Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / August 2005

I have VPC 7.02 running on Tiger.2, running on a Powerbook.  Windows XP
works fine.  I'd like to add Linux, so that I need only bring this one
Powerbook to tech meetings.
Anyone have a fast, easy Linux for VPC, or even a favorite?

I thought someone might be interested in my success a couple of days
ago in getting VPC 7 to hotsync with my Palm T5 though my G4 running
10.4, after six months of frustration.  That means it is possible to
use some great GPS mapping applications, like Street Atlas 2006, just

After a few minutes of use the icons get corrupted.  Cut and past the
link to see what I am talking about.
http://www.goettels.com/zoo/images/vpc.jpg
Any ideas?  Thanks!

Hello, all.
I assume a lot of you are running VPC on a Mac platform, like I am.  I
have never been sorry I left Microsoft's poor performance behind for my
iMac and Powerbook. However, after changing over a couple of years ago,

After upgrading to 10.4.2, whenever I use Virtual PC, I will inevitably
have a full system crash requiring a hard reset of the Powerbook that I
use (17" 1.5ghz with 2GB RAM and 2GB hard drive free).  VPC will
function for a while, but anything more than 20-30 minutes will cause a ...

I have tiger and vpc 7.0.2 and have had two OS meltdowns in the last
couple of days, either when starting up or shutting down VPC:
Here's the latest error log:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x000A8B98): Uncorrectable machine check: pc =

I have put off moving from Win98 to XP for years (one reason I switched
to Mac). I have given in to the inevitable and "upgraded" to VPC7 and
XP. With Steve Jain's help I have managed to get Win98 running under
VPC7 but need to run MS Access 2003 so must now use XP.

When I rebooted from a backup drive following a hard drive failure, my
Virtual PC 5.0.4 asked for the serial number. I could not find my serial
number after a diligent search. Microsoft phone support says they don't
support this "obsolete" product. Any suggestions?

Can someone please help me with this?
Since I updated to 10.4.2 and 4.2 airport update my virtual pc shows under
PC Settings, Open Application Preferences, Virtual Switch as PCI Ethernet
Slot B (Not Airport as before), I can't get it to work through the wireless

I use Virtual PC (VPC) 6.1.1 in Mac OS X 10.4.2 with Windows 2000 and
Windows XP.  Each time I start VPC I see this message:
 Virtual Switch networking could not be started.
 Permissions for the support files were set correctly, but

I am currently running the version 7.02 of virtual pc and macox x
10.4.2.
I have shared networking turned on in Virtual PC and can browse the
internet via FireFox, ping my wifes OS 9 computer, telnet

I have Virtual PC for Mac v6.1 and have ordered v7 upgrade to run on my
iMac G5. My question is how do I go about getting the Windows XP Home
OS installed which is on the v6.1 CD? I cannot run VPC 6.1 to install
the XP OS. Will I be able to do this when v7 is installed?

Anyone else having the same trouble as we?
Please don't get me wrong Outlook is working BUT is slow and keeps
generating a 'Outlook is trying to retrieve data from the Exchange server'
pop up.

Hello to All -
Trying to help a friend install QuickBooks 2002 Pro on her Mac running
Virtual PC for the Mac (new version with Windows XP Pro). QuickBooks appears
to install with no problems, but when we try to open the program we get the

I am attempting to communicate with my Blackberry 7290 using VPC 7.0.2
without success.   I'm using PocketMac to sync with Address Book and
iCal, but I'd like to add some applications to the Blackberry and
haven't found a way to do it.