Windows won't shut down inside VPC

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Mark - 23 Aug 2007 15:17 GMT

All:

I run VPC 7.02 on a PowerPC iMac 1.6 mz., running OSX 10.4. I just
use VPC to run Quicken Delux 05. That's where the problem began....

I started up Quicken this morning, and for some reason, it got hung up
on the opening screen. No problem, I thought, so I went to the Windows
task manager and tried to end Quicken.

Nothing happened.

Time for plan B: I tried to shutdown/restart Windows within VPC. That
worked only to a point. Windows started the shutdown process, but now
it appears to have gotten hung up, too, half-way through the process,
with the Windows taskbar unavailable. Hitting control-alt-delete does
nothing either.

Any idea what I can do? I tried saving and restarting VPC, but that
only saved the stalled Windows shut down. I don't want to reinstall
Windows in VPC and really need to save my Quicken data.

Many thanks for your help

Mark

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Fred Horvat - 24 Aug 2007 01:27 GMT

When shutting down do not select "Save PC State" instead select "Turn Off
PC". This in effect is like puling the power cord on a real PC.

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Paul Power - 24 Aug 2007 03:36 GMT

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In the Virtual PC menu bar, click on PC and select 'Shut down', then
choose either 'Shut down Windows' or 'Turn off PC'. It sounds as
though you need to select 'Turn off PC' in this case.

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Windows won't shut down inside VPC