Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / May 2005

I have a few questions that I hope someone can answer.
1. Currently I have a license for VPC v. 4 for the Mac (yes, an oldie
version). Campustech.com states that one can only upgrade from v. 5. Is
that true? Technically, and license-wise, can I in fact upgrade

I have downloaded from MSDN - Virtual PC latest - VPC701 ENU.dmg
I have burned this image to CD and it starts to install and does Phase 1 ok
on a MAC running 10.3.5 but after the initial reboot PHASE 2 wants an
install disk.

I am using Powerbook G5 with 1 GB RAM.Windows XP pro working perfectly
under the virtual PC 7.0,eventhough it showing bit slow on full screen
mode. I tried to install Macdriva Linux 10.1 using Virtual PC 7 with a
dream of playing with 3 OS at the same time. But three times I

Has anyone experienced this problem?  I did a clean install of OS 10.4
(format and install).  Once completed, I reinstalled Office 2004
Professional with Virtual PC 7.  After the requisite restart, OSX gave
me warnings after login that permissions on a number of startup items

I have a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.7.
Does VPC 7.01 USES both processors?
So, is it WORTH having a Dual G5 for Virtual PC?

Since upgrading to OS X 10.4, Virtual Switch will not start.  Until
Microsoft fixes this problem, does anyone have a workaround to get
online with VPC?

j'ai besoin des programmes en français ,macintohs

I am running VPC 6.1.0 (XP) on a PowerMac G4. Plenty of RAM and disk
space.
Last time I opened VPC (yesterday), there was a button in the lower
right of the desktop telling me that XP updates were available. I

When attempting to install MS Office 2000 on a Mac OSX Powerbook running
virtual PC (Windows XP Pro), I get the following error:
Error 1913 - Could not update the ini file win.ini. Verify that the file
exists and you can access it.

I have virtual PC version 7.  My MAC power source was faulty and turned
off the system while virtual PC was running.  This happened twice.  Now
my power source has been replaced but the virtual PC will no boot up.
It keeps trying but then shows a blue screen and immediately goes ...

Hello! I am a new Mac user (from one month) and of course I need the
Office applications (Word, Excel and PP). I already own Microsoft
Office 2003 for PC and I have a CD with Windows XP Home edition from my
laptop. I was wondering can I only buy the Virtual PC software and use

Hi, I am trying to run Simcity4 and Virtual PC for Mac 6.1.1. The Game
normally needs 3D Graphics rendering, but has also its own software renderer,
so its possible to run it in VPC. (So says "the Virtual PC Guy"). When
starting the Game it sends the Message: "Hardware Driver ...

I installed Virtual PC for Mac on OS 10.3.9. I then installed
seperately Windows XP Pro. I'm not able to set up a shared folder since
it says "Not Installed". I'm reading through other similar questions on
this topic and cannot find a clear answer. Anyone know a simple

I have a new, obscure and confounding problem with VPC. Although my
environment and the issue at hand is probably rare, I'm hoping someone
here might have some insight:
I've been using VPC with Windows 98 since day one of OS X (and before).

When trying to install my first PC program in VPC, I keep having
trouble with the administrative access.  The system asks for a
username/password, but when I give it the pass I set up for the Mac, it
is unable to log on.  I even went in to System Preferences and changed