Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / December 2004

Thanks, guys.  I really appreciate your helpful responses.  It looks like I
can¹t get good resolution with a monitor sized image using VPC3.
Robin: I understand what you are saying, and it makes sense.  But even when
I set the color to 256, I can¹t get a large image with decent ...

I installed 6.0 on a G5 iMac and upgraded to 7.01. I gave it half of
the 1 gig of RAM on my iMac, but it seems MUCH slower than than 6.0 did
when I used to run it on a TiBook 400 MHz. What could I be missing?
Apps like MSIE & Firefox open really slowly and everything is really

I have a Thinkpad with Windows XP and a lot of applications installed.
I would like to migrate that installation to a Virtual PC on my new
PowerBook G4 (which has VPC 7.0.1 installed) without reinstalling all
of the applications.

Has anyone experienced poor sound playback in VPC 7 (cutting out,
popping)? If so, does anyone have a work around? I am running Windows
XP Pro on a Dual G5 2.5 ghz machine with 1.5gb ram. I have alotted  VPC
512. The same problem exists on a Dual 1ghz mirror G4.

I'm running VPC 6.1 with Windows 2000 on an eMac, G-4, 1Ghz, 384M Ram,
but it runs extremely slow.  I'm thinking about installing VPC 7 with
Windows XP on my 15" Powerbook, G-4, 1.33Ghz, 512M Ram, but don't want
to invest the $200 unless it runnings significantl faster (at least

I have installed VPC3, on a MAC G4 with a Studio Display and running
OS9.2.2.  Native resolution of the Studio display on the Mac is 1600X1024.
When I install VPC using a video setting of 4 MB and checking "Adjust Mac
Video Resolution", the image covers my screen, but the resolution ...

Is it possible to improve the x86 processor speed in VPC?  It would be
excellent if I could emulate at Pentium 3 or better.  It is emulating a 686
at 667MHz currently.
Kind regards,

I installed VPC 7 and XP PRO and trying to run a DOS program from my PC
server. I can connect to the server and access the DOS program file,
but every keyboard entry is extra extra slow. I tried to edit within my
own computer in dos environment, It is also very slow. Each key

I have a g5 with osx running vpc 7.0.1.  The os installed on vpc is
windows xp pro.  I would like to know is it possible to join the vpc to
a domain and login to the domain successfully.  So far I have been able
to join the domain but when I try to login to the domain the vpc sits

I wonder how this news from MacRumors.com will affect Virtual PC? Maybe
a future version won't be an emulator at all, but simply a version of
Windows that runs on PowerPC processors.
   Next PowerPC To Support Multiple OS's?

I have a powerbook that has had virtual pc upgraded from version 6 to
7. When I try to login to the virtual pc I am greeted with a box asking
me to re-activate Windows XP. The problem is it won't let me. The "Yes"
box is highlighted but I can not make any input into the actual VPC

What an idiot ­ stupidly I deleted the VM additions printer last night. I
thought I could just add it back but I cannot find any way to do this. I
still have VM additions loaded (looked at Add/Remove programs). Is there any
way to add back the printer that was called VM additions ...

Seems like this would be an obvious inclusion in the installation
instructions -- but we can't find it.  We are installing VPC7 on our
PowerMac G5.  Of course there are multiple users (just like in
Windows).  But how do we install VPC7 for use by individual users?

Hello, I have been using Macs for six years but have just recently
installed VPC 7.  It is my first time having a Windows on my computer
and I am concerned about security issues.  I am well aware that on a
regular PC anitvirus protection is a must.  My question is, Does the

Installed VPC 7 on G4 without much trouble.
However I can't create a new PC. Launching VPC, I am presented with an
3 options: creaate new PC with own OS, new PC with OS supplied (XP Pro)
or import from older version.