Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / May 2005

Can anyone assist with this issue?  A friend of mine mentioned that
there might be a 'printer addition'?  Never heard of this.  Prints fine
on the Apple side of things, but when in VPC running XP Pro, I cannot
print.

I have bought a new PowerBook 5 days ago. Its OS version is 1.3.9, and
When I installed VPC 7 I found it can not create new VPC file or open a
old one(it corrupt). When I upgrade to Tiger, the VPC's virtual switch
net working and VitualPCOSServices can not start, it become so slow.

This is a problem about Virtual PC for Mac v7.0.1, and installing
Windows XP Home on to the virtual machine
Mac is running 10.2.8  I installed Virtual PC OK.  Attempts to install
Windows XP Home result in installer hangs or system crashers when

Before cutting my veins I have arrived here with not many
expectations. I’ve read through all-human-based-knowledge in internet
(including posts here) but there’s no way to have my VPC running
windows on my PowerBook.

I'm thinking of buying Virtual PC but am really only interested in
running operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris.  Is this
likely to work?
Thanks,

I am well versed in the topics surrounding Virtual Switch--
The problem I am having is that clean builds of XP Pro or XP Pro SP2
under Shared Networking are not transiting IP:
Can't ping the gateway or beyond.

I've installed and set up VPC 7.01 with XP, and established an internet
connection using shared networking (ADSL, PPoP, home connection so no
proxy). Network CP shows there is a connection, and most sites connect
with no problem. Certain sites, however, such as nytimes.com or

well..hi u all! i'm thinking on buying a iMac and I want to know if
future Windows versions will work in VPC 7 (I mean...the famous Windows
Longhorn...and stuff like that)
Another thing...I'm about to begin studying industrial engineering in

According to www.macwindows.com, VPC's virtual switch isn't the only app
having networking problems with Tiger.
They even reported that there is a <gasp>bug</gasp> in Tiger's kernel.
Fixes for other networking apps mentioned in the article are dependent upon

I have question about sharing files between computers.   I am using OS
X 10.2 with windows file sharing on.  It only lets me share to a
particular directory which includes OS X.   I had to partition  my hard
drive because I have multiple systems on the computer.  However I only

People,
A few months ago I installed VPC 7.0.1 and migrated Windows XP Home from
my previous install of VPC 5. I has been working fine until I received a
message saying something to the effect that I was running out of hard

I have been struggling for a couple of days trying to synch my
Blackberry to my office Exchange Server using Blackberry Desktop
(required for the 1st synch).
Blackberry Desktop manager wont find the USB device from inside Virtual

I just installed Tiger(OX 10.4) and want to install the stand alone
version of Virtual PC 7.0; I need to know if 7.0 will install on new
OS.  Requirements are 10.2.8 to 10.3.  Cannot get through to Microsoft
for support.  Thanx.

How do I sort contacts by first name in entourage X?

I tried to update virtual pc 7 to 7.0.1 but it is asking for me to
insert my cd to continue the update. It figures i cant find the sucker
so everytime i  start it up it asks to continue the update. how can i
get rid of this and continue with 7.0 it works fine for me. or finish