Parallels & XP SP3

[ronberry@me.com]

Does transporter support XP 2002 with SP3?

It seems to create the VM, and then when I start it up it just sits there.

Am I not waiting long enough?


What could be wrong

 

[John@Parallels]

Yes, if it is not OEM version, I mean you may have problems if Windows installed not through normal CD version

 

[ronberry@me.com]

is there a way to make this work?

any work around - as I would imagine that like with most XP installs it was not via the cd, but was an image

 

[John@Parallels]

If it is ISO image and it is not OEM, it is OK, in addition, if it is OEM, it is license violation

 

[ronberry@me.com]

the corporate volume license agreements that companies such as this one have with Microsoft allow them to do this - so lets not get off subject with licensing talk

The question is - when I use transporter - it builds the image - when I start the image it seems to start correctly - and then just sits there


Is there a way to make this work - or not?

Is this a limitation of Parallels - or is VMWare the only solution?

 

[John@Parallels]

back to licensing, I mentioned in case of OEM, you have VLK probably,
What is actual error, what software do you have installed on those PCs

 

[ronberry@me.com]

as stated - no error - it just has a black screen for 5 minutes before I give up

many applications - but none of them are loaded by the system - things like word, etc.

 

[John@Parallels]

I mean antivirus?

 

[ronberry@me.com]

symantec endpoint