DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION error on Windows 8 install on Workstation 8

[patma18]

Anybody has an idea why VMWare displays this error on Windows 8 Client or Server Install.  I check my laptop has Intel Q720 VT Support and BIOS has this enabled as well.  My host is running Windows 7 X64.

[mfelker]

Does the install complete despite  the error?  This is sometimes the case if a blue screen does not appear . .  A search for this error with Google  mostly points to hardware incomptiblity Try installing  as admin etc. The only time DPC--Watchdog was thrown  (rarely)   was in a nested Hyper-V environment when the outer Windows 8 VM threw the error.  I beleive I clicked the mouse too rapidly.  Windows 8 recovered atutomatically  (neat!!) although I occasionaly run  chkdsk just in case.  Microsoft offers  to send the error to the mother ship - I decline Sorry this was not exactly to your question.

[patma18]

Thanks for the quick response. My laptop is Lenovo W510 and I have another

Sr. Microsoft Consultant that has Exact the same laptop running Windows 8 only.

I am running with Windows 7 x64. BIOS has also been set up to use VT.

Do I need to run VMWare Workstation 8 As Admin ? (I have used

Windows 7 x86 with VMWare Workstation v7 installing Windows

Server 2008 without the need to RunAS Admin)

The Install did not complete and I believe I had the Blue Screen. But it just keep

on looping Restart, fail, Restart ....

Thanks for you assistance

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05/12/2012 02:33 PM

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[mfelker]

Well - I know how to prevent  the auto restart of Windows but that will just dispaly the Blue Screen with its nearly impossible data  you woo need a cold restrat then. .  It is pssobile you could look up the top of the blue screen with the error code and determine if it is hardware related (use the EXACT wording in your Google search box.)

Go to Confrol Panel ==> System => Advancexd ==-> Startup and Recovery ++ -> Settings and unchedk auto restart

Of course this is unlikely to solve your rimmedaite problem.  Redownload the .exe for VMwarfe and compare the mdsum to see if its a good file.

I can't go further because I've never encountered this particular insatllation problem. - sorry

Goog luck

[patma18]

I finally figured out the root cause.  Since bot Windows 8 and Windows Server (8) 2012 are new and 64 bits,  these

do not show up in the drop down list for version if you choose Microsoft Windows.  Instead, I chose Other as the Guest

Operating System and Other 64 bit as the version.

Last night, I chose Version as Windows 7 x64 when I install Windows 8 and Version as Windows 2008 R2 when I install

Windows Server 2012.  Both installs completed without giving me any problem.