> Hi. In my XPsp2 laptop, I have virtual pc 2007. I had vista on the
> laptop,
> but it was aggravating me with performance, so I went back to xp. Now I
> would like to install vista in the virtual environment so I did the clean
> install with my upgrade pc without the license number. It boots fine and
> I
> can get on the internet OK, all that good stuff. Now with the upgrade
> disk,
> I upgrade the vista install with the upgrade including the license number
> as
> noted here ->
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp I have
> done
> this on my laptop before without issues. However, after the upgrade
> installs and I get to almost the end, it reboots with the message booting
> your pc for the first time (something like that), I get back to upgrading
> widows, completing install and a window pops up "Windows could not
> configure
> one or more system components. To install windows, restart the computer
> and
> then restart the installation." It then rollsback. I have tried this
> several times, no joy. Any advice? The laptop has run vista fine in the
> past and I even think I had it on virtualpc before, but for some reason, I
> cannot get past this today. THanks
>
>
>

> Installing Home Premium, allocating 1gig ram. Also, allocated 20gigs hard
> drive space.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> What 32bit edition of Vista are you trying to install? How much memory
>> are you allocating for the virtual machine?
>>
>>
>> "Ron" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> Hi. In my XPsp2 laptop, I have virtual pc 2007. I had vista on the
>>> laptop,
>>> but it was aggravating me with performance, so I went back to xp. Now I
>>> would like to install vista in the virtual environment so I did the
>>> clean
>>> install with my upgrade pc without the license number. It boots fine
>>> and I
>>> can get on the internet OK, all that good stuff. Now with the upgrade
>>> disk,
>>> I upgrade the vista install with the upgrade including the license
>>> number as
>>> noted here ->
>>> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp I have
>>> done
>>> this on my laptop before without issues. However, after the upgrade
>>> installs and I get to almost the end, it reboots with the message
>>> booting
>>> your pc for the first time (something like that), I get back to
>>> upgrading
>>> widows, completing install and a window pops up "Windows could not
>>> configure
>>> one or more system components. To install windows, restart the computer
>>> and
>>> then restart the installation." It then rollsback. I have tried this
>>> several times, no joy. Any advice? The laptop has run vista fine in
>>> the
>>> past and I even think I had it on virtualpc before, but for some reason,
>>> I
>>> cannot get past this today. THanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

> What 32bit edition of Vista are you trying to install? How much memory
> are you allocating for the virtual machine?
>
>
> "Ron" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Hi. In my XPsp2 laptop, I have virtual pc 2007. I had vista on the
>> laptop,
>> but it was aggravating me with performance, so I went back to xp. Now I
>> would like to install vista in the virtual environment so I did the clean
>> install with my upgrade pc without the license number. It boots fine and
>> I
>> can get on the internet OK, all that good stuff. Now with the upgrade
>> disk,
>> I upgrade the vista install with the upgrade including the license number
>> as
>> noted here ->
>> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp I have
>> done
>> this on my laptop before without issues. However, after the upgrade
>> installs and I get to almost the end, it reboots with the message booting
>> your pc for the first time (something like that), I get back to
>> upgrading
>> widows, completing install and a window pops up "Windows could not
>> configure
>> one or more system components. To install windows, restart the computer
>> and
>> then restart the installation." It then rollsback. I have tried this
>> several times, no joy. Any advice? The laptop has run vista fine in the
>> past and I even think I had it on virtualpc before, but for some reason,
>> I
>> cannot get past this today. THanks
>>
>>
>>
>

> Thanks. I started from scratch as you suggested and all is well. I have
> it on my Dell laptop, 2GHz with 2gigs ram. Now I just need to call India
> since this won't activate online. Or... figure a way to extend it beyond
> the 30 days legitimately (I read it somewhere) so I can just play with
> this once SP1 is released and I can see if I can go back.
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Do it again and allocate a dynamically expanding .vhd with the default
>> 65Gb (the minimum recommended hdd space for Vista by Microsoft is 40GB).
>> Only the space used by files will actually be used on the host file
>> system. 1 GB ram is about right as long as that leaves plenty for the
>> host. Accept the other defaults. Please give your host computer's
>> specs.
>>
>> "Ron" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> Installing Home Premium, allocating 1gig ram. Also, allocated 20gigs
>>> hard drive space.
>>>
>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>> What 32bit edition of Vista are you trying to install? How much
>>>> memory are you allocating for the virtual machine?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Ron" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>>> Hi. In my XPsp2 laptop, I have virtual pc 2007. I had vista on the
>>>>> laptop,
>>>>> but it was aggravating me with performance, so I went back to xp. Now
>>>>> I
>>>>> would like to install vista in the virtual environment so I did the
>>>>> clean
>>>>> install with my upgrade pc without the license number. It boots fine
>>>>> and I
>>>>> can get on the internet OK, all that good stuff. Now with the upgrade
>>>>> disk,
>>>>> I upgrade the vista install with the upgrade including the license
>>>>> number as
>>>>> noted here ->
>>>>> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp I
>>>>> have done
>>>>> this on my laptop before without issues. However, after the upgrade
>>>>> installs and I get to almost the end, it reboots with the message
>>>>> booting
>>>>> your pc for the first time (something like that), I get back to
>>>>> upgrading
>>>>> widows, completing install and a window pops up "Windows could not
>>>>> configure
>>>>> one or more system components. To install windows, restart the
>>>>> computer and
>>>>> then restart the installation." It then rollsback. I have tried this
>>>>> several times, no joy. Any advice? The laptop has run vista fine in
>>>>> the
>>>>> past and I even think I had it on virtualpc before, but for some
>>>>> reason, I
>>>>> cannot get past this today. THanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

> Do it again and allocate a dynamically expanding .vhd with the default
> 65Gb (the minimum recommended hdd space for Vista by Microsoft is 40GB).
> Only the space used by files will actually be used on the host file
> system. 1 GB ram is about right as long as that leaves plenty for the
> host. Accept the other defaults. Please give your host computer's specs.
>
> "Ron" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Installing Home Premium, allocating 1gig ram. Also, allocated 20gigs
>> hard drive space.
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> What 32bit edition of Vista are you trying to install? How much memory
>>> are you allocating for the virtual machine?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ron" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>> Hi. In my XPsp2 laptop, I have virtual pc 2007. I had vista on the
>>>> laptop,
>>>> but it was aggravating me with performance, so I went back to xp. Now
>>>> I
>>>> would like to install vista in the virtual environment so I did the
>>>> clean
>>>> install with my upgrade pc without the license number. It boots fine
>>>> and I
>>>> can get on the internet OK, all that good stuff. Now with the upgrade
>>>> disk,
>>>> I upgrade the vista install with the upgrade including the license
>>>> number as
>>>> noted here ->
>>>> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp I have
>>>> done
>>>> this on my laptop before without issues. However, after the upgrade
>>>> installs and I get to almost the end, it reboots with the message
>>>> booting
>>>> your pc for the first time (something like that), I get back to
>>>> upgrading
>>>> widows, completing install and a window pops up "Windows could not
>>>> configure
>>>> one or more system components. To install windows, restart the
>>>> computer and
>>>> then restart the installation." It then rollsback. I have tried this
>>>> several times, no joy. Any advice? The laptop has run vista fine in
>>>> the
>>>> past and I even think I had it on virtualpc before, but for some
>>>> reason, I
>>>> cannot get past this today. THanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

> Hi. In my XPsp2 laptop, I have virtual pc 2007. I had vista on the lapto=
> but it was aggravating me with performance, so I went back to xp. Now I
> would like to install vista in the virtual environment so I did the clean
> install with my upgrade pc without the license number. It boots fine and =
> can get on the internet OK, all that good stuff. Now with the upgrade dis=
> I upgrade the vista install with the upgrade including the license number =
> noted here ->http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.a=
> this on my laptop before without issues. However, after the upgrade
> installs and I get to almost the end, it reboots with the message booting
> your pc for the first time (something like that), I get back to upgrading=
> widows, completing install and a window pops up "Windows could not configu=
> one or more system components. To install windows, restart the computer a=
> then restart the installation." It then rollsback. I have tried this
> several times, no joy. Any advice? The laptop has run vista fine in the
> past and I even think I had it on virtualpc before, but for some reason, I=
> cannot get past this today. THanks

> Hi. In my XPsp2 laptop, I have virtual pc 2007. I had vista on the
> laptop,
> but it was aggravating me with performance, so I went back to xp. Now I
> would like to install vista in the virtual environment so I did the clean
> install with my upgrade pc without the license number. It boots fine and
> I
> can get on the internet OK, all that good stuff. Now with the upgrade
> disk,
> I upgrade the vista install with the upgrade including the license number
> as
> noted
> here ->http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp I
> have done
> this on my laptop before without issues. However, after the upgrade
> installs and I get to almost the end, it reboots with the message booting
> your pc for the first time (something like that), I get back to upgrading
> widows, completing install and a window pops up "Windows could not
> configure
> one or more system components. To install windows, restart the computer
> and
> then restart the installation." It then rollsback. I have tried this
> several times, no joy. Any advice? The laptop has run vista fine in the
> past and I even think I had it on virtualpc before, but for some reason, I
> cannot get past this today. THanks