Almost-perfect XP Pro emulation image ?!

[Ozo]

I am running some C# application (.NET 1.1 Framework) on my XPe image.
It runs fine most of the time, but when I run it in batch mode (for
overnight robustness testing), I end-up with some hang or blue-screen
(i.e. 1 problem every approx. 8 hours of burn-in test). The same
burn-in test running on an XP Pro image is very stable and shows no
problem.

To help analysing this problem, I would like to build an XPe image that
is a close as possible as XP Pro with all its service packs and .NET
1.1 framework. I heard about some XPProEmulation.zip package (from
xpefiles) that's supposed to build an almost perfect XP Pro emulation
image. I wonder if this package is known to be reliable and up-to-date
(with .NET and service packs), ... and if it the best way to go. If
not, any other suggestion?

P.S.: I have seen someone with a similar issue on another forum. In
his case, he fixed it by disabling Intel SpeedStep. I always had
SpeedStep disabled, so it does not seem to be related to this in my
case.

Any help is welcome.

Thanks,

Ozo.

 

[KM]

Ozo,

XPProEmulation is indeed stored on xpefiles.com.
I just uploaded there the latest build that's been done on SP2/FP2007 database: http://www.xpefiles.com/viewtopic.php?t=972

Please keep in mind that XPProEmulation includes all *software* components from the database but not the hardware (nothing is
perfect! ). Follow Readme instructions to get it running on your target.
Btw, the .Net 2.0 component is now enabled there. If you need to, you can disable it and enable .Net 1.1.


Another suggestion would be using Kernel Debugger from another PC connection to your target. With BSODs (crash) it is the perfect
tool to see the responsible components in the image.