Cloned Winxp guest behaves differently...
Posted: 27. Jan 2009, 01:41
I have looked and scoured this forum and Google but still no success with solving this issue. In order to support different customers I need the ability to run different vpn clients... So far I have installed virtualbox v2.1.0 onto a laptop with kubuntu 8.04.1 and have successfully installed an XP guest with all current service packs and the virtualbox guest additions. Working with this as my base XP image I ran the command 'VBoxManage clonehd VirtualXP.vdi CiscoXP.vdi" to create a duplicate vm disk that will eventually have the Cisco vpn client installed. The command runs fine with no errors, I create a new vm, duplicating all of the original vm's preferences and pointing it to the newly created 'hard disk'.
When booting the newly created vm the first thing I noticed is that is presents the windows login dialog box (where the original did not), it seems to take quite a bit longer for the desktop icons to appear and the Start/Taskbar is off the bottom of the screen. I can see pop-up message bubbles but no bar... I have tried to change the resolution, full screen mode, seamless mode with no change. And when I try to run the cisco vpn setup I get the error message that the windows installer is not responding or not installed properly.
Not sure what to check or what to think... Any help appreciated.
donovan
When booting the newly created vm the first thing I noticed is that is presents the windows login dialog box (where the original did not), it seems to take quite a bit longer for the desktop icons to appear and the Start/Taskbar is off the bottom of the screen. I can see pop-up message bubbles but no bar... I have tried to change the resolution, full screen mode, seamless mode with no change. And when I try to run the cisco vpn setup I get the error message that the windows installer is not responding or not installed properly.
Not sure what to check or what to think... Any help appreciated.
donovan