Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / April 2005

I have a similar problem with networking options as another person.
I have my VPC on xp home running on os 10.3.8.  It recognizes my airport and
shows traffic going across the network, but I just can't connect to any
site...some DNS Error. I tried even with Win98, and nothing. The ...

I feel incredibly stupid or forgetful, but I don't remember how to
create a new system.
After moving my VPC to my new PowerBook, I thought things would go
faster, but maybe something got corrupted along the way -- it takes 30

I am considering purchasing a copy of VPC 7 for my G4 PowerBook.  I
need to use it so that I can use the Remote Administrator program to
access specific computers to run specific programs from home.  Has
anybody tried this before?

A friend of a friend is selling an unused copy of VP7 standalone. I
already have VP4/5, so my questions is whether I can get the standalone
copy and use it as an upgrade. Will I be able to just install VP7
standalone and then drag in the C-drive that I've already created?

Does anyone know how, when using XP home edition on virtual PC 7.0 Running
on OSX 3.8 to get it to recognize the Airport wireless from the PC?
The main reason I needed virtual and XP is to go on the internet and use
gotomeeting.com (I saw it done last night in the apple store, ...

Some day I plan on getting a powerbook.
Right now I use my laptop that I dual-boot Windows XP and SuSE Linux to
remove spyware/malware from my customers computers.
What I do is stick the hard drive out of the customers computers and put

i need step by step instructions on how to back up my accounting
software files (peachtree) to a cd that my accountant can then read and
write to and give back to me to install. he is using windows 2000. i am
using an imac g5 with vpc 7 and windows 2000. i am brand new to mac and

I am using Virtual pc7 running Windows XP on MacOS 10.3.8. (G4, 733Mhz,
1.12GB - 512 for vpc).
Whenever I try to save or save as i get "Disk full while accessing
X:\\mydrive"

I've been working with huge files and CAT (computer aided translation
tools) tools. These files are on an external FireWire drive. I would
experience extremely long open and save times (over 15 minutes) or the
files refused to open (error in the CAT tools). I then tried copying

i just purchased a i-mac g5 and was formerly using a pc.......my one
passion is playing spades on the microsoft web msn.zone.com....the site
does not allow me to play using mac os...will virtual pc 7 allow me to
play there?   any help would be appreciated

We have an environment where we have about 20 PC's and 5 Macs.
Currently, we are using a Microsoft Access front-end database that
hit's off of data found in a SQL Server database.
My question is, will Virtual PC for the Mac allow for ODBC connections

I'd like to ask about Mac HDD disc format options that don't work as
well as those that do.
The manual tells me to 'Install VPC and then go ahead:  Install Windows
2000"  It does not tell me that it should be on the same volume;  nor

As Windows XP 64 is coming out soon, will it be possible to run it in
Virtual PC 7?
Luckyluke

Running XP Home in VPC 7 on Powerbook 867 mhz with 640 mb ram, OS 10.2.8,
works fine.  I have one program called Klinix which operates in Access
runtime that I need to have connect with a government network through the
modem.  On a real PC this happens easily by just clicking ...

Hi.  I've got Virtual PC7 on my PowerBook G4 with 512mb ram.  It works okay,
a but slow but otherwise stable - I only run two programs on it that are not
available on Mac.  If I were to add an additional 512mb ram, would I see a
noticeable change in speed?  What is the optimum ...