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mfelker
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Can't reinstall WS 12.5.7 after installing WS 14.0.0 trial

This happened to me twice so perhaps it won't happen to anybody else.

Host Windows Server 2016

WS 12.5.7 working perfectly.   I uninstalled it in order to install the trial of WS 14.   When I uninstalled WS 14 trial (The Server would not work) using the binary I could no longer re-install 12.5.7.   Bizarre errors during the install includingn  Windows questioning whether the WS drivers were OK (I overrode - what else could I do??). 

This happened under Debian Sid as well but likely that was do to an upgrade to gcc.

Fortunately I had good backups of both OS's and the restore was valid.    I take the precaution anyway of storing all VMs on non system drives.

Perhaps in a few months the bugs will be worked out and better kernel support will be available.:smileyangry:

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wangeryan
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Would you paste the screenshot of the error message and the %tmp%vminst.log when re-install WS12.5.7?

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