Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / January 2005

I installed VPC7 with XP Pro in my admin account only to find that I
must do the same in my user accounts.  To minimize time of reinstalling
the OS, I copied the OS from the admin account to the user's home
account.  Everything works, but the Start Dock. I keep getting "You do

For some reason VPC 7 running XP Home will not register the letter "a"
when I type it.  I used my Apple Pro bluetooth keyboard at first, then
I tried my Apple Pro USB keyboard.  Nothing.
Anyone know why this may be happening?

I have a new copy of VPC 7 (full version from Ofc Pro) and I've
imported a WinXP Pro virtual machine created in VPC 6 on a PC.  WinXP
runs, but it's slow as molasses, so I'm guessing the VPC 7 additions
aren't installed during the import.  Unfortunately, when I select

All the instructions I can find, in my literature, on MS' website,
etc., all say something like, "select 'add from CD or Floppy.'" I have
several programs on my Mac G5's hard disk I downloaded ahead of time.
How do I get these programs into my Virtual PC?

Hello people,
Situation:
Had VPC6 running Win2000Pro, albeit slowly.
Got VPC7 upgrade because of promised speed increases.

I've been using McAfee Virus Scan for about a week now with XP Home. No
question that it slows VPC somewhat. I just disable its scan and VPC is
noticably happier with Virus Scan off. I do not think its a
compatibility issue, just the fact that it is a drain on VPC's limited

What keystroke combination is used to select/deselect several items in a
list?  Option click gives me one item.  Shift click gives me a group of
items.  How do I deselect one of the items in a group?  If I option click,
it deselects the group and selects the clicked item.  There is ...

I hope someone can help because I depend heavily on networking in
Windows 2000...
I am suddenly unable to connect to the internet in VPC 6.1.1 running
Windows 2000.  I previously have been connect with no problem for a

I want to play net poker on sites that don't support mac os. So, i
bought Virtual PC 7. But it doesn't appear to have Windows in it? I
have to buy another copy of Windows? Will that at least include IE???
What a nightmare this is. Help!

I recently bought the upgrade to VPC (bringing me to v.7).  I already
own a copy of VPC 6, and that is a 2-CD set with XP home on the 1st
disc.  I installed the VPC 7 upgrade on my new iMac G5 (apparently you
don't need to have VPC 6 installed first) and tried to pull XP off of

I thought I had a working solution for VPC7.01 and OSX10.3 ... By using a
loopback adapter I was able to get a connection to the outside world from
VPC when my only real connection was via Airport Express
However either 10.3.7 or 10.3.8 "fixed" that loophole, and now I can't :(

I'm running XP/VPC7 on my G5 iMac with 1.25GB RAM.
I'm wondering if I will get better performance if I upgrade to 2GB RAM.
Currently, I can only configure VPC to use 512MB of PC Memory. If more
RAM is available I am assuming I'll be able to set it higher.

hi there folks, i'm a novice re windows but can't get my windows xp pro
under vpc 7 on a imac g5  to recognize that i have bluetooth keyboard,
i've gone through the add hardware wizard but it doesn't pick up that
there is a keyboard. mouse works fine but not the keyboard. any clues

I have just installed VPC 7.0 bundled with WinXP in an MS Office 2004
upgrade. I am
connected to the internet via Airport (via an wireless DSL router at
home)

...does it work with somebody? Wheel seems to work but clicking it
does nothing. I have Windows 2000 sp4 installed on VPC7. Hardware is
PB G4 with Panther and the mouse is Kensington Pocketmouse Pro. (Well,
clicking the wheel didn't work with a Logitech one either.)