I have been looking for a fix and havent quite found anything exactly that applies, but have tried many, many fixes for this, I even got it to work for about 30 minutes at one point earlier today.
Breakdown:
I have installed XP Mode and the Applicable "Step 2" Update and when I try to create an XP Mode Setup I get "Could not Complete Setup. Please Try Again."
System Info:
7 Pro x64
AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor @ 3.6GHz (Virtualization Enabled, Cool and Quiet Off)
8GB Memory
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
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Original Issue:
Setup XP Mode, Setup Legacy Application, Linked to offboard Serial Card, Successfully got it to connect via Serial Redirection into the device at the other end of the cable, Ran great (Multiple Reboots, Updates, Setup, Etc) then came the dreaded Black Screen,
Found lots of support for that issue after trying my hand at getting it working again including using another similar machine to make a replica of the Goal VM and having it consolidate the VHD so that I could bring it over to the other machine, and Nothing,
Black Screen, Even after completely Removing all VMs (And their files) after of course attempting the VSV removal, Went a step further and removed all subfolders within: C:\Users\(User)\appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\ and remade the XP Mode Machine
and then I started coming across the "Could not complete setup. Please Try again" error at the 100% mark on this machine. At one point I Did get it working on this machine and it was up and running and was looking like it was going to continue to work, until
I did the first round of Updates, Then black screen, so I tried the Rince and repeat (Remove VSV after rebooting (which required hitting Force Restart)), removing all files and reattaching the VHD to a new virtual machine, Removing Virtual machines remaking
XP Mode (Now I am on an endless loop of 100%="Could not Complete Setup. Please Try Again". As per several other threads on Various sites I have attempted Updates (Fully updated as of last 5 attempts), I have uninstalled and Reinstalled both "Xp Mode" and "Windows
Virtual PC (KB958559)" several times, Sometimes just one, sometimes the other, and Combinations of Doing one at a time reboot then the other, then reboot, reinstall, reboot, reinstall and attempt to run XP Mode Setup (Automatically done after installer completes)
I have tried the "Clean Boot" approach as well, same results, with all other services disabled (Except Microsoft), No Start up items, This build of windows is maybe a month out of the gates since I Installed it and this is the first time anyone I work with or know have run into this bad of an issue with it. Like I said it was working great, and we have similar setups that have been running for a long long time without hiccups.
Excuse my lack of english at the current, it has been a long long day of fighting with this and some aged 03 std installs...