Some users have reported problems with Windows XP Boot Camp VMs where either a blue screen happens booting when attempting to boot into the Windows XP Boot Camp VM or report that the keyboard and mouse never respond in the Boot Camp VM.
After getting access to an users' machine which reproduced the problems, were we able to determine that the Windows registry on some Boot Camp Windows partitions is missing references to the IDE controller and keyboard and mouse that is used by virtual hardware. Adding appropriate references to the Windows registry while booting into the native Windows Boot Camp partition, we are able to solve both problems when booting into the virtual environment.
To resolve the blue screen or keyboard and mouse issues:
1) Boot your Mac into native Windows from the Boot Camp partition
2) Download the attached 'bootcamp_registry.reg.zip' file which updates the Windows registry to add references to the IDE, mouse, and keyboard required for the virtual hardware.
3) Unzip the attachment double click on the 'bootcamp_registry.reg' file
4) When asked to "Are you sure you want to add the information in C:(path to file) to the registry?", click Yes
5) If successfully added, the Windows Registry Editor will say "Information in C:(path to file) has been successfully entered into the registry." and click OK.
6) Restart the computer and boot off the Mac partition
7) Launch VMware Fusion and open your Boot Camp partition virtual machine, which should no longer blue screen or have issues with the keyboard or mouse
Thanks for your patience as we tracked down this issue.
Best,
Pat Lee
Senior Product Manager - Mac Products
VMware
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Pat Lee
Updated the attachment to fix the linebreak issue!!!
After getting access to an users' machine which reproduced the problems, were we able to determine that the Windows registry on some Boot Camp Windows partitions is missing references to the IDE controller and keyboard and mouse that is used by virtual hardware. Adding appropriate references to the Windows registry while booting into the native Windows Boot Camp partition, we are able to solve both problems when booting into the virtual environment.
To resolve the blue screen or keyboard and mouse issues:
1) Boot your Mac into native Windows from the Boot Camp partition
2) Download the attached 'bootcamp_registry.reg.zip' file which updates the Windows registry to add references to the IDE, mouse, and keyboard required for the virtual hardware.
3) Unzip the attachment double click on the 'bootcamp_registry.reg' file
4) When asked to "Are you sure you want to add the information in C:(path to file) to the registry?", click Yes
5) If successfully added, the Windows Registry Editor will say "Information in C:(path to file) has been successfully entered into the registry." and click OK.
6) Restart the computer and boot off the Mac partition
7) Launch VMware Fusion and open your Boot Camp partition virtual machine, which should no longer blue screen or have issues with the keyboard or mouse
Thanks for your patience as we tracked down this issue.
Best,
Pat Lee
Senior Product Manager - Mac Products
VMware
Message was edited by:
Pat Lee
Updated the attachment to fix the linebreak issue!!!
Attachments:
- bootcamp_registryfix.zip (525 bytes)
