hello I have an auth. version of win xp installed as a virtual disk via parallels on mac osx. this happened: -win system crashed -reboot a faultproofmode -some sort of analysis (?) ran automatically for about 10 minutes befor attempting to start up win xp -win xp won't start again -blue screen appears with a shdocvw.dll failure -reboot keeps running in a loop between blue screen and win startup. mac runs fine, seems to be no probems with paralells itself. anyone have an idea of 1. what happened? 2. can it be fixed? 3. if not, how to reinstall win xp? thanks!
thank you for your fast reply I'm new to this forum and does not really get my way around just jet. is there a keyword to the thread you mention so I can find it in search?
Try repairing Windows -- prepare Windows XP Installation CD with Service Pack 3 integrated, for more information please see the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/5446. Restart Mac and boot from Windows XP Installation CD. Perform repair installation as described in the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/5138
