>I have been installing and checking out Windows Vista on Virtual PC 2004
>SP1
> on XP SP2 with a HP nw8000 with 2Gb RAM. Up until the Pre-RC1 build,
> installation worked (albeit with the initial problems of getting the disk
> created correctly). I have networking setup as directly connected to both
> wired and wireless cards, as this seems to have been the only way to get
> it
> connecting to the network at all.
>
> I am now trying to install RC1 (build 5600) and the installation seems to
> go
> ok until the very last stage (after reboot) which comes up with an error
> 'unable to configure for this hardware' (or similar) after which it will
> not
> boot at all.
>
> Has anyone else had similar issues - and any ideas how to get the
> installation to work for RC1? I have had a look around but can't find
> anything specific other than mention of taking out any USB devices (which
> I
> did on the 3rd/4th attempt) and I have also tried switching the network
> ports
> to just one of them connected to the NAT and the other disconnected.
>
> Thanks in advance