Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / January 2005

hi...1.8 G5 4g ram, also have been using a windows pc along side my
apple for specific software I use with my business.  I've been waiting
for VC7 that will work with G5.  Anyway, I have a Maxtor External Hard
drive that I have been saving all of my windows files on.  I have tried

OSX/VPC6:  The Mac gets an error saying the Hard Drive is low on space.  VPC
shows plenty of unused space (chkdsk).
Question:  What is the relationship between the VPC disk space & the Mac
disk space?  Will reducing the VPC disk space add volume to the Mac side?

is there somebody out there who is running Polar Precision Performance
SW 4 on Virtual PC 7 ?
I would like to know if there is somehow a way to get the Polar IR
device to work.

I have just purchased an Upgrade Version of Virtual PC 7.01.  I had
previously been running VPC 6.1.  Installation went with no problems
and I was able to bring in the .vhdp file that I was using.  However, I
have a major problem here at the office.  In the office I connect my

I have installed Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.0.3 (6) and
LiveUpdate for Macintosh 3.0.2 (168) on my Powerbook G4, which is
runing Mac OS X version 10.3.7. I have recently upgraded Virtual PC for
Mac from 6.0 to Virtual PC for Mac 7.0.1 (041022). MicroSoft Virtual PC

I am attempting to install the Windows 2000 service pack 4 (and a few
other updates) but cannot because of limited disk space. The virtual
disk is set to dynamically expand but nontheless the install fails. Any
ideas?

i recently purchased virtual pc version 7 for my powermac g5 in order to
play the sims 2, but the problem is that i cant turn on the direct 3d in
direct x in order to use it.  any ideas about how i can turn on direct 3d?

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I am brand new to
this group and a cradle Mac user, have never used Windows in my life,
and have a G5 1.8 (single), and have just installed VPC7. All I'm
trying to do is get Acrobat Reader on the virtual machine. Have tried

I have an AirPort Extreme home network. My iMac with VPC 7 (Windows XP
Home)is connected via an Ethernet cable to the AirPort. Is its hardware
firewall features sufficient for VPC or is the Windows XP Firewall
still advisable to be left on?

I have never been able to get Fidelity's Active Trader Pro application
to run properly on VPC.  It might be helpful if there are other Mac
User's in the community that are Fidelity Investment customers that
would call Fidelity and ask them to provide Active Trader Pro either as

Two devices I desperately want to use on my Mac are :
- Garmin USB Card Reader
- Microchip ICD 2 (In Circuit Debugger)
Has anyone tried any of the above devices with VPC 7/Mac OS X.

I need to run Microsoft  IE 6.0 on a MAC platform not the MAC IE explorer
version to properly run a web-based application.
Is the IE 6.0 equivalent available in the Virtual PC progam for MAC?
- OR-

I used Virtual PC with a Garmin V for two years with no problem.  I
just loaded their mapsource program (latest edition) with all updated
drivers to VPC 6.1.1 to use with a GPS 276C and can't get the program
to see the USB GPS.  The hardware is installed, and the hardware help

I'm running Virtual PC XP pro edition on a G5 with OS X (latest update). I
want to install ActiveSync to connect to a PocketPC device via USB. Two
problems:
1) In the XP, I activated Internet Explorer and downloaded the ActiveSync

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Message 7 in threadFrom: Lee (Leon.Sargent@verizon.net)
Subject: Re: Strange performance issues  
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