Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / June 2005

Mac OS 10.4.1, PowerBook G5, Virtual PC 7.0
I'm getting error 'PC could not be restored because the saved state was
either corrupt or incompatible with this version of Virtual PC for
Mac'.

Can Virtual PC 7.0.1 start my only Virtual Machine automatically when
VPC is launched?
I have disabled Windows XP login and I have VPC 7.0.1 set to lauch at
start up.

I have installed Virtual PC on my powerbook to be able to manage my
Minolta Dimage A2 through the computer. There is another programme
called PCA2 that does the same thing.
Both of them don't work because of USB. I have correctly installed the

Does anyone know how to get around...
I just installed Tiger, then upgraded to VPC7.
On startup of the Mac I get the error message,
"Startup Items folder does not have the proper security settings"

XP Pro crashed (VPC7.01) while running iTunes (I have read that this is
a common problem?). When trying to reboot, i get the message "NTLDR:
Fatal Error 2592 reading BOOT.INI." I cannot get the machine to
completely shut down nor reboot. I have been able to get it to attatch

I have VP 7, Mac Powerbook G4, Xerox Phaser 8400DP.
Printing from Mac OSX = no problem.
Printing from VP7 = printer asks for letter size paper even if I have
set paper size to A4 in VP7.

I thought I would share with you guys a tool that has proven very
handy.  It's called nLite: http://www.nliteos.com/index.html.  Its a
freeware tool that can turn off all sorts of unneeded features in
windows XP and reduce the size of your installation considerably.

I would like to install WIN 95 on to VPC 7.
I have a WIN 95b disc but I guess that it is not bootable. I also have found
the
Win95bbootdisc.exe on the internet which I have downloaded as a file on my

I am using WAV pedal software under Virtual PC/Windows XP.  The foot
pedal connects to USB port.  The transcription software does not
recognize the foot pedal.  I get a message "you need to select a valid
port for the foot pedal.  I called Microsoft and they told me to try a

Please advise if you have had a similar experience and how you solved it:
A cryptic error appears during installation of Norton Internet Security 2005
for Windows on a Windows 2000 virtual pc 7.01 machine on a new 15" powerbook
running OSX 10.3.8:

Has anybody been able to get Pharos gps (Bluetooth) adapter to work
with street and trips 2005.  I purchased the software with he included
gps unit and then bought the pharos Bluetooth sled.  I can not get
streets and trips to recognize the gps unit in VPC 7.01.  If you have

Installed VPC 6 on a G3 running OS X 10.3.9
Attempted to use XP Enterprise CD, but VPC will not see or boot fro
it.
Had to install XP Pro from VPC 6 install CD's. However XP Pro will no

Can anyone help me please or shed light on a problem I am having.
At home I can only get my VPC to connect to my network if I set up using
Shared Networking.
At work this also USED to work fine.

After installing Virtual PC for Mac 7.0.1 on a Mac Mini with OS 10.4
upgraded from 10.3, the message "Virtual Switch networking could not be
started." appears, saying "Permissions for the support files were set
properly, but Virtual Switch failed to load. Please report this problem

I upgraded recently from VPC 6 to 7. then did the upgrade of my virtual
machine.
WinXP will no longer boot, but justs shows a black screen. Win98 does
boot after the upgrade, but not XP.