BSOD installing Vista

SpacyStacy

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I downloaded en_windows_vista_ultimate_sp2_checked_build_x86_dvd_342432.iso from MSDN and tried to install it under Parallels Desktop for Mac 6.0.11992 (625164 12/17/2010) on OS X 10.6.6.

This is to create a new VM.
It fails to detect the operating system version, so I selected Vista and did NOT check 64 bit.
I entered the license key.

It starts the procedure OK, and sometimes gets as far as Expanding Files. But it always dies with a BSOD about how it was crashing to prevent the machine from being damaged, etc.

I tried it with that file, with that file under a short name, and with that ISO burned to a DVD using Disk Utility.

What could the problem be?

I've had good luck with XP (in the past) and with Win7 (last week, in this exact configuration).
 
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