February 2009

Windows 7, Virtual PC and the double SP1

Submitted by ldsandon on Mon, 2009-02-09 00:36

While trying to install the Virtual Machine Additions in Windows 7 beta running in Virtual PC 2007, I found out that Virtual PC 2007 has two service pack 1 - the older one upgrades it to 6.0.156, the newer one to 6.0.192. If you try to install the VMA that came with the older SP1, at reboot you will be greated by a BSOD telling:
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.
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Making Delphi work with DCOM

Submitted by ldsandon on Sun, 2009-02-01 23:20

In the past few days I had many troubles making our application work when the client was installed on a PC outside the application domain. It was due to several Delphi 2007 issues with DCOM.

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