Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / July 2004

I'm a student at a university that gives students an academic licence
for Windows XP and I was just wondering if it would work with virtual
pc standalone.  Is that what this version is for?  Would I lose any
functionality from getting the standalone vs. just getting a regular

Hi all - I'm re-posting this, since nobody has responded. Does that
mean there is no way of doing it? Can anybody confirm that for me? (so
I don't waste time looking for a way that doesn't exist).
Re-post below:

Does Windows2000 run faster in VPC than Windows XP?
I bought a copy of Virtual PC for Mac without Windows, so I can install
whichever version I want.. but I'm wondering which version of WIndows will
run the fastest under VPC.

For a limited time, I have made available all of the updaters I have for
Virtual PC 4.x and 5.x (Macintosh editions). These are English language
only.
Since I have not received authorization from the copyright holders to

I am currently running VPC 6.1.1 and trying to install a Novell 5.1
Server. The installation goes okay until I reach the point where I
have to choose a network interface. I have used the same interface
that Windows emulates (Intel 2140) but to no avail. Can anybody help

I have recently bought Virtual pc xp for my mac, its a g3 with a
700mhz processor, 20gigs harddrive and 356ram. when i play videos,
both the picture and sound stutter. Is there anything anyone can
advise me with.

Is there a product that will run Mac OS X on Mac OS X like Microsoft Virtual
PC 2004 can run Windows as a guest on a Windows host?

I've been a windows user for some years, and in the last year a linux
user. Nevertheless i've seeing imac and ibooks, and i would like to
adquire one of those. My problem is that i'm a university student, and my
3º and 4º years are programming disciplines in wich we use Delphi,

Does any one know if a custom PC software that calls window-based DLL
can be run in VPC?
Thanks,
Dinh

I have a 1gH DP G4 with Panther 10.3.2 running on it. I have installed
VPC 6.1.1 with Windows XP. I get it up and running, but about every
other day I receive an error when booting the VPC HD stating NTLDR:
Fatal error 32769 reading BOOT.INI. Anyone know why I keep getting

When I try to start virtual pc I get the message "unrecoverable processor
error" and then must restart. I have uploaded the latest version of VPC but
the same issure reoccurs.  Any suggestions?

Just acquired VPC5 and it does not see the modem or floppy. I'm runing a G3
and made a clean reinstall of MacOS 10.2. Windows 98SE seems to run okay
with the one application I've installed and my Mac opens my modem fine.
I've tried Windows Help and support.microsoft.com. Both have ...

Before I decide to purchase Virtual PC- I need to know.....
If I buy software that indicates a Windows system requirement......
will I be able to install this and run it on my MAC if I have VPC
installed?

There are 2 things I'd like it to do.
One, I want it to let me install an application on Windows XP whose
installation program stalls if it detects it is being run on any Windows NT
variant rather than Win9x.

On a Powerbook 1.5Ghz, 1G RAM
Just got a copy of virtual PC from my University and installed Win XP.
As a PC user as well, I've installed Win XP many times and followed
the same procedure as I normally do.