Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / March 2005

I have searched high and low for an answer to this problem, but can't seem
to find one...
I have successfully got Fedora Linux Core 3 installed on VPC 7 for Mac OS X
and have the Linux install set to a Virtual switch for network and the mac

Hi, I have a Powerbook G4 15" 1.33mhz and i'm running Virtual PC 7 and
for some reason  the file that contains the Virtual PC data (Virtual PC
Document) each time that I close the software the size increases and
it's getting very heavy.

I have a Mac G4 Powerbook using an Airport Extreme card. I am trying to
connect the Prosafe VPN client running in WinXP. Something appears to be
blocking IPsec....?
Any suggestions?

My husband and I just installed VPC 7 on a new iMac and it does not
launch properly on his user screen. (It was installed on my "side" of
the computer.) I tried to copy the virtual machine to his documents
file (inside Virtual PC List file) but something must have gone wrong,

First off, I've searched for this topic and have been unable to find
one that helps me - however, if there is one out there I've missed,
please let me know. Second, I'm not fluent in networking, so any help
in a simplified form is immensely appreciated.

I recently purchased VPC 7.0 and would like to upgrade from VPC 6.1 on
my Powerbook 667 runing OS 10.3.8, but before I do, I tried to
duplicate my Windows 2000 VPC 6.1 file for backup protection. When I
attempted to copy the file using Finder, I recieved this message: "The

Can someone please go to zone.msn.com through IE within VPC and try to
play spades? This no longer works for me and I suspect it has something
to do with a new incompatibility with VPC and the lastest zone files.
However, I have no way to know for sure that the problem is not ...

I know it isn't supposed to be brilliant, but I am experiencing problems with
the sound on my G4 iMac (1.25GHz), running VPC7+xp, under 10.3.8.
A couple of progs tried so far give the same problem - static and stuttering,
with "echoing" at times. This surprises me as I have read ...

Hey there.
Is it possible to play PC-Games like Half Life 2 or Counterstrike on my Mac
G4 using Virtual PC?
I recently read, this would be impossible because 3D-graphics are not

Turbo Tax puts out a program called "ItsDeductible," but it's Windows
only. It is potentially useful enough to us that I'm considering buying
Virtual PC to run it. I wrote Turbo Tax to ask whether it would work
with Virtual PC and received an equivocal response.

On my old mac dv (g3, 400mhz 9.2.2/10.3.8, 256 ram, 13gb drive) when I look
at windowsXP system it states my windowsXP system is running at 395mhz. When
I look at my new ibook (g4, 1000mhz, 9.2.2/10.3.8, 512mb, 30gb drive)
virtual machine system it states its only running at 295mhz.

I want to switch very badly from my Dell Lattitude D800 to a 12in.
Powerbook.  I have to use Best Software's MAS90 for accounting,
inventory, report writing etc.. on a daily basis.  I also use ACT
software for contact management.  Can these programs be adequately run

I have a blackjack program installed on Virtual PC for Mac--and it had
been working fine. This weekend, it stopped opening. So I want to
reinstall it. When I try to reinstall it, I get this message: "The
Windows installer service can not be accessed. This can occur if you

I have a Windows 2003 Server Virtual PC 2004 image that I run on Windows XP.
Can I run that image with Mac's Virtual PC 7?

With the Tiger upgrade soon to be available, I'd like to do a clean
install. How can I avoid having to reinstall VPC7 and all of the
Windows programs. Everytime I do this it takes hours and you always
have to ring MS to get new activation codes.