Problem to install Guset additions on Windows XP

[denisb]

Hello Guys,

moved to 3.1.0 version and decided to reinstall guest additions. host running fedora 11.

the installation failing with strange errors:
Installing driver ...
HardwareID: PCI\VEN_80EE&DEV_BEEF&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00
Device class name: Display
Number of GUIDs found: 1
INF-File: C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxVideo.inf
INF-Path: C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox Guest Additions\
Updating driver for plug'n play devices ...
ERROR: File not found!
ERROR: Could not install files for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista! Installation aborted.

Video and Guest drivers showing red at Device Manager. Seamless mode is not working.

please advice.

[Perryg]

Check to be sure that you are installing this in the guest.
Also you may need to unmount the CD/DVD in the guest and then select install guest additions to see the right version if you did not unmount the original guest additions first.

[denisb]

i umounted and mounted this image again.

it's showing 3.1.0 version that it matches the VXbox version.

still error

[Perryg]

Did you try uninstalling the previous version of VirtualBox before installing the new one?
Others have mentioned that they had to uninstall the older version to be able to use the new version properly.
You should not loose your settings or your VMs but I always tell everyone to backup first.

[denisb]

yes, i removed the rpm and old guest additions from the guest as well. and then installed 3.1.0 with yum.

i tried to download from virtualbox site directly but download stuck at 46%.

[Perryg]

Well I don't know what to tell you. It works fine for me. I guess that the version from the repo could be corrupt or something may be missing, but since I don't use them from the repo I can not be sure. I would try to get the one from virtualbox.org and see if it fixes the problem. I know you say it does not download for you but this too is strange. Give it another try. Maybe it was just under load. Make sure that you have adequate disk space to download and install.

[denisb]

I downloaded the file from virtualbox.org and got same problem.

however i found page that helped me on the web

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-xp/23 ... uring.html

according to this page, RunOnce key might be missing at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

It was actually missing on my machine and i created it and re run the Guest Additions installation.

Now it seems to be working ok

thanks for your time