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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / September 2005Can't Drag-And-Drop
Hey folks, I've now lost the ability to drag-and-drop files from my Mac desktop to the Virtual PC (VPC 7, OS 10.4.2). I was able to the first couple times I ran it, but no longer. The clipboards aren't shared either. I've now had to resort to setting up a shared drive and doing everything off that, but it runs spectacularely slowly (ie: 5 mins to normalize a single audio track, a task normally taking 10-15 seconds). Any ideas on a resolution? I'm a rather novice Mac user, but I'm an incredibly experienced PC user. Thanks. > Hey folks, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks. Sounds like you need to reinstall the VM Additions.  SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA Yes, this feature is pretty poorly supported, considering that this can be construed as a security-related issue. Drag-and-drop only works if you are logged into an Administrator account in Windows 2000/XP. And even then, you have to make sure you NEVER log out since you have booted the virtual machine! If you use standard accounts, Drag-And-Drop will not work, because of permissions problems. Thanks to Microsoft for not watching out for this issue when they designed their VM Additions software. > Hey folks, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks. Signature-- tonza Umm... hello, the VM additions software weren't designed by MS. They were designed by Connectix and this has always been the case. Yes, they should fix it. No arguement there, but this is hardly an appropriate reason to take pot shots at MS. Place the blame where it belongs... > Umm... hello, the VM additions software weren't designed by MS. They > were designed by Connectix and this has always been the case. > > Yes, they should fix it. No arguement there, but this is hardly an > appropriate reason to take pot shots at MS. Place the blame where it > belongs... Umm... hello... Connectix no longer exists. Why did you think I said "Micrsooft"? Signature-- tonza. Even so, your hate of Microsoft is misplaced in this case... Microsoft should absolutely fix it, I won't argue that, but they did not "design the VM Additions software." as you stated. Regardless of who's to blame......... Why would you want to give someone with a 'limited' account the ability to drag and drop files from Windows to the Mac side and vice versa? Giving them a 'limited' account is stating that they are not trustworthy enough to have full access....and yet you want to allow them 95% of the ability to do anything. Comparable to giving a thief the keys to Fort Knox!! If you do, my advice is to make sure you have a backup. > Regardless of who's to blame......... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > If you do, my advice is to make sure you have a backup. I would think that if you were the user of the virtual machine, then by virtue that you were able to get the virtual machine up and running in the first place, you should have rights to drag-and-drop files into... ... heh! ... ... your own Windows account. ;-D The problem here is, how can Windows (Virtual Machine Additions) tell which Macintohs user account correlates to which Windows account? Since this is next to impossible without some sort of access management within Virtual PC on the Mac side of things... I'd say: 1) if you can log into your Mac, and start up Virtual PC with a given boot disk, and 2) you can log into a given Windows user account on that boot disk, then you should have authority to copy files to and from your Windows filesystem in accordance to Windows NTFS filesystem permissions for your current Windows login. Unfortunately, things just don't work this way. Wish it did, though. Signature-- tonza. LOL If it did work that way........... What happens when (not IF) you lose the boot disk? > LOL > > If it did work that way........... > > What happens when (not IF) you lose the boot disk? You'd be stupid to destroy your own boot disk in the first place, and you'd deserve it! Signature-- tonza. > Even so, your hate of Microsoft is misplaced in this case... Microsoft > should absolutely fix it, I won't argue that, but they did not "design > the VM Additions software." as you stated. Unseelie, My hate for Microsoft was never, NEVER stated! I merely pointed the organisation responsible for NOT allowing a feature to work under the conditions I stated. You read too much into things, mate! Signature-- tonza. |
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