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Thanks, Jay. I went to the USB list before and the printer was not there. Now it is. Confusing.

Quite possible that this is due to using save state instead of actually shutting down the XP VM. This is just a guess but it is possible that using save state bypasses the proper return of the printer to the host system even though it does return to the host.

So did selecting the printer under the USB list allow you to print? I assume that it did...

And grumble, grumble grumble... LOL! All your fault in getting me interested in virtual machines again. My video issue with the XP VM on my micro system came back so I'm installing again on my main. I think the actual issue with XP on my micro is the Intel graphics chip as it happens in both VirtualBox 6.x and 7.x. Oddd thing though is that it does not happen with either Windows 7 or 8.1. :dunno:

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Grumble, grumble on this end also. On my primary Asus computer, I'm back to getting the General Protection Fault Error when I try to run my Creative Calendar program. Even after doing a successful restore to an earlier date, I now still get the error.

Thankfully, the same calendar program runs successfully on my old Velocity computer under my VM XP Pro. So I just may have to crank up the Velocity when I need to work with or print my calendar.

Very frustrating, but I'm going to walk my dog and then go to bed.

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I don't blame you, Jay. But I do have one more question/request.

From what I read, this fault is an operating system error...in my case, the XP Pro operating system. So I am wondering if I tried another OS VM, maybe I wouldn't get this fault error.

I know for a fact that my Creative Calendar program ran under the Windows 2000 OS. Would you happen to have a complete and working virtual hard drive for Windows 2000 like you had for XP? If so, where could I download it?

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I'll be installing a Windows 2000 VM and will send a link to download.

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Here is an entire Windows 2000 folder. Just right click on the .zip file and select to extract all. Open the resulting Windows 2000 folder and double click the 'Windows 2000.vbox' file and it will automatically open VirtualBox and add it to the VM list. Just remember to move the Windows 2000 folder to where you want to store it before double clicking Windows 2000.vbox.

This is updated all the way to Service Pack 4 along with all updates up to support stopping. You won't be going on-line with it though as there is no longer a browser for it that will work with today's web. The VM is setup with 2 CPU cores, 10GB drive and 2GB memory.

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Jay, I carefully followed each step of your directions, but when I double clicked the 'Windows 2000.vbox' file I got this error message:
Failed to open virtual machine located in C:/Users/bbarr/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 2000/Windows 2000.vbox.

Error in C:\Users\bbarr\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 2000\Windows 2000.vbox (line 49) -- Invalid value 'WAS' in AudioAdapter/@driver attribute.

F:\tinderbox\win-6.1\src\VBox\Main\src-server\MachineImpl.cpp[499] (long __cdecl Machine::initFromSettings(class VirtualBox *,const class com::Utf8Str &,const class com::Guid *)).

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
Callee: IVirtualBox {d0a0163f-e254-4e5b-a1f2-011cf991c38d}

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Hmmm, Probably a hardware difference between our systems. I tried it here and it worked fine. By the first part of the message I'd figure that it is our audio device. Well, scrap that idea... Although, as the audio device seems to be at least part of the issue, you could go the the settings and under audio, disable audio output and input. Input is probably already disabled. Tou could also try different audio devices under the audio settings. Mine shows 'ICH AC97.

Just setup a machine for 2000 and use the virtual drive included in the .zip file and see if that fixes the issue.

Another thing you could try in relation to XP would be to copy over the XP VM drive from your Velocity system and see if that fixes your calendar with XP on the Asus. If you try this make sure to backup the existing VM drive on the Asus. Also the drives MUST be the same size and type.

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Jay, I disabled audio output and now get this smaller error message:
Failed to open virtual machine located in C:/Users/bbarr/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 2000/Windows 2000.vbox.
Callee RC: E_FAIL (0x80004005)



And when I tried your suggestion of setting up a machine for 2000 and using the virtual drive included in your .zip file (e.g., Windows 2000.vdi), I get a message that says no bootable medium found

And one last question...how do I determine the size and type of the VM drives on both my Asus and Velocity computers?

I apologize for all these questions. My brainpower is not what it used to be and I seem to just be going in circles.

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If you goto storage in settings and click on the VM hard drive it will display the drive info on the right.

As to the current error it is likely that it is a path issue. You seem to be using the default location within your user folder while I use my D:\\data drive. This could cause an issue if the VirtualBox can't find the needed files. By any chance do you have a D:data drive? If so make a new folder called 'VirtualBox' and copy the 'Windows 2000' folder to the new folder, 'D:\\VirtualBox'. Double click on the Windows 2000.vbox file and then go to the settings in VirtualBox for 2000 and disable audio output and see what happens.

When you tried just using the VM hard drive I sent did you select to use an existing drive during the VM setup? This is a necessary step.

Don't be sorry as I'm sort of going in circles myself as I've never had this type of issue.

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Hey BB, After reading my above post let me know if you try anything and the results. Before I do what I plan I want exact current situations for both XP and 2000. After you let me know on things currently I'm going to do screen shots of all my settings with balloons as to what I may advise. I will probably have you disable things that you don't probably need for what you want to do.

One important thing is that you tried VirtualBox 7.x and I assume that you installed the VirtualBox for that version. Since you went back to version 6.x you need to reinstall the extension pack for version 6.x of VirtualBox. Actually do this before anything else. When you reverted back to VirtualBox 6.X the 7.x Extension Pack is left behind which could cause issues. If the 7.x Extension Pack was installed when you start the install of the version 6.x Extension Pack you will be prompted as if you want to downgrade the the 6.x version. You would select to do so. I have found that, in some cases, a mismatch of VirtualBox and Extension Pack versions can wreck havoc.

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Jay, I got sidetracked today and never got on my computer to work with my virtual machines. And it may be tomorrow before I do, but I will then do all that you asked. I do appreciate your sticking with me on this issue, because my calendar program is very important to me at this stage of my life.

A friend's dog died last night...she is very upset so I have been spending time with her today.

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Hey, no worries. Even if I AM the 'Resident Geekizoid' friends still come first.

Just to let you, if none of the above posts help, we are going to strip your virtual machines to a bare minimum as to features. For instance we will disable the VM network adapter to take away another possible host hardware problem along with other adjustments. I had a concern with killing the network adapter as I thought that it might be needed for sharing a folder on the host but just tested in XP and 2000 and the network adapter is NOT needed for shared folders. The only need, really, for the network adapter would be to have internet access and is not needed for either XP or 2000 which is useless in 2000 and should not be used in XP. Especially your Asus is newer than than my 6-7 or so year old main system so it MAY have hardware that could cause issues with a 2000 or XP VM. I will want to disable any hardware interface that is not really needed to have the VM work.

When you are ready we will work on this and I'm fairly certain that we can resolve. Just stick with me as I've never had these types of issues so this is new ground with me...

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OK, I am back at my computer for awhile so will attempt to answer all your questions. In regard to your most recent post above, you are correct in that I don't need the network adapter because I never get on the internet when I am using my XP VM. My only hardware requirements would be for my USB laser printer so I can print my calendars and a USB flash drive where I backup my calendar files.

Now, in regard to your previous post, here are my comments/answers as they relate to my Velocity computer:
- I never upgraded VirtualBox 6.1 to 7.X on my Asus computer; I did so only on my Velocity computer
- But I could not get 7.x to work well on my Velocity, so I reverted to 6.1
- Unfortunately, then I could not even get 6.1 to work; this was because hardware virtualization (VT-x) was disabled
- So I went into BIOS and enabled VT-x, and now my XP VM and my Calendar Creator program work well on my Velocity
- I never tried to install your Windows 2000 VM on my Velocity because it's not needed

Now regarding my Asus computer:
- Using VB 6.1, my XP VM works with all installed programs except for Calendar Creator, where I now continually get the Fault Error
- Like you once stated, even Creative Calendar was working but then it didn't
- For awhile I could implement a Restore Point and then Creative Calendar would work
- But now my Restore Points don't go back far enough; I assume this is because all points now contain the Fault Error
- So you then provided me with a Windows 2000 zip file, and I let the extracted files go to the default location within my user folder (I don't have a separate D:\\data drive)
- But when I double clicked the 'Windows 2000.vbox' file I got the long error message stated above that started with:
Failed to open virtual machine located in C:/Users/bbarr/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 2000/Windows 2000.vbox.
- At your suggestion, I then I disabled audio output and then got this smaller error message:
Failed to open virtual machine located in C:/Users/bbarr/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 2000/Windows 2000.vbox.
Callee RC: E_FAIL (0x80004005)

- I next tried your suggestion of setting up a machine for 2000 and using the virtual drive included in your .zip file (e.g., Windows 2000.vdi), I get a message that says no bootable medium found
- And that's where I stand...Creative Calendar won't run under XP VM, and I can't get 2000 VM installed properly

EDIT: My preference would be to get XP VM running properly; if I go to 2000 VM, then I must re-install all my programs

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Jay, in a few minutes I am going out for breakfast. Should be back in a couple of hours, after which I will be at or around my computer for the rest of the day...ready to do anything you want me to do or try. Appreciate you...

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Make sure that your settings for XP match as below.

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OK, I just printed all of your screens, so now I will go away and adjust my XP settings accordingly. Will be back in touch.

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Jay, I couldn't change any of the parameters on any of the screens until I removed the XP VM from its saved state. Then delta results were as follows:
- Motherboard Screen: I don't have a tablet as pointing device so I retained PS/2 mouse
- Storage Screen: I don't have a Host Drive 'H:', so I didn't know what to do here. My exact Storage screen is below
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- USB Screen: I had two USB device filters listed (printer and flash drive), which I unchecked

Will await further instruction from you, especially regarding Storage screen.

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On the USB screen you probably could have the devices checked. The concern there was to make sure that you were using USB2, not USB3 as XP does not support USB3.

As to the host drive H that is actually whatever letter your DVD drive is if you have one. I don't have a touch tablet either but that setting works well for the mouse regardless but PS/2 should also be fine.

I really don't know what to say from here... The problem is that XP is actually not having issues. It is just the calendar app that has issues and since I don't have the app I can't troubleshoot it.

Does the Velocity have a printer? If so your best bet just may be to use it for your calendar. I hate to say it but I really don't know what else to suggest other than trying Win 2000. If you want to try that let me know and I'll describe how to handle the .VDI file I sent.

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Jay, your magic has worked again.

My Creative Calendar program is working with no Default error. On the USB screen, I did have to check the two devices in order to grab my most recent calendar and to later print it.

I would ask you one more question...do you have any idea which of the screen parameters I changed that made the difference? Unfortunately, I didn't capture my old screens, so I can't remember exactly what all I changed (although the changes were minimal). If you don't have an idea, I guess I could look at the screens on my Velocity computer to jog my memory.

At this point I am not interested in working with Win 2000, but thanks. Maybe later if I have to.

And yes, my Velocity does have its own LaserJet printer.

Thanks again, Jay

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Phew!! ;) Glad it's working. Let's hope it continues to do so.

As to what setting change worked I have no idea but would suspect USB if you had it set to USB3. Other than that I would guess something under system/motherboard or processor. Something under display may have also been a factor. Without knowing your old settings anything is just a guess. I THINK you could check your old settings but not really worth the bother as it would involve changing file names.

Now do yourself a favor and back up the XP VM's drive. Actually backup the entire XP folder. Since you keep backups of your calendar files this would mean that, if things go south again, you can just copy everything back from the backup files and then copy back any missing calendar files. I really don't know if I would advise going with save state or a normal shutcown of the VM. If it were my system I'd probably try normal shutdowns but only after I backed up the current working VM.

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Everything is still working fine. As you suggested, I backed up my XP folder to a large flash drive. And every time I use my calendar program, I save my data files both within the program and also to another flash drive; plus, I use File History.

Since I frequent my calendar program, I prefer to use save state.

I did go to my Velocity XP VM to try and figure out what parameters I changed on my Asus per all the screens you sent me, but I really couldn't figure it out. I wish now that I had copied each of my screens on the Asus before I implemented your screens. Only because I'm curious as to what suddenly made my calendar program work. But what's important is that my calendar program is now working, thanks to you.

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