why are you using that toy virtual machine program from MS?

Get the far superior VM program from vmware that is free= vmware server

Yes Vmware Server is free! [url]www.vmware.com[/url]

if you got a multi core CPU it will work faster than Virtual PC2007




"Chris Holley" <ChrisHolley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95C2C61E-06E2-4BED-9400-BF9345A47645@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I have a windows vista business edition Dell inspiron 1521 laptop that I
> installed Virtual machine on to run some legacy apps. The install of
> windows
> xp pro sp2 goes smoothly, and then when it reboots for the first time, the
> entire laptop reboots, there is no blue screen or anything, the screen
> goes
> black and then I get the dell splash screen. I've gone through and
> updated
> all the drivers including the bios to the latest version. I've also gone
> through and tried taking a .vhd file from my dell inspiron 1501 system
> that
> is working, and loaded it on the 1521 and I still get the same result of
> the
> entire laptop rebooting.[/color]