device: 0.255 other: 0.165 semantic: 0.119 graphic: 0.093 files: 0.078 vnc: 0.057 boot: 0.042 network: 0.040 socket: 0.036 performance: 0.033 PID: 0.033 debug: 0.030 permissions: 0.011 KVM: 0.008 debug: 0.251 graphic: 0.180 files: 0.134 PID: 0.079 other: 0.073 device: 0.067 socket: 0.054 performance: 0.046 semantic: 0.033 network: 0.030 boot: 0.020 vnc: 0.018 permissions: 0.009 KVM: 0.005 Instant runtime error (Host: Windows 8.1 VM: WinXP ISO) I have Qemu Manager on my Windows 8.1 laptop and have a WXP iso and a blank disk image (from here http://www.mediafire.com/download/rtec86bwwmee00s/Blank_Disk.zip ) and as soon as I try to open it I get a Runtime Error ( http://i.gyazo.com/bfebf7e1e7a670f8e52cc95c5923a67e.png ) Looking through old bug tickets... which version of QEMU did you use here? Can you still reproduce this issue with the latest version of QEMU? Or could we close this ticket nowadays? [Expired for QEMU because there has been no activity for 60 days.]