I don't for the life of me understand why you included *any* XP groups, much
less three, and did NOT include the VPC group. But I thought this might give
you some hints.
http://www.gregcons.com/KateBlog/Dis...unOnVista.aspx

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>I need help with Microsoft virtual Machine. I setup a windows 2000 and a
>Windows XP virtual machine. I'm using them to run different applications
>that Windows Vista cannot run.
>
> anyways, after backing up the virtual machine files to a external hard
> drive, the windows 2000 virtual machine stopped working. does anyone have
> any seggestion for fixing it. the virtual machine witll not boot. when i
> click the "start" to start the virtual machine I just get a blank window.
>
> if i boot the XP virtual machine and have set it up so that its 2nd hard
> drive is the primary hard drive from the windows 2000 virtual machine. it
> shows that all of the files from the windows 2000 virtual machine are
> still there. does anyone have any ideas of why the windows 2000 virtual
> machine is not starting. please help me fix this.
>
> From,
> Steven Wabik