Charon-AXP/VAX/PDP installation fails on Windows 10 Professional version 2004
Problem
Charon-AXP/VAX/PDP installation fails with blue screen on Windows 10 Professional version 2004.
When the installation procedure is running "haspdinst.exe
" with parameters "-install -cm
" the Windows server crashes:
This problem is related to this version of Windows and the Sentinel HASP driver that requires version 8.11 to support the Windows release id 2004 (more information here).
Versions of Charon affected: all
Solution
Fresh installation of Charon-AXP/VAX/PDP
- Move to the folder where you extracted Charon kit under
InstallationKit\hasp_install
and make a copy ofhaspdinst.zip
file. - Download the attached
haspdinst.zip
file - Copy/replace this file in the
InstallationKit\hasp_install
folder - Move to the folder where you extracted Charon kit under
InstallationKit
and make a copy ofHASP.def
file. - Download the attached
HASP.def
file - Copy/replace this file in the
InstallationKit
folder - If you have not yet already started the installation, proceed as usual otherwise restart the installation procedure.
Case where Charon is already installed and Windows was updated
- Open a command window (
cmd.exe
) as Administrator - Move to the Charon installation folder under
Redistributables\Sentinel
. Usually the folder isC:\Program Files\CHARON\Redistributables\Sentinel
- Run "
haspdinst -purge
" - Download the attached
haspdinst.zip
file - Extract the
haspdinst.exe
file to the Charon installation folder underRedistributables\Sentinel
- Run "
haspdinst -i
"
Windows 10 Pro upgrade to 2004 recommended steps:
- Execute steps 1 to 6 above in order to avoid Windows update failure with error 0xc1900101 - 0x40021.
- Perform the Windows update to release 2004
- Perform the checks described further
Checks
- Open the Sentinel Admin Control Center either by opening the http://localhost:1947 page from your browser or from the Charon Virtual Machine Manager, Host Information & Utilities tab and click on the Sentinel Admin Control Center button.
- Click on Diagnostics on the left pane and verify the Run-time installer and package have version 8.11
- Start your Charon emulator using the Charon Virtual Machine Manager (or the Launcher or Service Manager for older versions)
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