device: 0.879 virtual: 0.844 graphic: 0.818 mistranslation: 0.580 network: 0.533 performance: 0.503 architecture: 0.456 semantic: 0.440 socket: 0.392 files: 0.383 arm: 0.368 vnc: 0.363 risc-v: 0.353 user-level: 0.334 boot: 0.312 ppc: 0.309 TCG: 0.285 register: 0.279 PID: 0.277 kernel: 0.256 debug: 0.221 hypervisor: 0.200 x86: 0.122 permissions: 0.105 VMM: 0.099 peripherals: 0.081 i386: 0.065 assembly: 0.053 KVM: 0.006 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.]