Re: BSOD when i ran an update from MS

From: William Smith (mecklists_at_REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 21:03:22 -0500

In article <190520041235126171%KillBill@kill.com>,
 KillBill <KillBill@kill.com> wrote:

> The same happened to me. I installed XP and I am afraid of installing
> updates from Windows Update. It seems that VPC doesn't like updating
> the guest OS.

If you're not sure of how the updates will affect your existing PC image
then duplicate the disk image while the PC is shut down and work on one
of the copies. This is one of the benefits of using a virtual PC instead
of a real PC. Don't be afraid to experiment.

bill 

-- 
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)

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