Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / October 2004

I installed Virtual PC with Windows XP because the application we
needed to run for our business is only for pc.
Windows appears to be working fine, but when we start the application,
we get a runtime error saying that a file is missing.  Is this

I have Virtual PC 7 running on a G5 connected to a 23" Apple Cinema
Display.  I am trying to run an old DOS game called Squarez.  The game
runs fine, except that the video is wierd -- you can't read any of the
text in the game; the letters are all messed up.

A.) Right-Clicking the "My Computer" Icon gets me the properties, and
it reads my G5 Dual 2GHz as a 686 533MHz?!?! Uhhh...I have sevearl
533MHz PCs and they aren't doing me any good, so is that all VP7 makes
my Mac a $3K 533MHz PC?

I am attempting to install PcAnywhere 10.5 into the Win XP build on my
mac using Virtual PC 6.xx.  When I run the installer, I get a message:
"It appears you have the same or higher version of the Virtual Pc
Additions already installed.  Do you want to replace the current

I already have Virtual PC 6 w/XP Home Ed. and plan to get a new iMac
G5 with less than 2MB of memory within a week.
My plan is to run Autodesk AutoCad 2005 LDD (Land Development Desktop)
on the G5 through Virtual PC 6 for learning purposes.

I have an (old) programm that runs in a dosbox. This works fine on a
real PC running either 98se or XP.
However when using VPC (6 or 7) it wil run only when using 98se. When I
try to run it under XP then after start there is immediately a message

I assume that the less costly 'update' version of VPC 7.0 piggybacks
on top of VPC 6.1, which I have running successfully on a G4 Powerbook
w/ W XP Pro. What I can't figure out is whether the VPC 7.0 update
version can work on my G5 1.8gh single processor: VPC 6.1 won't work

My installation problem is simple and irritating.
Click on the Install Virtual PC icon and NOTHING HAPPENS.  Same thing
if I try to copy it to my desktop and launch it from there.  I've done
permissions repair... tried uninstalling VPC6; tried manually deleting

Does anyone know if it would be possible to take an RS-232 device,
convert it to USB, and have it run through VPC 7 ?  Would I need
additional USB drivers to accomplish this?

I've spent weeks trying to get virtual pc 6.1.1 to work on my powerbook G4
15". I've read all over the internet that there was a problem with the
Airport Extreme cards (can't figure that out for the life of me, and why
microsoft hasn't fixed this yet).  So I decided to use my built ...

Hey, I'm having a problem with VPC & Installshield.  I've been trying to
install Quicken 2003 or 2004 and keep getting the same error: during
installation, when the Windows Installer is checking for the Windows
version, it freezes up, then produces the following error:

I received VPC 7 today with Windows XP Pro.
The installation went OK but when I start the VCirtual PC it opens a
blank screen and does nothing.  CPU in activity monitor shows
fluctuating CPU usage - but no result after 1.5 hours.

I have a iMac with no floppydrive and have the 3 floppies in seperate
directories on my HD.
I am able to make a clean Virtual Machine however how do I get it to
boot from a (virtual) "Floppy", so that I can do a "sys c:/" as to make

Need to know WHY I cannot sync my iPaq with VPC7.  I
thought this was fixed in VPC6!  I desperately need help
with this.  And no, PocketMac is not a solution.  I've
already had it corrupt my data in my iPaq more times than

Well since it's more than obviously apparent that VP7 isn't for games
(which is the only reason anyone still uses PCs anymore, right?) What
the heck does everyone needs Windows Emulation on their Macs for?
Thanks,