From 2192c33250878c6e9c78820766afe42b73fd1c2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bellard Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:28:18 +0000 Subject: update git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@2132 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162 --- qemu-doc.texi | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'qemu-doc.texi') diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 61796bfd91..3bf3b5cd9c 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ correctly instructs QEMU to shutdown at the appropriate moment. See @ref{sec_invocation} about the help of the option @option{-smb}. -@subsubsection Windows XP security problems +@subsubsection Windows XP security problem Some releases of Windows XP install correctly but give a security error when booting: @@ -1395,10 +1395,12 @@ error when booting: A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error code: 0x800703e6. @end example -The only known workaround is to boot in Safe mode -without networking support. -Future QEMU releases are likely to correct this bug. +The workaround is to install a service pack for XP after a boot in safe +mode. Then reboot, and the problem should go away. Since there is no +network while in safe mode, its recommended to download the full +installation of SP1 or SP2 and transfer that via an ISO or using the +vvfat block device ("-hdb fat:directory_which_holds_the_SP"). @subsection MS-DOS and FreeDOS -- cgit v1.2.1