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I had a VM session under VB 3.02 and it has been running fine, even in the 4.0 host. Then I updated the host
(Vista64) to 4.02 and decided then to update the guest to the 4.02 add ons. Upon reboot the guest crashes
-blue screen. If I go back to safe made I have a restore point that goes back to the 302 add ons and all is fine.
I am now on 4.04 to see if that fixed it - it did not. Other VM machines (all XP also) are ok in the same host
machine. The guest in question has SQL Server in it.

The blue screen message does not really help. "Plug and Play has detected an error most likely due to a faulty driver"
There is one line of technical information-see attachment

What else can I look for or is it ok to stay at 3.02 guest additions?

TIA

From the hosts terminal/command window type VBoxManage showvminfo <VM Name> --details and post here. Replace <VM Name> with the actual name of the VM. Use "" if the name has a space in it.

Note if the host is Windows you need to be in the directory that has VBoxManage.exe for the command to work.

This is without the VM machine running:

Name: XP_MDT
Guest OS: Windows XP
UUID: 9f4a1f25-317f-4cd2-bbbb-8268d585b24b
Config file: E:\.VirtualBox\Machines\XP_MDT\XP_MDT.xml
Snapshot folder: E:\.VirtualBox\Machines\XP_MDT\Snapshots
Log folder: E:\.VirtualBox\Machines\XP_MDT\Logs
Hardware UUID: 9f4a1f25-317f-4cd2-bbbb-8268d585b24b
Memory size: 768MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 128MB
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): HardDisk
Boot Device (2): Not Assigned
Boot Device (3): Not Assigned
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: on
PAE: on
Time offset: 0 ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: off
Nested Paging: off
Large Pages: on
VT-x VPID: off
State: powered off (since 2011-03-02T21:40:53.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
Storage Controller Name (1): SATA Controller
Storage Controller Type (1): IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 30
Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1
Storage Controller Bootable (1): on
Storage Controller Name (2): Floppy Controller
Storage Controller Type (2): I82078
Storage Controller Instance Number (2): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (2): 1
Storage Controller Port Count (2): 1
Storage Controller Bootable (2): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): E:\xpsp2_if45huh.vdi (UUID: 1f539a44-684f-4a4e-a843-bd59add034ed)
IDE Controller (1, 0): D:\PROGRA~1\Oracle\VIRTUA~1\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: ee3dc871-7cd0-4597-99b0-4a934ed48d34)
Floppy Controller (0, 0): Empty
NIC 1: MAC: 080027D94699, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: I/O base: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4, disconnected
UART 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
VRDE: disabled
USB: enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Shared folders:

Name: '1535_D2007', Host path: 'D:\1535_D2007' (machine mapping), writable
Name: 'Downloads', Host path: 'D:\Downloads' (machine mapping), writable
Name: 'rpdevelopment_misc', Host path: 'D:\rpdevelopment_misc' (machine mapping), writable
Name: '1535_D2009', Host path: 'D:\1535_D2009' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection: not active
Clients so far: 0

Description:
SQL Server 2005
MDT Autosave 5.0.4
iFix 4.0
Chromatrace SW
Guest:

OS type: WindowsXP
Additions run level: 0
Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB

When it is running ok with 3.02 guest additions the differences are:

State: running (since 2011-03-03T1...
Video mode: 1280x707x32
Additions run level: 2

Could you also post a guest log file (one with the old GAs and one with the new GAs) so I can see the difference? Please use the attachment and not paste.

Logs
in zip file attached.

The logs really don't indicate a problem that I can see. You say that you have other XP guests that did update and run properly so now we need to see what the difference of those are.

• (1) Did you at any time install the guest additions on the one in question in safe mode to get enable 3D?
  (2) you also say that you are restoring the guest when it fails due to the 4.0.4 GAs, are you using the MS system restore point or something else?
  (3) can you try to remove the guest additions (in safe mode) before you upgrade them instead of just upgrading over the top and see if this helps?

I would suggest that you back this guest up if it is critical to you until the problem is resolved. Does the guest have snapshots?

Perry
I will try comment # 3 and let you know

-there are no VM snap shots
-the update of the Guest Additions was done like the other VMs- overtop the old one in 'normal mode'
-I use MS restore

Thanks for the suggestions and guidance

No change in status on different methods / attempts to update to current guest additions.
Must be a driver somewhere since in safe mode it is ok / does not crash.
My plan is to live with it as long as possible and rebuild the virtual machine from scratch at a later date.

Regards