Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / July 2005

I had VPC 7 installed on my imac which ran OS X 10.2.8 without any
problems. However, I removed the program as I wasn't really using it.
I've since updated to OS X 10.3.9 and whilst the first part of the
installation works (i.e. the installation of VPC 7), when it comes to

I recently came across a problem where Virtual PC 7, operating Windows
98, will not properly play midi files. The tempo is very slow and the
songs do not sound right. Is there any way to fix this problem? Thank
you very much.

I'm running VPC 7.0.2 with XP Pro on OS 10.4.2.  When I try to install
Virtual Machine Additions I get the error "Operation could not be
completed.  The print spooler service is not running."  I can print
from my Mac just fine.  I even made sure the program that monitors the

I can't seem to login to the XP Pro system with SP2 I installed from the
VPC 7 install disk any more.  It saying my system needs to authorize
itself.  If I click cancel, it logs me out.  If I click OK, it says I'm
already authorized and logs me out.

After upgrading to VPC 7.0.2, when I try to start my Windows XP
machine, it asks for the service pack 2 CD  and won't boot past that
point.  Thinking that I had corrupted that machine somehow, I removed
it from the VPC list folder and tried to reinstall WXP from the VPC

I keep encountering a situation in which the name labels attached to file
icons, as well as the words on some buttons (including the Start button)
randomly change to a block of pink, black or some other color while I am
running an application under WIndows XP on Virtual PC 7.0.2 and ...

I  am attempting to use  my Nokia 6601i  phone as an external modem
when away from
home. I have Virtual PC 7.02 running on 10.4.2 with Windows XP SP2
running

I recently upgraded from VPC 6 with Win 98SE to VPC 7 with XP Pro (part
of Office 2004 Pro). I find performance is much slower, but I had no
choice since applications I have to run require XP or Win2K.
The default RAM allocation for VPC is 256 M. My PowerBook has 768M. What

I just finished installing Virtual PC 7 (including the 7.0.2 update) on
a new Mac Mini.  Now I'd like to install Windows XP Pro from my VPC 6
disks (I never installed VPC 6 on this machine).  When I try to do this
through the normal screen, it doesn't seem to recognize the VPC 6 ...

I am doing a bit of a maintenance in VPC and looking to reclaim some unused
disk space. According to online help, I need to use 3rd party tools to zero
out empty space and then use VPC disk assistant.
My question is, which 3rd party tools are there and which are recommended.

I just got a new G5 I go to install my fully LEGAL version VPC on it I
have a conntrrix version 6 I know I have to have the M$ version but I
do not have a CD of that version and I "thought " could install it
then update to 6.1.1 but no NOT with M$...

I'm running VPC 7 on Mac OS 10.4.2.
Basically, Windows runs fine for a while, and then (seemingly randomly) it
forgets how to draw icons and they start showing up as black or pink
squares. Rebooting Windows fixes it, but then it just returns to that state.

OK...this is a long story, but I hope someone has an answer for me:
My client has a 15" PowerBook running Tiger. He requested Virtual PC,
and, to make a long story short, our company has an MS Licensing
account, and when I requested "Office 2004 Professional for Mac" (the

I just installed VP7 using the 2 blue CD's. VPC 7 box contains a third CD
(white) labelled "Fichiers système Windows supplèmentaires" (Complementary
Windows system files) and named: WXPP_SP2_FR.
This CD was not requested during installation.

I'm new to Mac and just recently installed the VPC 7.0.1. Having
problem installing some window-based software. The only one with luck
is Office 2000. Did anyone encounter such problems and what would the
solution be? I first installed XP Home, though it might be different if