Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / November 2004

I'm trying to install WinNT on Virtual PC 6.x.
During installation I am required to press the PageDown key to agree to
continue with the install.
But when I press the Page Down key on my PowerBook 15", absolutely nothing

Installed Virtual PC For Mac on my G4 last night.
Seemed to install, was going to wait to install apps till today, so I quit
Win XP.
Decided to change my mind, went to launch Win XP and the computer ran and

G¹day,
I have successfully installed VPC7 and have it running now on my eMac.
However, I have to say that I am a little disappointed that it only emulates
a 686 @ 667MHz.  Although I have allocated 512Mb ram for this app it still

In virtual pc version 7 I was able to install a game from a DVD-ROM
disk, but when I go to play it I get the error message 'Please insert
the correct DVD-ROM, select OK and restart application'. I have tried
doing this, and have updated already to 7.0.1. Also, when I open up My

I am running two virtual machines XP & Win98 on version 7/G5 2.5. My
Win98 Virtual machine is for a legacy
DOS application that is critical to my workflow. The question is how
do I get the F keys to function in my DOS program. My keyboard is a

I'm trying to install a windows based program in virtual PC but am
running into problems. After launching Virtual PC with Windows XP, I
went into the control panels, then Add or Remove programs, then Add
New Programs. Then I clicked the CD or Floppy button to add a program

i'm running vp7.01 on my g5 and windows runs great. i have win2k pro
and windows xp pro. problem is that i have installed a program in both
os's and it crashes constantly. i can't even run the thing (in either
os). reloaded both os's, tried various versions of this application,

After using VPC 7 for about a month I've developed a error on boot-up.
NTLDR Fatal error 2592, I can't do anything, I can't even get into the
command prompt

I am running Windows Media Center and XP Pro with VPC.
I plugged in a USB device and it detected it on the host PC (WMC) but
not the VPC PC (XP Pro). Do I need to do anything for it to detect the
device?

I am using a Mac powerbook with extended display capabilities. I am
wondering if it is possible for PC programs to use extended display
through Virtual PC. I am using Virtual PC 7.

Help! I just bought this software to run one program for a club. I
understand that an update to 5.0.4 will make it run faster on my MAC,
as well as help with security issues. I have not been able to find the
update on the Microsoft web site. Can you help?Thanks!!!

I am trying to install Redhat Linux via VPC 7.0.1 on my PowerMac G5
2.5 system.  The installation went ok, but how do I install the update
Additions.  and what screen size to set it too.
thanks alot.

It looks like my virtual disk image is set at 2 Gig.
It is set to dynamically expanding disk image.
While running Windows 2000, it will not expand past 2Gig.
How can I increase the disk image size?

I recently bought a new all-in-one (HP Photosmart 2610), which is really
nice. I've successfully installed it on my iBook (G3, OS X 10.3.5),
though it won't work in Classic mode, no matter what I do. I also
installed the Windows drivers in VPC 6, activated USB and the printer,

I've been trying to load VPC for Mac with Windows XP Pro.  It crashes and I
get a crash report, but it says that VPC has been installed successfully.  So
I restaart the computer and then start VPC/Windows XP and get the following
message: