[bgrimm]

Ok,

I do have Driver Studio SoftIce 3.1 running on a
Windows 2000 Pro with Service Pack 4 virtual machine.

I had a lot of trouble, ie: lockups, and finally found the
fix on vmware's support page.

It mentions adding a couple of lines to the config file
of the VM, and that is what worked for me.

Support page:
hxxp://frontline.compuware.com/nashua/kb/doc/1702.asp

I had no success with a 2k service pack 1 install.

-bg