When you upgrade from Windows XP to Vista with the Application Virtualization client installed you may see the following report:

Compatibility Report

Potential issues were detected with installed applications/devices

These issues do not prevent your upgrade, but some applications and/or devices might not work once your upgrade completes.

* Microsoft Application Virtualization

You are running a Windows Server 2008-based or a Windows Vista-based computer that uses the non-uniform memory access (NUMA) architecture. When you try to start a Hyper-V virtual machine, the operation may fail because of a memory allocation issue. Additionally, you may receive the following error message:

An error occurred while attempting to change the state of virtual machine VMNAME.
‘VMNAME’ failed to initialize.
Unable to allocate 1024* MB of RAM: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service. (0×800705AA)
*number will vary based on the amount of RAM assigned to the VM

This issue occurs even when there is sufficient memory available.

Consider the following scenario:

• Windows Server 2008 or a Windows Vista SP1 is running in a virtual machine.
• The computer that is running the virtual machine has multiple processors.

In this scenario, the virtual machine may restart unexpectedly. Additionally, you may receive the following Stop error code:

0×000000BE

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