>I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
>someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
>up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
>won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
>there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
>zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
>old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
>don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
>not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
>on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
>tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
>get this to work. About to give up...

> I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
> someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
> up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
> won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
> there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
> zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
> old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
> don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
> not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
> on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
> tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
> get this to work. About to give up...

> "run4it" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so
> > hoping
> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I
> > set
> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner)
> > that
> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest,
> > but
> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around
> > or
> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB.
> > I
> > don't know what else to do.
>
> It's important to remember that, apart from the CPU and RAM, all of the
> "hardware" inside a virtual machine is emulated, and some of this emulated
> hardware is not very modern, particularly the graphics card. Are you sure
> that the app in question doesn't need more sophisticated graphics than are
> available with the emulated S3 Trio? From your description, that sounds very
> much like it could be the case, in which case, regrettably VPC isn't the
> solution for you... FWIW, all other software virtualisation products (VMWare
> etc) work in a similar way...
>
> > I haven't tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that
>
> Dual booting involves installing another operating system in a different
> partition on the same machine. This partition could be on your primary hard
> disk, or on a secondary hard disk. If on your primary hard disk, you'll need
> to invest in a partitioning program such as Partition Magic which can
> partition your disk without destroying its existing contents. Once you have
> the second partition available, it's a simple matter of installing the other
> operating system on it. Modern OS like XP Pro will "see" the two partitions
> during installation and ask you which one it should install itself onto.
> Then, at bootup time, you'll be presented with a menu asking you which OS
> you want to use.
>
> The advantage of this, in your particular case, is that it will almost
> certainly allow your old app to work. The disadvantage, of course, is that
> (unlike with VPC) both OS can't be running at the same time...
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net
>
>

> I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so
> hoping
> someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I
> set
> up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner)
> that
> won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest,
> but
> there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around
> or
> zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
> old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB.
> I
> don't know what else to do.
> I haven't tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that

>> It's important to remember that, apart from the CPU and RAM, all of the
>> "hardware" inside a virtual machine is emulated, and some of this
>> emulated
>> hardware is not very modern, particularly the graphics card. Are you sure
>> that the app in question doesn't need more sophisticated graphics than
>> are
>> available with the emulated S3 Trio? From your description, that sounds
>> very
>> much like it could be the case, in which case, regrettably VPC isn't the
>> solution for you... FWIW, all other software virtualisation products
>> (VMWare
>> etc) work in a similar way...
> Mark - if this was a VPC hardware issue, wouldn't the GPF error happen
> when
> accessing all the maps?
> Why would it only happen on one map?

> run4it wrote:
> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
> > get this to work. About to give up...
>
> run4it:
>
> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
>
> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
>
> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
>
> --
> David Wilkinson
> Visual C++ MVP
>

>I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
>Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
>the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
>never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
>would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
>was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
>copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
>think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
>It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
>opinions?
>
>"David Wilkinson" wrote:
>
>> run4it wrote:
>> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
>> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
>> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
>> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
>> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
>> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
>> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
>> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
>> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
>> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
>> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
>> > get this to work. About to give up...
>>
>> run4it:
>>
>> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
>> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
>>
>> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
>> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
>>
>> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
>> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
>> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
>>
>> --
>> David Wilkinson
>> Visual C++ MVP
>>

> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:20:01 -0700 :
>
> >I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
> >Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
> >the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
> >never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
> >would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
> >was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
> >copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
> >think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
> >It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
> >opinions?
> >
> >"David Wilkinson" wrote:
> >
> >> run4it wrote:
> >> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
> >> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
> >> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
> >> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
> >> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
> >> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
> >> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
> >> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
> >> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
> >> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
> >> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
> >> > get this to work. About to give up...
> >>
> >> run4it:
> >>
> >> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
> >> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
> >>
> >> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
> >> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
> >>
> >> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
> >> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
> >> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
> >>
> >> --
> >> David Wilkinson
> >> Visual C++ MVP
> >>
>
> I think I have the profile of your problem, correct me if I am wrong:
>
> 1. Chartview ran fine on a physical XP Pro SP2 64 bit physical machine.
>
> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to SP3.
> it is also 64bit.
>
> 3. After installing Chartview on the XP Pro SP3 guest it gets a GPF.
>
> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
>
>
> FACE
>
>
>

>I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
> Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck.
> Again,
> the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This
> error
> never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why
> this
> would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data
> file
> was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too?

> Okay.
>
> Was your old system that it ran on formatted as NTFS or FAT32?
>
> You never ran it on the 64 bit system?
>
> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
>
> FACE
>
>
> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:34:00 -0700 :
>
> >Old PC was XP Pro 32-bit SP2. Chartview ran fine on it.
> >New PC is Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
> >VM on new PC is XP Pro 32-bit SP3
> >
> >"FACE" wrote:
> >
> >> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
> >> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:20:01 -0700 :
> >>
> >> >I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
> >> >Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
> >> >the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
> >> >never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
> >> >would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
> >> >was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
> >> >copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
> >> >think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
> >> >It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
> >> >opinions?
> >> >
> >> >"David Wilkinson" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> run4it wrote:
> >> >> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
> >> >> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
> >> >> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
> >> >> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
> >> >> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
> >> >> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
> >> >> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
> >> >> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
> >> >> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
> >> >> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
> >> >> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
> >> >> > get this to work. About to give up...
> >> >>
> >> >> run4it:
> >> >>
> >> >> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
> >> >> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
> >> >>
> >> >> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
> >> >> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
> >> >>
> >> >> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
> >> >> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
> >> >> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> David Wilkinson
> >> >> Visual C++ MVP
> >> >>
> >>
> >> I think I have the profile of your problem, correct me if I am wrong:
> >>
> >> 1. Chartview ran fine on a physical XP Pro SP2 64 bit physical machine.
> >>
> >> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to SP3.
> >> it is also 64bit.
> >>
> >> 3. After installing Chartview on the XP Pro SP3 guest it gets a GPF.
> >>
> >> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
> >>
> >>
> >> FACE
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:02:00 -0700 :
>
> >I don't know how the old system was formatted (NTFS or FAT32). Is there a
> >way for me check? I NEVER ran the old PC with 64-bit.
> >
> >Why would I want the second VM?
>
> To run Win 98. Did you ever purchase a license to run Win 98?
>
> FACE
>
> >
> >
> >"FACE" wrote:
> >
> >> Okay.
> >>
> >> Was your old system that it ran on formatted as NTFS or FAT32?
> >>
> >> You never ran it on the 64 bit system?
> >>
> >> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
> >>
> >> FACE
> >>
> >>
> >> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
> >> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:34:00 -0700 :
> >>
> >> >Old PC was XP Pro 32-bit SP2. Chartview ran fine on it.
> >> >New PC is Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
> >> >VM on new PC is XP Pro 32-bit SP3
> >> >
> >> >"FACE" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
> >> >> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:20:01 -0700 :
> >> >>
> >> >> >I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
> >> >> >Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
> >> >> >the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
> >> >> >never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
> >> >> >would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
> >> >> >was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
> >> >> >copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
> >> >> >think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
> >> >> >It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
> >> >> >opinions?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"David Wilkinson" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> run4it wrote:
> >> >> >> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
> >> >> >> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
> >> >> >> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
> >> >> >> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
> >> >> >> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
> >> >> >> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
> >> >> >> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
> >> >> >> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
> >> >> >> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
> >> >> >> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
> >> >> >> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
> >> >> >> > get this to work. About to give up...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> run4it:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
> >> >> >> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
> >> >> >> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
> >> >> >> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
> >> >> >> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> David Wilkinson
> >> >> >> Visual C++ MVP
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I think I have the profile of your problem, correct me if I am wrong:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. Chartview ran fine on a physical XP Pro SP2 64 bit physical machine.
> >> >>
> >> >> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to SP3.
> >> >> it is also 64bit.
> >> >>
> >> >> 3. After installing Chartview on the XP Pro SP3 guest it gets a GPF.
> >> >>
> >> >> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> FACE
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

>I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
>Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
>the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
>never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
>would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
>was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
>copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
>think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
>It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
>opinions?
>
>"David Wilkinson" wrote:
>
>> run4it wrote:
>> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
>> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
>> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
>> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
>> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
>> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
>> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
>> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
>> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
>> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
>> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
>> > get this to work. About to give up...
>>
>> run4it:
>>
>> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
>> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
>>
>> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
>> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
>>
>> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
>> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
>> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
>>
>> --
>> David Wilkinson
>> Visual C++ MVP
>>

>"FACE" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to
>> SP3.
>> it is also 64bit.
>
>Virtual PC does not support 64-bit guests...

>Old PC was XP Pro 32-bit SP2. Chartview ran fine on it.
>New PC is Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
>VM on new PC is XP Pro 32-bit SP3
>
>"FACE" wrote:
>
>> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
>> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:20:01 -0700 :
>>
>> >I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
>> >Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
>> >the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
>> >never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
>> >would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
>> >was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
>> >copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
>> >think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
>> >It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
>> >opinions?
>> >
>> >"David Wilkinson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> run4it wrote:
>> >> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
>> >> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
>> >> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
>> >> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
>> >> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
>> >> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
>> >> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
>> >> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
>> >> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
>> >> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
>> >> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
>> >> > get this to work. About to give up...
>> >>
>> >> run4it:
>> >>
>> >> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
>> >> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
>> >>
>> >> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
>> >> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
>> >>
>> >> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
>> >> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
>> >> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> David Wilkinson
>> >> Visual C++ MVP
>> >>
>>
>> I think I have the profile of your problem, correct me if I am wrong:
>>
>> 1. Chartview ran fine on a physical XP Pro SP2 64 bit physical machine.
>>
>> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to SP3.
>> it is also 64bit.
>>
>> 3. After installing Chartview on the XP Pro SP3 guest it gets a GPF.
>>
>> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
>>
>>
>> FACE
>>
>>
>>

>I don't know how the old system was formatted (NTFS or FAT32). Is there a
>way for me check? I NEVER ran the old PC with 64-bit.
>
>Why would I want the second VM?
>
>
>"FACE" wrote:
>
>> Okay.
>>
>> Was your old system that it ran on formatted as NTFS or FAT32?
>>
>> You never ran it on the 64 bit system?
>>
>> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
>>
>> FACE
>>
>>
>> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
>> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:34:00 -0700 :
>>
>> >Old PC was XP Pro 32-bit SP2. Chartview ran fine on it.
>> >New PC is Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
>> >VM on new PC is XP Pro 32-bit SP3
>> >
>> >"FACE" wrote:
>> >
>> >> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
>> >> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:20:01 -0700 :
>> >>
>> >> >I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
>> >> >Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
>> >> >the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
>> >> >never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
>> >> >would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
>> >> >was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
>> >> >copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
>> >> >think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
>> >> >It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
>> >> >opinions?
>> >> >
>> >> >"David Wilkinson" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> run4it wrote:
>> >> >> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
>> >> >> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
>> >> >> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
>> >> >> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
>> >> >> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
>> >> >> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
>> >> >> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
>> >> >> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
>> >> >> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
>> >> >> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
>> >> >> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
>> >> >> > get this to work. About to give up...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> run4it:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
>> >> >> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
>> >> >> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
>> >> >> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
>> >> >> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> David Wilkinson
>> >> >> Visual C++ MVP
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think I have the profile of your problem, correct me if I am wrong:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Chartview ran fine on a physical XP Pro SP2 64 bit physical machine.
>> >>
>> >> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to SP3.
>> >> it is also 64bit.
>> >>
>> >> 3. After installing Chartview on the XP Pro SP3 guest it gets a GPF.
>> >>
>> >> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> FACE
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

>yeah, I think I've got it around here somewhere. But what I don't understand
>is the necessity for creating a second VM with W98 on it because ChartView
>does run on XP, I ran it fine on my old PC.
>
>"FACE" wrote:
>
>> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
>> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:02:00 -0700 :
>>
>> >I don't know how the old system was formatted (NTFS or FAT32). Is there a
>> >way for me check? I NEVER ran the old PC with 64-bit.
>> >
>> >Why would I want the second VM?
>>
>> To run Win 98. Did you ever purchase a license to run Win 98?
>>
>> FACE
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >"FACE" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Okay.
>> >>
>> >> Was your old system that it ran on formatted as NTFS or FAT32?
>> >>
>> >> You never ran it on the 64 bit system?
>> >>
>> >> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
>> >>
>> >> FACE
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
>> >> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:34:00 -0700 :
>> >>
>> >> >Old PC was XP Pro 32-bit SP2. Chartview ran fine on it.
>> >> >New PC is Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
>> >> >VM on new PC is XP Pro 32-bit SP3
>> >> >
>> >> >"FACE" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> From run4it <(email address - cut out)>, in
>> >> >> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:20:01 -0700 :
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >I have updated to XP SP3 and I have set the compatability mode back to
>> >> >> >Windows 98 (which is what ChartView was written for). Still no luck. Again,
>> >> >> >the GPF error only occurs on ONE map, all the others work fine. This error
>> >> >> >never happened on my old box with XP Pro SP2. Can anyone figure out why this
>> >> >> >would happen on only ONE map while on the VPC? I mean if the map data file
>> >> >> >was corrupt wouldn't it happen on my old box too? I wonder if I have an old
>> >> >> >copy of Windows 98 around and created a new VPC with that installed, do you
>> >> >> >think that might work better? Is it the OS in the VPC, or the VPC itself?
>> >> >> >It has been suggested to me by a co-worker to try VMWare instead. Any
>> >> >> >opinions?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"David Wilkinson" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> run4it wrote:
>> >> >> >> > I'm at my wits end trying to find a solution. VPCs are new to me, so hoping
>> >> >> >> > someone has an idea. Host: Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Guest XP Pro. I set
>> >> >> >> > up the VPC because I have an old navigation program (ChartView Planner) that
>> >> >> >> > won't install on the new 64-bit box. I installed ChartView on the guest, but
>> >> >> >> > there is a particular map, that everytime I access it and move it around or
>> >> >> >> > zoom in, I get a General Protection Fault error. This did not happen on my
>> >> >> >> > old box. I have reinstalled numerous times, I have increased RAM to 2GB. I
>> >> >> >> > don't know what else to do. This software is no longer made and I hate to
>> >> >> >> > not be able to use it. I thought about using a KVM switch and keep it running
>> >> >> >> > on the old box but I really don't have the room for two towers. I haven't
>> >> >> >> > tried a dual boot. Don't know how to do that and I'm exhaused from trying to
>> >> >> >> > get this to work. About to give up...
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> run4it:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> If you want to try multi-boot, I would highly recommend a third party boot
>> >> >> >> manager like the excellent BootIt NG, rather than the Vista boot manager.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> But really, any kind of multi-boot is very inconvenient if you want to use both
>> >> >> >> computers all the time (virtualization is much better in this regard).
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> If you want to use your old box, you do not necessarily need a KVM switch;
>> >> >> >> rather you might try remote desktop. Then you can put your old machine in some
>> >> >> >> other location, and just run an ethernet cable to it. Try it!
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> David Wilkinson
>> >> >> >> Visual C++ MVP
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think I have the profile of your problem, correct me if I am wrong:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 1. Chartview ran fine on a physical XP Pro SP2 64 bit physical machine.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to SP3.
>> >> >> it is also 64bit.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 3. After installing Chartview on the XP Pro SP3 guest it gets a GPF.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Question: Is there a reason not to have a second VM?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> FACE
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

> 2. You created an XP machine as a guest to the XP host and upgraded to
> SP3.
> it is also 64bit.

> yeah, I think I've got it around here somewhere. But what I don't
> understand
> is the necessity for creating a second VM with W98 on it because ChartView
> does run on XP, I ran it fine on my old PC.