Help Quick! Parallells Desktop Installation Hanging
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From: ric on 12 Oct 2006 04:08 Jolly Roger wrote: > On 2006-10-11 21:21:00 -0500, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> said: > > > If you consider this to be a Windows-only question, please ignore it. > > Flames won't be read. > > > > The installation is well along and I have a dialogue box that says > > "Some files on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD are needed. > > Insert Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD into the drive > > selected below, and then click OK." > > > > But there is no SP 2 CD, is there? The MS package indicates that SP 2 > > is built into the OS. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Davoud > > The best place to go to help with Parallels is http://forums.parallels.com. > > -- > JR weird. parallels doesn't need SP2, so that sounds like something you've either done to Windows yourself, or you've got a bad burn and it's moaning it can't find particular files - never seen that dialogue before on a win install though. Stick the windows CD in and in the dialogue box click OK and "browse" when you get the option and point it at the I386 folder on the CD. If that doesn't work, try slipstreaming SP2 into your windows CD if you haven't already. ric
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From: Clever Monkey on 12 Oct 2006 09:55 Davoud wrote: > If you consider this to be a Windows-only question, please ignore it. > Flames won't be read. > > The installation is well along and I have a dialogue box that says > "Some files on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD are needed. > Insert Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD into the drive > selected below, and then click OK." > > But there is no SP 2 CD, is there? The MS package indicates that SP 2 > is built into the OS. > The last time I did stuff with an XP installer I recall that at least one release of "XP SP 2" had 2 CDs on one DVD image. This might just because we get the MSDN version.
From: Davoud on 12 Oct 2006 10:08
Davoud wrote: > > Flames won't be read. Mike Rosenberg: > Wouldn't you have to read them first to determine that they're flames? Nah. I can /feel/ the heat. Davoud -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |