Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / May 2004

The issue I am dealing with is that I can no longer connect to my
shared mac drives or folders without exporer generating errors and
crashing.  I can connect to another PC on LAN and get to the files
just fine.

I recently installed Virtual PC 6.0 with Windows 2000 Professional on
a new 1.5ghz Powerbook.  In IE on Windows, I'm seeing math
calculations on certain web sites carried out to 15 decimal places.
For example, on the Windows Update site, rather than showing the total

I am running Virtual PC 6 on OS X 10.3.3. My virtual PC is running XP
off of a setup I did manually from an XP installation CD I bought
separately.
How do I go about installing windows applications (like internet

I have a brand new installation of Virtual PC 6.1 with a virgin disk
image of XP Pro.
When configured for shared networking, I cannot get on the network. When
configured to use the virtual switch, I can get on the network with no

Hi There...
...we switched from windows-pc to mac....and are running some old
applications on VPC and Win98.....this apps are using the hostid of the
network device to identify the software license...the problem is, that the

Can I run Win98 on VPC 6.1 for Mac - Standalone ?
Thank you.

My company has me using WinXP to access the Virtual Private Network
for email and Outlook tasks. I am into major w/drawal pain from my
Mac. Is it possible to access a VPN using VPC? Would Entourage offer
any solutions? Help! I want to write on my Mac but I've got to talk to

I know this is going to sound crazy, but I went to Mactopia to
download the Update for Virtual PC 6.1.1   But when I download it, I
was not able to get it to open.  I downloaded both .bin and .hqx files
and tried to open then with Stuffit.

what you "trying" to say.
However, having a G5 for over a year BEFORE we get an operating
version of VPC is ridiculous. It's NOT like Microsoft was caught
unaware that Apple was releasing the G5....

Occassionaly someone posts a request for software that will allow Mac OS
X to run on Windows. It's not ready for prime time but someone's got a
project out. Check out <http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/>
Some screenshots from the site:

I am running VPC 6.1.1 with Windows XP Professional (SP1) on one of the
new 15" Powerbooks (1.5ghz, 512ram, Al) and was wondering if there is a
way to run true fullscreen on these widescreen LCD displays?  I have my
resolution currently set in VPC to 1024x768, but was hoping for ...

I have a problem running Virtual PC 6.1.1 on my Powerbook G4 1.25 Ghz
running OS 10.3.3.   Whenever I start up Virtual PC and try to run Windows
XP Pro and Windows 98 it is very slow.  I mean this is way too slow - slow
to the point where it is impossibly usable.  It took 11 hours ...

I am  trying to use a USB Device with my virtual PC (windows xp) and
not having any luck.
On the bottom of the Virtual PC window there are icons for network, cd
and

After the last automatic update for Panther, VPC on my eMac stopped
working. I have no idea if this was the cause but it was the only factor
that prevented VPC from connecting to the internet again.
I have reinstalled VPC, and Still can not get a connection using shared

Does anyone know the definitive way to get palm HotSync to work under
VPC?
I use my mac (OSX 10.3.3) for HotSyncing everything. But I've recently
installed VPC in order to use Quicken for Windows. I am rather hoping it