BSOD during Windows XP Guest OS installation.

Article ID: 5555 
Last Review: Oct,6 2008
Author: Vitaly Filatov
Last updated by: system APPLIES TO:
  • Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.x
  • Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.x

Symptoms

During Windows XP Guest OS installation from CD you may receive the following error (BSOD):
SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Technical information:

0x0000006F (0xC0000020, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Resolution

Please create ISO image from Windows XP installation CD and try to install Guest OS from this ISO image as described in the Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide -  http://www.parallels.com/en/download/file/doc/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac_User_Guide.pdf, pages 73-74, step 11 - specify created ISO image as the source to install WIndows XP from.
Keywords: Windows XP installation, BSOD, SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED


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