Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / December 2004

OK--basic problem: XP pro within Virtual PC 7 crashed.  On restart,
during restore, got cmd line message: NTLDR: Fatal Error 2592 reading
BOOT.INI.  This tells me repair with the OS disk...can't do it.  I am
running Mac G4 dual 1.25g with 1.8g RAM, OS 10.3.7.

My VPC 7 does not recognize a CD when I put it in my Mac CD/DVD drive (i.e.
"does not automatically capture a CD").
The Help says that if that happens, one should go to Drives menu and select
"Capture disk" option.

My VPC 7.0 Upgrade arrived this week. I installed it (no error msgs)
and imported my Win XP disk image I was using under VPC 6.1.  VPC 7
(7.01 actually) seems to run fine, BUT THE "VIRTUAL DISK ASSISTANT"
DOES NOT APPEAR IN ANY MENU!.

I did a system upgrade on my Mac and had to reinstall Virtual PC 6. I have
the VPC serial number but have lost the product key for Windows XP. I
contacted the MS product key automated phone center giving them the ID number
(as instructions read under retrieving lost product keys ...

Basically this just does not work. Does anyone have any ideas. Is it just me?
Kindest regards,
Matt Wildbore

I am running a screen capture program (Snagit and Camtasia) and they
work fine
in the Virtual PC windows environment.  They cannot however, be copying
the PC desktop and the MAC desktop at the same time.  Is there a way to

I have installed several programs on vpc 7, but i'm unable to install
Adobe Premere Elements.  I was able to install adobe reader off the
same disk.
Leevern

While using Virtual PC 7.0.1 with Windows XP Professional, Windows
Update will search for them, but always return with none.  Does anyone
know of a solution?
Thanks,

Has anybody has any success in installed solaris 10 on VPC 7?
(It's a free d/l from Sun)
I can get the first CD installed, but on reboot to continue the
installation, it crashes every time.

What version, if any, of virtualpc will allow me to use Mathsoft's
Mathcad 12 on my G4 Mac? Any suggestions or recommendations would be
greatly appreciated. According to the mathsoft web site, the system
requirements for Mathcad 12 are:

In VPC (I use 6.1.1;  going to 7.0.1 soon) With a G4 (400MHZ) 704MB
and Windows2000.
OS X 10.3.5
1) What is optimum page size settings for most W2K apps that are

First, the stats: G5 dual 2.0 Ghz, 2.5G RAM, OS X 10.3.5
I had problems installing VPC 7 w/ WinXP at first (kernel panics and
the like), but eventually the application launched and worked. I
really don't know what I did, but I was happy it was working.

The <http://www.macwindows.com> website recently posted a link to
Stephen Adams' page on SpyMac <http://sea4929.spymac.net/> where's he's
posted VPC updaters ranging from version 3.0.3 through 5.0.4.
He clearly states that he has not obtained permission to post these

I am a soon to be new iMac g5 user.  I should have my PC in a couple
days.  My question is using Virtual PC for Visio and also making use of
a great HP all in one printer 3150 connected to a Jetdirect 500x print
server.  Can I use the printer for all functions with Virtual PC and

I installed VPC 7 on my laptop G4 17" 1.5ghz with 512mg of ram and the
program runs alot smoother than on my G5 1.8 ghz with 1.5gig of ram,
Can anyone tell me why?  I thought that VPC 7 was written specifically
to utilize the G5 processor, it seems to be  more to geared toward the