Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / April 2005

I use an emulation program on VPC running Windows XP on a dual 800 G4,
OS 10.3.8. The program uses the F10-F12 keys to access certain
functions. VPC seems to use the F10 and F11 keys for a different
purpose. Is there any way to either disable the VPC functions of these

I have a virtual machine (win2k) that boots fine but can't save changes at
shut down. The message says it can't commit the changes but that I won't lose
them since they'll be the starting point for the next boot.   It makes this
promise and keeps it every time I shut down and ...

This was answered about 6 months ago - and I can not find it now.  I
can not get my HP printer to accept the optional tray for printing
checks.  VPC7 and Quickbooks 2003.  Any help is appreciated.  Dave Shirk

I have several apps that I use that are completely unusable due to the
fact that the numbers are way off so the apps blowup.  instead of the
numbers being 2 digit decimal numbers they are 16 digit decimal
numbers.

I'm thinking about buying virtual pc for my G4 mac. I'm a little
ignorant on these kind of things. The Virtual PC Mac Version 7 Windows
XP - If I buy this one, do I also have to buy Windows XP or does it
come with it?

According to
<http://www.garmin.com/support/faqs/faq.jsp?faq=413>
If you have problems with Mapsource detecting the GPS, go to Device
Manager in Windows and "Look for a heading that states ENHANCED HOST

(Virtual PC 6.1.1, Retrospect 6.0.204, Mac OS X 10.3.8)
A catastrophic experience with a Windows utility for zeroing unused
disk space resulted in the corruption of my Virtual PC volumes for
Windows 95, 98, and XP. I was forced to delete these volumes, on the

Hey folks,
Has anyone out there done expected performance studies on VPC7?
I'd like to know, in general but Wintel terms, what the performance of
VPC7 would be on a Powerbook G4 1.67Ghz running Windows XP Pro.

I've got a new iBook G4, running OSX.
I've downloaded the 45-day trial of Virtual PC from Microsoft's site and
opened it with StuffIt. Now I've got a folder on my desktop with about 8
items in it. Clicking on each one, I get a dialog box that says it doesn't

I'm trying to install the Virtual PC 7 component of a volume licensing
version of "Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition".  
I can install VPC itself without any problems, but when I try to create a
new PC, installing from the Virtual PC for Mac CD, it refuses to recognise

I've recently bought an Origin B2 speed camera Detector in the UK. It
downloads the location of speed cameras via software that runs on a
Windows platform only - and then uploads to the detector itself.
Origin are planning a Mac version of the software, but it's already 3

I recently read in a Mac Magazine that Microsoft has a team of
developers who put together and are working hard to perfect virtual PC
for the mac.
I have had so many programs that won't run on the software that I am

I work on an iMac G5, and I use Entourage for my e-mail services.  Is
it possible to transfer my saved e-mails from my Entourage account to
an Outlook system on my Dell laptop?  When I travel for work, I would
like to have access to my saved e-mails on my laptop.  Perhaps if I use

I am no longer able to drag files from the Virtual PC desktop to the
Mac desktop. This has worked fine for me for some time but now does not
work at all. I cannot find the cause. Anyone have any idea how to fix
this?

I've been trying to install Virtual PC for Mac 7 onto my iMac G5, and
it just isn't happening.  The problem occurs after the first part or
installation, just after restarting my computer, when it's installing
Virtual PC onto the computer.  When I insert the second installation