I have a new Win 8.1 64-bit computer. I installed VMware player to run Win XP Pro SP2 (32-bit) so that I could use older applications not compatible with Win 8.
The installation of XP went smoothly. However, after the initial installation and activation I found I could not run Windows Update to get SP3. The update failed with error code 1079 "Could not start the Cryptographic Service." I checked and this service is set to automatic. I then tried to install SP3 from a separate download. This also failed because "Windowscodecs.dll" was not found. I found this DLL by Googling and installed it, but this still does not allow SP3 to install. I also tried to install another browser, other than IE, and that failed.
Has anyone actually installed XP on a Win 8 machine using WMware and made it work?
Thank you.