Win XP restarts on log-in screen

[vadim.orlov]

Good day!
perhaps someone can help me with this issue.
Set up is as follows:
Host - Win 7 Lenovo X220 laptop
Guest - Win XP
As soon as the guest loads to log-in screen it restarts. Sometimes restarts earlier. Only once (out of say 500 times) it managed to get through the set-up screen and worked properly untill I restarted. Then kept restarting again.
Latest log file is attached.
Thanks in advance is anyone has any idea what is causing this!

[mpack]

Try giving more RAM to the guest. You currently have only given it 192MB. I suggest 1024MB.

Otherwise I see no sign of a problem in the log: which would indicate that it's the guest which has a problem, not the VM.

[vadim.orlov]

Try giving more RAM to the guest. You currently have only given it 192MB. I suggest 1024MB.

Otherwise I see no sign of a problem in the log: which would indicate that it's the guest which has a problem, not the VM.

Thank you for replying!
I had tried all RAM options from 192Mb to 4Gb.
But if the log shows no problem I guess it is the guest installation that has the problem.

[mpack]

If the guest is bluescreening before it completes a boot then you should try to grab a copy of the bluescreen info. See section 12.3.4 of the manual for how to do this.

[vadim.orlov]

If the guest is bluescreening before it completes a boot then you should try to grab a copy of the bluescreen info. See section 12.3.4 of the manual for how to do this.

The strange thing is it does not even bluescreen. Just restarts without any notifications or what so ever. Once there was guru medidation notice and a couple of BSOD. Thats out of 500+ attempts.
And I forgot to mention - it loads and works properly in safe mode (with or without network)

[mpack]

It sounds like a botched (incomplete) installation to me. Try giving the VM an adequate amount of RAM, then boot from an ISO of the setup CD, and "Repair installation".

[vadim.orlov]

I have figured it out - for anyone who has the same problem.
My host PC was not configured properly and it hasn't occured to me. I had to go to BIOS setup and enable virtualization in CPU options. No problems occured after that.

Thnks for your help mpack!

[mpack]

I already checked that, and according to the log you posted, your VM was not using hardware virtualization (VT-x), hence enabling it in your BIOS should not have made any difference. I assume it's a 32bit Windows XP guest?

However, if your VM is now working then I guess that's all that matters.