Hello Hans, Just a thought, but have you tried attaching the CD in VirtualBox in passthrough mode?
Regards, Michael Hans Halvorson wrote: > My host machine is Gentoo Linux, kernel 2.6.24, i386. I am running > VirtualBox 1.5.4, and my guest machine is Windows XP Professional. > > It seems that when running in a virtual machine, WinXP loses its > ability to run programs from CDs that have SafeDisc 4.0 copy > protection. > > In particular, I tried to run the Rosetta Stone language instruction > program (v2.2A), which comes on two CDs: the first CD (the > "application CD") installs correctly. But RS is set up in such a way > that the second CD be must the drive in order for the program to run; > and if I try to run the application, it complains with "Please insert > the correct CD-ROM". This is precisely the error message that is > reported if one were trying to run a pirated copy of the software, or > if one were trying to run the software from an iso image. > (Apparently, SafeDisc is designed so that the program only runs from > the original CD disc, burned by the manufacturer.) > > Windows XP is not having any trouble seeing the CD drive, nor reading > data from it. (The directories and files on the CD appear in file > manager.) However, RS is not able to discern that the CD is the > original, and so will not run. > > What is it about running WinXP in a virtual machine that would > interfere with its ability to run programs from CDs with SafeDisc? Is > there any hope that future versions of VirtualBox will fix this > compatibility problem? _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
