Running MVP 2005 doesn't work in Virtualized Windows XP environment

[DougFromLI]

Hi guys,

 

New to the forum, and scoured it, not finding any information.

 

I have original MVP 2005 disks, and installed them on a Virtualized Windows XP SP3 system using Virtualbox.

 

When I have my Disk 1 in my DVD-Rom drive, and attempt to run the game, I get a "Please insert correct DVD-Rom" error", which I see has been a problem in the Windows 10 thread.

 

Has anyone successfully found a solution to this problem using Virtualbox OR has anyone come to the determination that the game won't run in the above environment?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Yankee4Life]

Virtualbox is new to me.

[Kccitystar]

21 hours ago, DougFromLI said:

Hi guys,

 

New to the forum, and scoured it, not finding any information.

 

I have original MVP 2005 disks, and installed them on a Virtualized Windows XP SP3 system using Virtualbox.

 

When I have my Disk 1 in my DVD-Rom drive, and attempt to run the game, I get a "Please insert correct DVD-Rom" error", which I see has been a problem in the Windows 10 thread.

 

Has anyone successfully found a solution to this problem using Virtualbox OR has anyone come to the determination that the game won't run in the above environment?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

You would have better luck running MVP 2005 on Ubuntu using WINE than a virtualized instance of Windows XP, I feel.

[DougFromLI]

Thanks, but trying to avoid a dual boot scenario, since I require my Win10Pro host to be active all the time.  Its virtualization, getting it to work on W10Pro, or have another dedicated machine for games.

[Kccitystar]

13 minutes ago, DougFromLI said:

Thanks, but trying to avoid a dual boot scenario, since I require my Win10Pro host to be active all the time.  Its virtualization, getting it to work on W10Pro, or have another dedicated machine for games.

 

No that's what I meant, virtualize Ubuntu instead and give that a shot, or Windows 7 instead of XP SP3

 

[DougFromLI]

22 minutes ago, Kccitystar said:

 

No that's what I meant, virtualize Ubuntu instead and give that a shot, or Windows 7 instead of XP SP3

 

Yes, good ideas, KC.  Windows 7 virtualization is prob worth a shot.  I'm not a Unix guy, but what the heck, maybe I'll try that too, although I don't think I have installation CD's for either.

[Yankee4Life]

1 hour ago, Kccitystar said:

 

You would have better luck running MVP 2005 on Ubuntu using WINE than a virtualized instance of Windows XP, I feel.

 

KC, I ran this through Google translate and I came up with nothing. 😄

[Kccitystar]

1 hour ago, DougFromLI said:

Yes, good ideas, KC.  Windows 7 virtualization is prob worth a shot.  I'm not a Unix guy, but what the heck, maybe I'll try that too, although I don't think I have installation CD's for either.

Ubuntu images are easy to grab (yay for open source) but a Windows 7 iso may be tricky these days.

[Jim825]

I was wondering if you could run Ubuntu under WSL and then run the game using WINE.  From what I've read, some have had luck running games that way but others have not.