I have VMware and windows 10 installed on a virtual machine on my Macbook Pro. I have an ISO file of windows 10 mounted and sometimes when I restart windows and expect it to restart I'm prompted with the "install windows screen" instead.
It scares the shit out of me. Why is this happening? There seem to be some kind of delay as it seems to auto-magically open windows when I try again.
This morning I thought I had to restart windows all over again and go through 3 days of headache (setting up / installing programs etc), but then I went on a meeting and then it worked. Any thoughts?
Changing the BIOS boot order to ignore the CD-ROM should fix the issue.
However, is there any reason you have the ISO mounted still?
I think it was the iso file on the host, it is mounted. And delete your snapshots.
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I'm on windows 10 and I'm encountering Docker on Windows crashing on startup.
I just installed docker on windows and have a couple of containers spinning up (last night). I've been able to use it but after reboot, or shutdown, this was the behaviour ever since. Pretty unstable.
It looks like this and terminates after a while without any prompt of an error.
More info that I have Hyper-V installed on my machine and "Use the WSL 2 based engine" option enabled on docker.
On my end, I was able to solve this by:
Going to Apps & Features
Search for Ubuntu (or any linux distro you've installed)
Click on it and navigate to Advance options
Click on Reset button.
Also, try to trial and error which docker on windows version is stable with your system.
Hope that helps.
Newest PhpStorm terminal is not functional on Windows 10. Using legacy console setting for CMD does not help to solve the issue. Cannot type anything inside terminal.
Meaning this old 2015 year fix: WebStorm/PhpStorm, issue with terminal on Windows 10
does not solve the issue.
This issue happens on a specific Dell laptop only. Meaning it's not common on other computers I've tried to install it. Maybe could be related to some BIOS setting?
Happened because of the Lithuanian letters of the user folder in the system which came from Microsoft account of the computer.
I have a dell inspiron 5559 and i used to have a dual boot windows 10 and ubuntu 16.0.4.
After an update of windows 10 i got many problems like my graphic card driver didnt get auto-update and my cpu fan got some problem
After changing my fan windows would enter an automatic repair and before even starting it... it would jump into blue screen and enter a restart loop while my linux would work just fine
I tried installing or repairing windows but before the page for chosing language blue screen apears again and system jumps out of installation
I started a system diagnose and ram memmory test but there wasnt any error.
So i thought maybe its grub menu or linux's problem and i used rm rf root in ubuntu (that was a foolish mistake im really sad about this now) after that still i cant install or repair windows. and when i turn on my pc an error apears
//
Error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found.
Entering rescue mod...
Grub rescue>
//
I tried different windows dvd's for installation all had same problem. And i tried installing or trying ubuntu or kali live using an usb but various errors show up like bootmgr is missing or....
Can anyone help?
Sorry if my text had some english problems :)))
May be formatting the entire hard drive then install Windows or Ubuntu would work for you.
I have been using Windows 7 applications within Mac iOS software for a few months (using Parallels), but recently it has stopped working. Every time I try to open a windows 7 application the application shows a broken, corrupted page that looks like static.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Parallels but this has been unsuccessful.
Thank you in advance.
Also, just before this happened my computer prompted that I was running out of memory.
Restart your computer and reset PRAM by holding down
'cmd+option+p+r'
After that try opening up the application again. If the issue persists, close the windows session and allow it to use some more memory and try again.
I got an error whilst installing Windows 10 from .iso file as virtual machine via Parallels 9 on OSX 10.10 which read something like: Media driver missing. It leaves you in a loop which requires you to add the drivers. But you cannot install any cause there are no suggestions.
Now the main issue seemed that the iso wasn't on a bootable device which is what most sources say you need to do. Obviously that seemed like an unneeded step and i got the installation going. Mostly because you were already inside the installation that had been booted in the first place.
Software i use:
OSX 10.10 (latest)
Parallels 9 (latest updates, i know Parallels 10 is out)
Windows 10 iso from http://preview.windows.com
VM setup with iso from external HD (NTFS) and locally stored.
So what to do?
(see my answer below)
What you can do is shut down your virtual machine (close out the installation first to make sure). Go to the settings of the parallels by clicking:
-> Menubar: Virtual Machine
-> Configure
-> Hardware tab
-> CD/DVD 1 (where your image is inserted)
-> Location dropdown
-> Select IDE 0:1 (instead of SATA 0:1)
-> Restart VM
Done!
Installation will continue normally and you can start trying Windows 10 from Parallels 9 on your Mac.
I'm not sure if this works for Parallels 10 (i think so) and i'm also not sure if this will work for other (older) Windows installations. But to remove the steps required for making a bootable disk is good enough for me.
You can tell to parallels to install it as windows xp and it will work fine.
This issue occurs, also, when you have a MacBook Pro (10,2 or similar) without a DVD drive, while installing Windows 10 via USB.
So, during the Parallels 10 or 11 Guest setup, choose to configure using an ISO instead.