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rick@library.ucsd.edu - 13 Jul 2007 22:12 GMT

Hi Gang,

I am completely new to Virtual PC for Mac, so I have a couple of
questions which are probably easy to answer.

I was asked to install the program on several Mac G5 machines, in a
small lab where there will be about 4 or 5 people needing access.
Although they apparently purchased the software awhile ago, they seem
to have lost all the materials except a single disk. The disk reads
"Virtual PC for Mac version 7 With Windows XP Professional".

1) My understanding is that there should actually be 2 disks for this
set, and if so, are we screwed without the 2nd disk?
2) No box was found, but somebody wrote out 20 characters of the
serial number directly onto the disk. During part 2 of the
installation, it prompts you for the serial number and expects 25
digits. Is there a way to recover the remaining 5 digits?

It may well be that we will have to repurchase the product again if
we can't get past the above problems. So the final question is - if we
install it into the applications folder of each G5 as administrator,
will the non-administrator users have access to it, or is there some
licensing thing we will need to get around for the multiple users to
access Virtual PC. (The machines are client G5s running v 10.3.9, are
are networked to a G5 server with 10.3.9)

Thanks.

-Richard McGillis

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Richard Cardona - 14 Jul 2007 01:59 GMT

> I am completely new to Virtual PC for Mac, so I have a couple of
> questions which are probably easy to answer.
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> installation, it prompts you for the serial number and expects 25
> digits. Is there a way to recover the remaining 5 digits?

Microsoft has a media replacement program documented here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246

Did they lose the proof-of-purchase too?

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Steve Jain - 18 Jul 2007 20:46 GMT

> Hi Gang,
>
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>
> -Richard McGillis

You will need more than 1 serial number.

You need one serial number for VPC and one for Windows XP for each computer
you're going to install on.

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rick@library.ucsd.edu - 27 Jul 2007 22:49 GMT

Hey Gang,

Thanks for your help with this. As it turns out, since I posted the
message, someone in our office found the box and remaining disks, and
so we are back in business. (There were actually a total of 3 disks,
and I found out that the 20 digit number I had was the Product ID, not
the Product Key - two different things.)

Anyway, I installed the package successfully as administrator, and am
able to use it as a non-administrator on the same machine with one
small annoyance: when I launch Windows XP Professional, I immediately
get a message stating "The operation cannot be completed because you
do not have sufficient priveleges for
"VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle" with an "Okay" button. I can just
click the okay button away and temporarily get the "Select a Setup"
window. If I press "Cancel" for that window, everything seems to work
and launches into Windows.

Is there a way to get rid of these warning windows or make a fix for
it?

Thanks again. -R.M.

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