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Pls post the specification of your computer- software and hardware.
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Pls post the specification of your computer- software and hardware.

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Host computer is a dell precision 690 with xeon e5335 processor with &nbsp;8GB of ram<br />
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I virtual pc is running windows xp pro with sp3<br />
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I gave it 1.5 gb of memory and &nbsp;60 gb hard drive space of which 30 gb is still free
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Host computer is a dell precision 690 with xeon e5335 processor with  8GB of ram


I virtual pc is running windows xp pro with sp3

I gave it 1.5 gb of memory and  60 gb hard drive space of which 30 gb is still free

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checked scheduled tasks and there are none<br />
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not sure about reference to cancelling shutdown. &nbsp;do you mean this will prevent shutdowns?
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checked scheduled tasks and there are none

not sure about reference to cancelling shutdown.  do you mean this will prevent shutdowns?

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I manually ran windows updates and it looks like it is ok now
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I manually ran windows updates and it looks like it is ok now

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I have a windows 7 64 bit machine that I have installed windows virtual pc<br />
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The windows virtual pc is running windows xp pro sp3<br />
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After a few minutes of non-activity it will start shutting down by itself<br />
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I checked the event viewer and didn't see any entries related to why it is doing this<br />
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Any one have any ideas?
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I have a windows 7 64 bit machine that I have installed windows virtual pc

The windows virtual pc is running windows xp pro sp3

After a few minutes of non-activity it will start shutting down by itself

I checked the event viewer and didn't see any entries related to why it is doing this

Any one have any ideas?

Virtual Pc keeps shutting down

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