Windows XP SP3 Guest crashes with newer Extensions

[falcotec]

Hi,
my system is a Windows 7 64 Bit host, VBox 4.1.6.
My Guest OS is Win XP Pro with SP3 and following installed.
It boots normal if the Extensions are 3.2.12.
If I install all other following Extensions, the Guest OS does not boot anymore, it ends up in a BSOD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (Stopp 0xA), or it ends up in a BSOD with Page Fault in non paged area (stopp 0x50).
If I go back to the snapshot with contents before updating the Extensions, everything is ok and system boots again and can be used normally.
I did see this since 3.2.x but I always hoped that Oracle will solve this regarding the newer Extension Packs.
Where to look at in log files?
What to eliminate in the installation of ext-packs?
Any idea?
The installation of extensions 4.1.6 in Windows Small Business Server 2003 is ok, so I upgraded all the time to latest version since 3.2.x and did not care as the Win XP Pro VM is not that important, but should work anyhow.
rgds Jörg

[Etepetete]

Have you tried uninstalling the previous extension pack before installing the newer one? I had a similar issue a long while back. Now I always uninstall the existing extension pack before upgrading to a newer VBox version. I haven't had any issues installing extension packs since doing it that way.

[mpack]

If you mean the Guest Additions or GAs (*), then please say so, as "Extension Pack" is something else entirely, and confusion is a likely result. The GAs are installed in the guest, the extension pack is installed in the VirtualBox app on the host.

(*) which you probably do, since 3.x didn't have an extension pack, but did have GAs.

[falcotec]

Hi,
@mpack: sorry, you're right, I am talking about the Guest Additions (GAs). Trying to install them in Guest Windows XP. The installation of the extension pack in VMBox Manager worked liked a charm.

@Etepetete: Are you talking about GAs or Extension Pack (as Version 3.x did'n have them, dorrect mpack...)? I did not find a way to uninstall Extension Pack.
I tried uninstalling the GAs from the Guest OS, and it told me to reboot, which I did. The following restart ended up in a BSOD in the Guest OS. Only way to start that point of the Guest OS was the secure mode (don't knot the correct word as I use a German Version).
After going back to the snapshot which works (Win XP Pro SP3 + old GAs), I tried to uninstall the GAs and not to restart, but the installation of the new GAs did see the uninstall and denied to install, so a reboot is required but ends up in BSOD.

What next with the system? What else can I try?
My last idea is to transfer data from the one VM to another NEW VM.
RGDS Jörg

[mpack]

Details of the BSOD might be useful. To see them clearly you may have to turn off the Windows feature which causes an automatic reset on a BDOD. To do that you start up in safe mode (which is the English term for what you called secure mode), go to My Computer | Advanced tab | Startup and Recover button and uncheck the "Automatically restart" checkbox.

[falcotec]

The details of BSOD are:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
(then the text about what to do...)
and as technical info:
STOP: 0x0000000A (0x7FFDA000, 0x0000000A, 0x00000001, 0x805AFBE1)

I think I have searched for the minidump.dmp file last time, but it did not exist. I'll do so again and tell what was the contents if I find such a file. The configuration said it should place a minidump-file into the directory %systemroot%/minidump, but there wasn't any directory/file.