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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / December 200414 hours and counting, can't install VPC7.0.1 on a PBG4 1.25ghz with 1gb of memory
I likely don't have enough patience to install MS software, but I think this is a bit much! I have spent 14 hours today trying unsuccessfully to install MS Virtual PC 7.0.1 on a 1.25mhz Power Book G4 running 10.3.7 with 1gb of memory and 80gb of free disk space with a full MS supplied version of Windows XP Pro with service pack 2 that MFS sent to me within the last three weeks. Over and over again the install craps out, sometimes during windows load (20%, 40% up to 98%). Once, after changing the file system and lots of other things it loaded (part of ) Windows only to crap out saying "access denied, xxxxx.dll is not a valid windows image". There were dozens of these. What in the world do I do now??????????? If any of you have the patience to answer off line I would really appreciate some help. I can't find any way to get help from MS and Frys Electronics in Portland, OR, where I purchased the VPC garbage says only to "contact MS".. Does anyone know how to do that??????? Thanks for your help as I am verrrrrry frustrated. On the several dozen times the install crapped out I sent the message on to MS. I assume that goes into a bit bucket somewhere that never sees the light of day. To any of you who are willing to take the time to respond I would really appreciate it. Thanks so much. Jerry glwork@mca.com > I have spent 14 hours today trying > unsuccessfully to install MS Virtual PC 7.0.1 on a 1.25mhz Power Book [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > (part of ) Windows only to crap out saying "access denied, xxxxx.dll > is not a valid windows image". There were dozens of these. What is the size of the virtual hard disk? Has it run out of that virtual disk space? What RAM size does the Virtual PC have? Does your Mac have a history of having problems reading CD-ROMs? Have you tried cleaning the CD-ROM of fingerprints? Have you tried disabling any virus protection you have running on the Mac?  SignatureRobin Walker rdhw@cam.ac.uk It sounds like either a bad CD/DVD-ROM drive, or bad media. If you can eliminate the likelihood of a bad drive, I would contact MS. You are entitled to one free phone incident, and I suspect that this wouldn't even count against that. > I likely don't have enough patience to install MS software, but I think > this is a bit much! I have spent 14 hours today trying unsuccessfully [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jerry glwork@mca.com My PowerBook worked just fine until I tried to install VPC. After numerous failed attempts similar to your situation, I discovered I had a bad RAM chip. If you happen to have a PowerBook that uses two chips, remove one and try it (and of course if it still fails try it with the other chip). Once I got a new chip, everything was fine. Good point. VPC is much more ram intensive than most applications and will expose bad ram that seemed fine otherwise. Call Virtual PC support 1-800-936-5700 installation issues are free. Dear Jerry, I have a few observations for you as per your posted request. Yesterday I purchased the VPC 7 upgrade, assuming I wouldn't have any problem installing it. It installed just fine, but upon reading the manual I realized it was no good. Originally I had a G4 Mac and had purchased VPC ver. 3.0, but never upgrade to 5.0. Mainly because I bought a G5, which would be meaningless since only VPC 7.0 works on G5s. So now I am in a Catch-22 because even if I were to purchase ver. 5.0 and try to install it, it would not work. What can I do? I cannot return the upgrade and I do not feel like spending over $200 just to buy the stand-alone version. This is ridiculous in my opinion. Any help you can provide me is deeply appreciated. Many thanks. Best regards, Glenn Welker ghwelker3@comcast.net ==================== > I likely don't have enough patience to install MS software, but I think > this is a bit much! I have spent 14 hours today trying unsuccessfully [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jerry glwork@mca.com Dear Tom, I have a few observations for you as per your posted request. Yesterday I purchased the VPC 7 upgrade, assuming I wouldn't have any problem installing it. It installed just fine, but upon reading the manual I realized it was no good. Originally I had a G4 Mac and had purchased VPC ver. 3.0, but never upgrade to 5.0. Mainly because I bought a G5, which would be meaningless since only VPC 7.0 works on G5s. So now I am in a Catch-22 because even if I were to purchase ver. 5.0 and try to install it, it would not work. What can I do? I cannot return the upgrade and I do not feel like spending over $200 just to buy the stand-alone version. This is ridiculous in my opinion. Any help you can provide me is deeply appreciated. Many thanks. Best regards, Glenn Welker ghwelker3@comcast.net ================== > I likely don't have enough patience to install MS software, but I think > this is a bit much! I have spent 14 hours today trying unsuccessfully [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jerry glwork@mca.com Well, there is no upgrade path from VPC3 to any version of VPC MS offers. IIRC, Connectix didn't offer an upgrade path from VPC3 to 5 either. Your best bet is to copy the old Windows OS from your G4 to your G5 and import it in VPC 7. Otherwise, you'll need to have Classic on your OS X and run the VPC3 installer, do the custom install and only install the hard drive image. >Dear Tom, > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] >> >> Jerry glwork@mca.com Steve Jain, Virtual PC for Windows MVP Website: http://www.essjae.com "This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use." |
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