XP Won't install updates

[BillSavannah]

XP seems to run fine on VMFusion and will download the XP updates just fine, but the installation of these updates (all of them) fails.

What can I do to correct this?

Regards,

Bill

[admin]

Windows bug, see for a fix.

[WoodyZ]

Since you have Internet connectivity and can download the updates but not install them then this is not a Fusion issue per-se, so have a look at for a possible fix or search Microsoft Knowledge Base or Google.

[jegbook]

You might try Dial-a-fix:

I don't think I've run into any Windows problems that were due to Windows running in a VM. They were just Windows problems.

One exception could be the Vista trial that I downloaded from Microsoft. It was a MS Virtual PC 2007 VM that I converted to a VMWare VM using the Windows based Converter (running in a Fusion VM of XP). It worked fine, but the VMWare mouse driver wouldn't work. I think there was an incompatibility between the VPC mouse driver and the VMWare mouse driver. Not entirely a Fusion problem, though.

My vote is fix Windows, don't blame Fusion.

: )

[WoodyZ]

It worked fine, but the VMWare mouse driver wouldn't work. I think there was an incompatibility between the VPC mouse driver and the VMWare mouse driver. Not entirely a Fusion problem, though.

It's not Fusion fault at all. You must uninstall Microsoft Virtual Machine Additions while running the Virtual Machine under VPC before importing/converting to a VMware Virtual Machine.

[jegbook]

Yeah, that makes sense.

Ended up not being an issue when I discovered that MS offers trial downloads of Office 2007. So I just installed the trial with a Vista Business VM that I installed from scratch.

Once again, Fusion is in the clear! : )