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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / May 2005VPC 7.0.1 and Mac OS X 10.4.0 "Tiger"
The archive and install option left VPC in my dock, however, when I clicked on in, the VPC installer launched claiming my program was not installed or missing. I let the installer run. My install CD was not needed or requested. When I launched VPC, I received two error messages about files not having the proper security permissions, so I clicked 'fix' for each case and restarted my PowerBook G4 15" aluminum 1.25 GHz 1.5 GB machine. After I clicked "restart" there was another message complaining that the Virtual Switch networking was broken. Restarting did not solve this problem, indeed, I received the following error message: =================== Virtual Switch networking could not be started. Permissions for the support files were set correctly, but Virtual Switch failed to load. Please report this problem to Microsoft (Code: A1004). Virtual PC for Mac will run without Virtual Switch networking. =================== Indeed, VPC 7.0.1 (with all updates and additions) does seem to work with Mac OS X 10.4.0 "Tiger", but without virtual switch networking, once it is re-installed and the security settings are corrected and the Mac is rebooted. I went to http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ and searched for a means to report this bug, but, all I could find was a way to pay Microsoft for someone to talk to me. Luckily, VPC7 is not a mission critical app for me. For those who depend on it, this "Please report the problem to Microsoft" with no obvious means for delivering the report seems to indicate that, yet again, something is more important than serving the customer with Microsoft. If anyone knows of a convenient, free way to report bugs with VPC7 to Microsoft, please let me know. Mark Frautschi >The archive and install option left VPC in my dock, however, when I >clicked on in, the VPC installer launched claiming my program was not [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >Mark Frautschi This is a known issue, its been reported on the forums already, as well as other places. If VPC is critical, you should only run it on supported versions of OS X, of which Tiger currently isn't, especially since its not officially available until the 29th.  SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine 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. I am not am employee of Microsoft." >If VPC is critical, you should only run it on supported versions of OS >X, of which Tiger currently isn't, especially since its not officially >available until the 29th. Well, Amazon is selling 10.4 now... SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine 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. I am not am employee of Microsoft." As Steve Jain pointed out, Microsoft already knows. They've been very good about supporting Apple OSX with their products. Microsoft has to test their software on a variety of Macs. When the OS changes, a lot of testing has to be completed before they release any patches. Hopefully this testing will go well and they can release an update very soon. Remember, the gold master has only been around a matter of days, so please try to be patient. It would be bad to release an update that's not working properly. -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> >>The archive and install option left VPC in my dock, however, when I >>clicked on in, the VPC installer launched claiming my program was not [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > X, of which Tiger currently isn't, especially since its not officially > available until the 29th. any update on this since Tiger is shipping now? I happen to use "virtual switch" networking. thanks. - sean > As Steve Jain pointed out, Microsoft already knows. They've been very > good about supporting Apple OSX with their products. > > Microsoft has to test their software on a variety of Macs. When the OS > changes, a lot of testing has to be completed before they release any > patches. Hopefully this testing will go well and they can release an > update very soon. Remember, the gold master has only been around a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > >>The archive and install option left VPC in my dock, however, when I > >>clicked on in, the VPC installer launched claiming my program was not > >>installed or missing. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> > >>I went to http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ and searched for a means to > >>report this bug, but, all I could find was a way to pay Microsoft for > >>someone to talk to me. Luckily, VPC7 is not a mission critical app for > >>me. For those who depend on it, this "Please report the problem to > >>Microsoft" with no obvious means for delivering the report seems to > >>indicate that, yet again, something is more important than serving the > >>customer with Microsoft. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > X, of which Tiger currently isn't, especially since its not officially > > available until the 29th. The production release of Tiger only shipped on Friday. Microsoft does not implement fixes for beta versions of software. So, we're just gonna have to wait till they put together the patches and release a Service Pack for these issue. In the meantime, if Virtual Switch is mandatory in your environment, don't upgrade to Tiger just yet. It's now nearly a month since the Tiger release. I too use Virtual Switching. Has anyone seen a solution posted anywhere? JGG > *The production release of Tiger only shipped on Friday. Microsoft > does [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > In the meantime, if Virtual Switch is mandatory in your environment, > don't upgrade to Tiger just yet. * -- jgomberg No....there is no release as yet. When it is released, it will be available at www.mactopia.com >It's now nearly a month since the Tiger release. I too use Virtual >Switching. Has anyone seen a solution posted anywhere? But only a couple weeks since 10.4.1 was released...maybe MS is waiting for 10.4.2, or 10.4.3... SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine 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. I am not am employee of Microsoft." |
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