Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / August 2005

Dumb question, but where are PC applications loaded in under VPC stored?  I
have loaded in a couple of appls but I can't find them on my internal HD.
They seem to have been loaded into the C\: drive or something but I have no
idea what that means.

Running VPC7, WinXP.
My Mac froze while VPC was running (non-VPC issue). I did a hard restart. On
next booting VPC, one of my virtual machines won't start up at all, even in
safe mode. The other virtual machine ran Win diagnostics and started up OK,

I have a Mac OSX Tiger running Virtual PC v7. I bought Norton Antivirus
to install on the Virtual PC and can't figure out how to get Virtual PC
to see the CD drive and install the software.
Duane

I don't know if this is a known problem, or if any VPC coders are part
of this group, but I'll give it a shot.
I wish VPC had an option to disable the command-q and command-w keys.
My Mac reflexes use them all the time to try closing a window in XP -

I have an external dvd/cd-rw drive and I'm having no luck at getting
VPC 7.0.2 to reconize it.  I tried it as a usb but it says the drivers
are bad and so I went through the entire self-help troubshooting and it
said SORRY--Can't help YOU!!!

Subjectt line says it all, when I try and access a shared folder on the
Mac side form the PC side from within the PC app, the PC app crashes.
Any ideas, anyone?

My Virtual PC is running great on OS 10.4.2.  I have been using Quicken 2004
within Windows XP, but I can not get the number pad to work.  How do you tell
the Mac keyboard that the Num Lock key is engaged within the Windows XP
environment.  This is a real annoyance, especially ...

Has anyone had any success in getting VPC to sync with their Palm?  I
just got a new PowerBook, did a fresh install of VPC, Did an install
of the latest Palm desktop off the site - and still, as always, VPC
seems like it sees the device as long as it is attempting to sync but

I was unable to install the additions completely as I received an error
message sth like "error occurred...printer spooler...". - Windows XP
Pro was installed and did not come with Virtual PC.
So, the additions are necessary in order to run mac devices, exchange

I am running VPC 7.02 on a g4 w/10.2.8  do I need anti-virus to protect
the "windows component" of my computer? Any tips will be appreciated

I am running Win 98SE with VPC 6.1.1 on a MAC PowerBook G4 with OS
10.3.2.  I have just recently been getting the message that the save to
hard drive could not be completed.  This occurs after about 75% of the
save has been completed.  I hope somebody has a corrective action.

I need to repair or replace a damaged DLL file under Virtual PC 7, and
I'm not sure how to go about that.
Sequence of events:
- Mac hung while running VirtualPC and other things.  Could not get any

I installed Virtual PC 6.1 over 6.0 and get this error mesage every
time I run the application (in OS 10.3.9):
"Changes to file permissions are being ignored.
"If Virtual PC was launched from an external volume, please refer to

Are any of you guys 'mac online poker ' (http://www.macpokeronline.com
players? My website, www.macpokeronline.com, is looking to add mor
user friendly mac poker games to its mix of no download poker games an
I am looking for some input.

I have attempted to use Windows XP on Virtual PC 7.0.2 to program a
Garmin GPS datacard using a Jeppesen Skybound USB card programming
device. I have set the Virual PC Preferences to recognize an "unknown
USB device." Everything about the software (Jeppesen) and hardware