It was not a clean install. Vendor is not supplying installation media nor drivers to keep the equipment running so I have to start with a functioning machine. Their only path is to buy a new machine. Not worth that kind of investment. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Richard Cini <rich.cini@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 1:26:17 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Kelly Leavitt <kelly@catcorner.org> Subject: Re: OT: XP p to v Out of curiosity, was that a clean XP install in the VM or a converted physical drive? Also, is there anything wrong with the existing host machine or is this virtual-proofing it? I have several different VM setups. I mostly use Parallels on my Mac as the host, but I’ve also used VirtualBox on the Mac and Hyper-V on Windows. I haven’t experienced BSODs. Mostly I start with clean installs, use a Windows off-line update installer to apply updates (hundreds of them) and then add what I need from a hardware/software standpoint. Rich http://www.classiccmp.org/cini Long Island S100 User’s Group Get Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 1:17:27 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Kelly Leavitt <kelly@catcorner.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] OT: XP p to v Good afternoon all, This is Kelly from the vcfed. I was wondering if anyone had experience in converting physical machines to run in a virtual environment. It just seems like a skill I can find in this group. I'm trying to help a friend convert an old XP machine that runs custom USB hardware into a virtual environment so he can keep using his equipment. I have it running under VMWare, but it's not 100% stable. I get BSOD on shutdown about 50% of the time and about 10% of the time on system startup. I've removed all drivers for old non-needed equipment, did a repair XP install, installed the guest applications for XP and disabled sound and graphics acceleration already. Thanks, Kelly