I have a problem with Win7 & VirtualPC – every time I start up a virtual machine, it appears to start fine, and then about 10 seconds into the boot process, my laptop either BSOD's or just hangs.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1721 notebook that i've been running the x86 version of Win7 on – and have had the issue with both build 7000 & 7100. I also have the issue with the Windows Virtual PC beta and with the Virtual PC 2007 product.
I've tried to use WinDBG to get what I can out of the minidump files – but i'm not sure if I have that set up correctly. Here's what I get from that…
CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT (101)
An expected clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor in an
MP system within the allocated interval. This indicates that the specified
processor is hung and not processing interrupts.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000061, Clock interrupt time out interval in nominal clock ticks.
Arg2: 00000000, 0.
Arg3: 807c4120, The PRCB address of the hung processor.
Arg4: 00000001, 0.
–Anyone know what I can look at to correct this? As a developer, i REALLY miss my virtual PC.
Best Answer
This was/is a known issue on Windows Server 2008 Beta, so it may be related.
Try upgrading your BIOS, or just wait for a fix from Microsoft.