server core and server EE).
Colin Barnhorst wrote:
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> The product key is one thing and activation is another. Activation
> does not have its own activation key. When does Windows say the
> product key is not valid? Do you have internet connection at the
> time you try to activate?
>> I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
>> And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription
>> site) no longer seems to be valid.
>> Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
>> do they require a seperate activation key??
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
>>
>>> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and
>>> installing the
>>> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a
>>> virtual machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for
>>> installing vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much
>>> more recent than the
>>> VPC additions you are now using.
>>>
>>> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
>>> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up
>>> a lot. If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16
>>> soundcard emulation,
>>> so don't plan on sound.
>>>
>>> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for
>>> future use
>>> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of
>>> course).
Sent: 01/11/2006
From: "TC" <please, no spam - tcpulley at hotmail dot com>
Message:You'll encounter the "invalid product key" problem if you're using a dynamic
disk. You need to use fixed size disk and the minimum size if 8 or 9 GB
(don't remember which it was).
"Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:op.s2h7vkj9iaw3e7@nabeel1...
Show quoted text
> I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
> And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription site)
> no longer seems to be valid.
> Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
> do they require a seperate activation key??
>
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
>
>> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and installing
>> the
>> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a virtual
>> machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for installing
>> vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much more recent than
>> the
>> VPC additions you are now using.
>>
>> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
>> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up a lot.
>> If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16 soundcard
>> emulation,
>> so don't plan on sound.
>>
>> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for future
>> use
>> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of course).
>>
>
Sent: 01/12/2006
From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Message: A dynamic disk is OK as long as you partition it. You get the "invalid
product key" message on a raw disk.
TC wrote:
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> You'll encounter the "invalid product key" problem if you're using a
> dynamic disk. You need to use fixed size disk and the minimum size if
> 8 or 9 GB (don't remember which it was).
>
> "Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:op.s2h7vkj9iaw3e7@nabeel1...
>> I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
>> And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription
>> site) no longer seems to be valid.
>> Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
>> do they require a seperate activation key??
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
>>
>>> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and
>>> installing the
>>> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a
>>> virtual machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for
>>> installing vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much
>>> more recent than the
>>> VPC additions you are now using.
>>>
>>> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
>>> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up
>>> a lot. If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16
>>> soundcard emulation,
>>> so don't plan on sound.
>>>
>>> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for
>>> future use
>>> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of
>>> course).
Sent: 01/13/2006
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Apparently you can get that message on a partitioned and formatted disk as
well, I'm trying to find out why.
--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> A dynamic disk is OK as long as you partition it. You get the "invalid
> product key" message on a raw disk.
>
> TC wrote:
>> You'll encounter the "invalid product key" problem if you're using a
>> dynamic disk. You need to use fixed size disk and the minimum size if
>> 8 or 9 GB (don't remember which it was).
>>
>> "Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:op.s2h7vkj9iaw3e7@nabeel1...
>>> I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
>>> And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription
>>> site) no longer seems to be valid.
>>> Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
>>> do they require a seperate activation key??
>>>
>>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and
>>>> installing the
>>>> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a
>>>> virtual machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for
>>>> installing vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much
>>>> more recent than the
>>>> VPC additions you are now using.
>>>>
>>>> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
>>>> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up
>>>> a lot. If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16
>>>> soundcard emulation,
>>>> so don't plan on sound.
>>>>
>>>> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for
>>>> future use
>>>> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of
>>>> course).
>
>
Sent: 01/13/2006
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:You also get the invalid key message during setup if you don't have enough
RAM allocated to the VM... (it doesn't work with 256M, but it does with
512M)
--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> Apparently you can get that message on a partitioned and formatted disk as
> well, I'm trying to find out why.
>
> --
> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
>
>
>
> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> A dynamic disk is OK as long as you partition it. You get the "invalid
>> product key" message on a raw disk.
>>
>> TC wrote:
>>> You'll encounter the "invalid product key" problem if you're using a
>>> dynamic disk. You need to use fixed size disk and the minimum size if
>>> 8 or 9 GB (don't remember which it was).
>>>
>>> "Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>> news:op.s2h7vkj9iaw3e7@nabeel1...
>>>> I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
>>>> And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription
>>>> site) no longer seems to be valid.
>>>> Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
>>>> do they require a seperate activation key??
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and
>>>>> installing the
>>>>> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a
>>>>> virtual machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for
>>>>> installing vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are much
>>>>> more recent than the
>>>>> VPC additions you are now using.
>>>>>
>>>>> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while the
>>>>> additions install. After the reboot you will find things speed up
>>>>> a lot. If I recall correctly, Vista does not support the SB16
>>>>> soundcard emulation,
>>>>> so don't plan on sound.
>>>>>
>>>>> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for
>>>>> future use
>>>>> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of
>>>>> course).
>>
>>
>
>
Sent: 01/14/2006
From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Message: Interesting. Seems like there is a major problem with the error
reporting. No matter what the problem, you get the same message!
Robert Comer wrote:
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> You also get the invalid key message during setup if you don't have
> enough RAM allocated to the VM... (it doesn't work with 256M, but it
> does with 512M)
>
>
> "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Apparently you can get that message on a partitioned and formatted
>> disk as well, I'm trying to find out why.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP - Virtual Machine>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> A dynamic disk is OK as long as you partition it. You get the
>>> "invalid product key" message on a raw disk.
>>>
>>> TC wrote:
>>>> You'll encounter the "invalid product key" problem if you're using
>>>> a dynamic disk. You need to use fixed size disk and the minimum
>>>> size if 8 or 9 GB (don't remember which it was).
>>>>
>>>> "Nabeel Moeen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>>> news:op.s2h7vkj9iaw3e7@nabeel1...
>>>>> I'm getting a "Windows Activation" prompt.
>>>>> And the Product key i had used earlier (from the msdn subscription
>>>>> site) no longer seems to be valid.
>>>>> Is this because of the Virtual Server 2005 VS Additions?
>>>>> do they require a seperate activation key??
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:47:11 +0500, wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Vista does take a long time to install. Try downloading and
>>>>>> installing the
>>>>>> trial version of Virtual Server 2005 R2. That will give you a
>>>>>> virtual machine additions .iso for R2 which you can then use for
>>>>>> installing vmadditions for Vista in VPC. These additions are
>>>>>> much more recent than the
>>>>>> VPC additions you are now using.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This will improve performance of Vista nicely. Be patient while
>>>>>> the additions install. After the reboot you will find things
>>>>>> speed up a lot. If I recall correctly, Vista does not support
>>>>>> the SB16 soundcard emulation,
>>>>>> so don't plan on sound.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After the installation, save a copy of the R2 additions ,iso for
>>>>>> future use
>>>>>> and uninstall the VSR2 trial (or check it out for awhile, of
>>>>>> course).
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