Qubes Windows Tools 3.2.2-3 released

[Rafał Wojdyła]

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Hi all,

We uploaded a new version of Qubes Windows Tools (3.2.2-3) to the
current-testing repository.

Changelog:
- - Updated Xen PV drivers to be in line with upstream
- - Private disk image is now initialized during setup making the
install process require one less reboot
- - Added handler for qubes.OpenURL qrexec service
- - Fixed a bug that could make moving user profiles to the private
image fail if there were files with ACLs explicitly disallowing SYSTEM
access
- - Fixed handling qrexec service requests for non-existing services
- - Minor log readability improvements

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Rafał Wojdyła
Qubes Windows Tools developer
https://qubes-os.org/
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[Grzesiek Chodzicki]

Relocating C:\Users fails consistently on my machine. Following error message is printed in the relocate-dir file:
[*] Start time: 2016-10-23 13:18:43.644
[!] FileGetAttributes(C:\Program) failed: c0000034
[*] End time: 2016-10-23 13:18:43.832

[Drew White]

On Sunday, 23 October 2016 00:26:08 UTC+11, omeg wrote:
> Changelog:
> - - Updated Xen PV drivers to be in line with upstream

> - - Private disk image is now initialized during setup making the
> install process require one less reboot

Need to give the option to allow choosing of the label, because having spaces in a label is not good, nor having a label that long. Maybe it's just the fact I'm a programmer and a developer that I think this way.

> - - Added handler for qubes.OpenURL qrexec service

> - - Fixed a bug that could make moving user profiles to the private
> image fail if there were files with ACLs explicitly disallowing SYSTEM
> access

> - - Fixed handling qrexec service requests for non-existing services

When I had the tools installed, it loaded into Seamless mode, and it proceeded to tell me that QREXEC was not installed. And also that it needed the GUI tools to me installed to use seamless mode.

Not sure if this is a bug, or you designed it to restart twice at this point by making us click the stop button?

[zack...@gmail.com]

Is there a set method to updating the windows tools in the vm itself (after updating the version in dom0 and such). When I try to install the new one over top of the old one, or to uninstall the old one first (old version was 3.2.1), windows crashes and only boots in safe mode

[drew....@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, 25 October 2016 11:50:53 UTC+11, zack...@gmail.com wrote:

Is there a set method to updating the windows tools in the vm itself (after updating the version in dom0 and such). When I try to install the new one over top of the old one, or to uninstall the old one first (old version was 3.2.1), windows crashes and only boots in safe mode

Essentially, it's just boot to install windows tools,  or attach the ISO.
Run the executable.
Follow the prompts.
Make sure you are NOT running in Seamless Mode when you start though.
Run in non-seamless, and turn on debugging.

[Drew White]

On Tuesday, 25 October 2016 12:22:29 UTC+11, zack...@gmail.com wrote:

> Figured out the issue. I had the xen pv disk drivers installed before and when I tried to update them, windows just hung (but no BSOD). What would be the best method to install the disk drivers now? Before, I uninstalled the whole windows tools and reinstalled it since the installer doesn't give you the option to go the component selection menu if it's already installed

It does give you the option.
It says it requires a restart to complete, then it does what it has to, then restarts. After that, before login to windows, it starts the installation and does the install including option selection.

Thus, you don't uninstall then install, you just install.

[Eric Shelton]

On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 9:26:08 AM UTC-4, omeg wrote:
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>
> Hi all,
>
> We uploaded a new version of Qubes Windows Tools (3.2.2-3) to the
> current-testing repository.
>
> Changelog:
> - - Updated Xen PV drivers to be in line with upstream
> - - Private disk image is now initialized during setup making the
> install process require one less reboot
> - - Added handler for qubes.OpenURL qrexec service
> - - Fixed a bug that could make moving user profiles to the private
> image fail if there were files with ACLs explicitly disallowing SYSTEM
> access
> - - Fixed handling qrexec service requests for non-existing services
> - - Minor log readability improvements

I am unable to install the windows tools with the "Move user profiles" install option disabled. I get the same message reported by Eva (https://i.imgur.com/1MPczCY.png), along with, at the end, "0x80070643 - Fatal error during installation". In the log file, the action that seems to be failing is:

Applying execute package: qubes_tools_WIN7x64_3.2.2.3.msi ... arguments: ' ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT="1" MSIFASTINSTALL="7"'

The installer works if "Move user profiles" is enabled.

Maybe this is related to the "Private disk image is now initialized during setup making the install process require one less reboot" change.

Eric