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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / December 20047.0 Upgrade Not Working
I just installed the Virtual PC 7.0 on my Dual 2Ghz G5 with 2GB RAM. It installed fine, but I have no Windows operating systems. It asks me to get them from the VPC 7 disc. Since this is an upgrade, I'm guessing there aren't any on the PC. Or they are not showing up. I have my VPC 6 disk, but cannot install it on my G5 because of the chip issue. And no operating systems show up in the VPC 7 setup window. I upgraded VPC 7.0 to VPC 7.0.1 but still have no operating system. How can I get this to work? I'd love to talk to someone at MS about this, but don't want to pay $35 for the option. -Kirk > I just installed the Virtual PC 7.0 on my Dual 2Ghz G5 with 2GB RAM. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > -Kirk If its an installation question its free. But it sounds like you have Virtual PC 6 that was an upgrade as well? Did Virtual PC 6 come as 2 Cds or as 1? If they came as 2 then what you can do is double click on the Virtual PC 6 CD and drag the Extras to let's say the desktop for now. What is actually inside the Extras folder is the Windows XP operating system. Then you should insert your Virtual PC 7 CD and see when installing if it will ask you for your 6 CD or not.  SignatureThe Software Corner http://www.thesoftwarecorner.com Enhance your computing experience! It wasn't an upgrade, but it doesn't have any OS on it. I think I purchased just the VPC6. Of course, I purchased this befoe I learned that it wouldn't work on my G5. Returning it wasn't an option, because they wanted a restocking fee. Now, a year later, I find out I purchased the wrong thing. Great. When VPC was Connectix, you could purchase different Windows OSes; 98, 2000, XP, etc. Can you still do that? Or do you have to get an actual Windows software package intended for a PC? If so, how would I go about purchasing older OSes? -Kirk >> I just installed the Virtual PC 7.0 on my Dual 2Ghz G5 with 2GB RAM. >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Then you should insert your Virtual PC 7 CD and see when installing if > it will ask you for your 6 CD or not. Kirk, Did your copy of VPC 6.0 have a Windows OS included with it ? Or was it just VPC also ? Regards, Howard On 12/8/04 6:59 AM, in article uibx6ZT3EHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl, "W. Kirk Lutz" <kirk@sternagency.com> wrote: > It wasn't an upgrade, but it doesn't have any OS on it. I think I > purchased just the VPC6. Of course, I purchased this befoe I learned [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -Kirk >It wasn't an upgrade, but it doesn't have any OS on it. I think I >purchased just the VPC6. Of course, I purchased this befoe I learned [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >When VPC was Connectix, you could purchase different Windows OSes; 98, >2000, XP, etc. Can you still do that? Yes, Microsoft offers VPC 7 with XP and is scheduled to ship VPC with Windows 2000. >Or do you have to get an actual >Windows software package intended for a PC? You can use retail versions of Windows with VPC. > If so, how would I go about >purchasing older OSes? eBay. Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows Website: http://www.essjae.com *** All posts are provided AS-IS, no warranty, no QoS *** Dear Kirk: 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. I should have known that what "was" a good program on the G4 would be a mess once Bill Gates and MS took over. 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 > Dear Kirk: > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > Glenn Welker > ghwelker3@comcast.net go get help in alt.binaries.mac.applications The VPC 5.0 installer should run... you should be able to do a custom install of just the drive image. As for the 7.0 upgrade, it installs the same version of the app as the full version with Windows XP. What it does not install is the Windows XP drive image. Assuming you have your own copy of Windows, you could install that yourself. VPC 7.0 is hardly useless to you... Also, the standalone is not $200. That's the version that comes with Windows that costs $200. The Virtual PC 5.0 installer will work fine. You simply won't be able to run the Virtual PC application itself. After the installer runs (assuming you buy a copy of VPC 5 with Windows included), you will have a Windows image file in your /Documents/Virtual PC folder on the hard-drive. Simply move this to the /Documents/Virtual PC List folder and then launch Virtual PC 7. Click on the New button and select Import from a Previous version. Regards, Howard On 12/29/04 11:54 AM, in article 1104350073.346446.254770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, > Dear Kirk: > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > Glenn Welker > ghwelker3@comcast.net |
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