Windows XP Starter (Unsuported state (6) )

Discussion in 'Windows XP / Older OS' started by Game4rode, Nov 1, 2021.

  1. Game4rode

    Game4rode MDL Novice

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  2. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream
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    XP Starter has strict hardware requirements, not only in terms of minimum, but also in terms of maximum hardware. Most notably the RAM, 256MiB min. and 512MiB max. IIRC screen resolution max. 1024x768, one core low-end CPU only, 120GB disk size limit.

    Exceed any of these and the PC will shut down. As virtualization software exposes at least the host CPU, it's nearly impossible running XP Starter in a VM.
     
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  3. Game4rode

    Game4rode MDL Novice

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    Thank you for your answer

    I think there is a way to cut this security with the safe mode o_O
    Or to make the VM believe that you have another cpu

    But I don't know how to do...

    I tested on a low end pc with a Celeron and the VM runs correctly because the host processor is a Celeron.
    But this pc is not adapted for virtualization.

    And I would like to do that on my main PC:)
     
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    #4 diderius6, Nov 12, 2021
    Last edited: Nov 12, 2021
    @Game4rode

    You can do a search with Ida Pro in ntoskrnl.exe or hal.dll for the sentence
    "The computer is currently in.."
    And may be, there is easy hack in ntoskrnl for to overcome this.
    May be, that it is even enough to change hal.dll against its normal XP version
    Dietmar