when it gets this bad, start over.
I don't know how you force quit the virtual XP but the installation is damaged beyond repair. If we see this in a full installation on a Windows PC after, say, a power failure, we would always suggest reinstalling the OS.
Whether you need to reinstall Virtual PC as well as XP I can't say, but it's just as quick to do both.
Mark
Ever since I force-quit the Windows XP Home Edition on my VMWare Fusion virtual PC for Mac, I've been pestered with one or the other of the following two "invalid Windows image" error message scenarios as the Desktop is opening.
1. The message entitled "msmsgs.exe - Bad Image" which reads "The application or DLL C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.6002.22791_x-ww_c8dff154\gdiplus.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette" appears. Clicking the OK button removes it and normal service ensues.
2. The above message appears, followed by a succession of others after every click on OK, preventing normal service and resulting in a competition in which I must try to click on Start / Turn off computer / Turn off before the next error message presents itself and overrides my attempt to close; ie: the same message, but entitled "ACDaemon.exe - Bad Image" or "ArcCon.ac - Bad Image", and a different message entitled "APSDaemon.exe - Bad Image" which reads "The application or DLL C:\ Program Files\ Common Files\ Apple\ Apple Application Support\ CFNetwork.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette".
Is there any way of removing this problem short of a complete reinstallation of my virtual PC and Windows OS?
The error message says "check this against your installation diskette". How is this done and does it enable the problem to be removed? Could someone please provide me with an idiot's guide to the required procedure?

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