Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / September 2004

I upgraded from 6.0 to 6.1.1 last night and now the whole system crashes.
WIndows citing a fatal error and a list of missing files.
I tried a fresh install on a new hard drive image - my previously perfect
win 2k disc now will not install properly and cites a critical missing

If I install Virtual PC 7 on my mac, will I be able to install
Microsoft Word on the Virtual PC?  I need to be able to
type/edit/print Word documents in Arabic on my mac, but Office for Mac
2004 does not support the Arabic font.  Word for Windows does.  Could

When I try to install Additions from my VPC5 upgrade disk in WinXP, XP
cannot read the disk. It can, however, read the VPC4 disk. Alas,
Additions for XP isn't on the VPC4 disk. Can I just use the 9x one?
Failing that, is there an Additions for XP .exe out there anywhere

I'm running Virtual PC 6.1 on a Mac iBook G4 laptop. I'm a relative
newbie to macs having just made the jump from windows. I needed to
install Virtual PC because the manufacturing software we use
internally ONLY supports a windows OS. The install went cleanly, but

VPC 6.x allows me to create a virtual PC with a maximum of 512MB of
RAM. Does anyone know if this limit has been lifted (or eliminated) in
7? I'm trying to run Red Hat Linux with Oracle 10g and I need WAY more
than 512MB of RAM. :) :)

I've searched high and low without finding a scrap of a hint about
what's going on here. First the vitals:
Powerbook Pismo upgraded to G4 550 w/ 1GB ram
OS X 10.2.8

I have Version 6 (Connectix) of VPC, but was never able to install it after I
upgraded from a G4 to a G5.  Since Version 6 doesn't work on G5's, does
anybody know whether there's a way to get the Version 7 Upgrade to install on
my G5, or will I have to buy the full version?

Has anyone any experience od running MS Onenote on Virtual PC and XP
on a Powerbook?. I understand that some MS apps actually run better
than others on Virtual PC,notwith standing the fact all Win apps are
the same- my WIn friends tell me.

The Windows versions since VPC4 for Windows have allowed a command line
switch of -allusers to enable everyone who logs into a PC to share VPCs and
their drive images.  If I login as local Administrator or a Domain Admin or
myself, I still have the same VPCs to use.  We use VPC4Win ...

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I own an ICS USB-GPIB controller to use lab instruments equipped with GPIB
on my iBook G4. Unfortunately the device has only windows drivers, so I'm
trying to use it with VPC. Everything starts out fine, I have the proper
drivers installed, and each time I try to make the device ...

My c drive is getting too small, so I need to create a new (d) drive
(VPC6.1.1/OSX.2.8).
I've been reading that data files should be stored on the d drive.
How exactly can this be done to existing files (moving the data

How do I CTRL+ALT+DEL in Virtual PC, since there is no "ALT" button on
the Mac keyboard?

I know that VPC 7 is supposed to support Mac graphics hardware, unlike
its predecessors.  Can anyone tell me whether or not this means VPC 7
will allow Mac users DirectX 9 support?  I have some older games
(circa 1997-2001) I wouldn't mind playing again, on my G5; maybe some

With all the talk of VPC 7's speed increases and ability to run on G5's,
what is the REAL improvement on < or = 1 GHz single processor G4's
(Powerbooks)? G3's? VPC 6 just does not get the job done in terms of startup
(even saved) and app launch times. Screen redraws are painfully ...