Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Keeron — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:12:03 GMT

I followed the same process (even went into the Windows Features to enable relavent IIS features) but the setup still complains that the IIS admin service is not running (when I install the website application).

Any ideas?

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Rodney Buike — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:26:26 GMT

Now THAT is a command line :)

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Virtual PC Guy — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:52:37 GMT

Keeron,

Can you try running the command-line provided? Also - can you try manually launching the installer as Administrator (rather than letting Windows catch it and elevate)?

Cheers,
Ben

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

David Merrell — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:49:24 GMT

I am having the same issue as Keeron, I have ran the commandline first as Admin, it didnt install with the same meassage as Keeron. Then I installed IIS - no good, then ran the commandline again - no good. Any other suggestions?

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

George J. Capnias — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:59:25 GMT

Are there any issues reported about installing VPC 2004?

I installed VPC 2004, applied SP1, but I am not able to apply FIX described in Article ID:889677. Any ideas?

George J.

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Norman Diamond — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:31:03 GMT

I think that the Windows Task Manager in Windows Vista Beta 2 will refuse to display that entire command line. (It already truncates the command lines for two or three built-in executing processes.)

Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2 works only once than yo need to reinstal

Andreas Mauer — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:18:20 GMT

Hi,
I had all the IIS setup done in the Windows Features add-install dialog. I can install the Virtual Server 2005 R2 and can even add and start vm's. But once I restart the Vista Beta 2 box the virtual server service can't be started anylonger. Looking at the event log reveals the message that a dependend service named "vmm" has been marked for deletion and couldn't be started so the virtual server service can't be started again. The vmm is the Virtual Machine Monitor which is vmm.sys located under %SysDir%\system32\drivers. Comparing the registry entries on a functional Windows XP SP 2 box with the Windows Vista Beta 2 box reveals a couple of different entries but I have no idea what that is all about. So, my workaround at the moment it to reinstall the Virtual Server again and again and again, which isn't fun at all. So, Ben do you have any ideas of what's going on here?

Regards,
Andreas

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Virtual PC Guy — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 02:13:10 GMT

I have added some updates with feedback I have received from people...

Cheers,
Ben

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Dan Bugglin — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:07:04 GMT

Speaking of Vista, ugh, I swear to God it's treating me like it's an alpha product, not a beta by a long shot.

- MS' included video drivers claim to support glass but really don't.
- Shart | Shutdown bluescreens.
- Gives me "Access Denied" errors whenever I try to access items on my XP drive, even after I've taken ownership of the whole thing.

Summary of my Vista experience so far: more error dialogs, but they're PRETTY.

Virtual Server VMRC Performance on Vista

Daren May — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:15:27 GMT

Hi Ben,

I have successfully installed and configured Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Vista Ultimate edition - thanks for the tips! Unfortunately, the performance of the VM is substantially less than when running on XP - specifically the screen updates seem to be very sluggish. Any tips on any tweaks? Do I need to reinstall VM additions? The VM is running with emulated SCSI. Thanks.

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

David Merrell — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:20:27 GMT

I have now successfully got Virtual Server installed; however, now I can not add my wireless adapter to any of the virtual devices. When I enable the virtual networking on the wireless adapter I loss connection to the internet, but not the local network. Any ideas?

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Andrew B. Longdale, MCSE — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:02:09 GMT

Thanks for the tip Ben, I've finally got VServer2K5R2 installed on Beta2. Created a new VM, started it and switch over to remote and black screen.... CPU is up to 70% (P4-3GHz) and after 5 minutes, still the same old boring black remote screen, any tip's for this issue?

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Andrew A — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:05:47 GMT

Hi Ben,

Is the process similar to achieve the same thing on Vista x64?

Andrew

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Dan Bugglin — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:13:43 GMT

For anyone else who had my problems above...

- WinSAT decided Glass was "too good" for my computer. A registry tweak set it straight.
- Bluescreens don't happen when I use my keyboard to sleep. They do happen when I try to use the start menu to do it. Weird.
- I had to take ownership of both drives and then give myself full control access rights. I decided the benefits of restricted access to virii and malware was outweighed by the sheer annoyance of not being able to access MY OWN FILES. (Also I have never really gotten infected on XP. I think maybe I did once or twice, but I was never quite sute.)

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Dan Bugglin — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:43:28 GMT

The command line didn't work for me, package manager elevated itself, worked for far too short a time, and then returned. No error message or anything.

I went to "Windows Features" and IIS was still uninstalled, so I installed it from there.

It appears even if the Web services are installed and IIS Admin is started, you may have to restart the installer for it to see them.

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

GW — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:34:34 GMT

I got it installed per the instructions but I cannot access the admin console. I get an access denied error. Any ideas? this is driving me crazy.

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Paul Divan — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:09:17 GMT

I have followed everything and things appear to be installed. However when I bring up the management console for VS I get this error message:

An error occurred accessing the website application data folder.

The virtual machine folders are located in "\\Users\Public\Public Documents\Shared Virtual Machines\, different from the XP or Win 2003 folder but semantically equivelant.

Any Ideas?

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Mohamed — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:24:02 GMT

I installed Virtual Server but when I open the admininstration page I have the same error
The following error occurred:
An error occurred accessing the website application data folder.

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Francis — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:28:22 GMT

You must disable the User Account Control in order to allows the virtual server users to access the \\Users\Public\Public Documents\Shared Virtual Machines\ directory
Alternative you can change the right on that directory

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Tony Ko — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:49:10 GMT

please help me, i have deleted the default site on iis and now when i install virtual server it wont add itself to iis. ive added a new site and by right clicking it, ive added virtualserver as an new application.. now when i go to my link it just downloads the exe instead of running it.. i cant access web admin now. how do i get it to work?

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Virtual PC Guy — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:01:29 GMT

David Merrell -

Yes - there is a known incompatibility with wireless networking. No work arounds are available today.

Andrew B. Longdale, MCSE -

No idea - sorry. It should work.

Andrew A -

Yup - I have been doing this on x64 and x86 Vista.

GW -

Are you launching IE eleveated? What error message do you get?

Paul Divan -

Are you launching IE as administrator?

Francis -

I have never needed to do this.

Tony Ko -

Probably the easiest thing to do is to uninstall IIS and Virtual Server and then reinstall both.

Cheers,
Ben

re: Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

Martin — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:59:16 GMT

GW-

Try to add the user you are using to the local "Distributed COM Users" group. worked for me.