Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / August 2005

I managed to get an VPC running under Slackware, which was
a bit of an ordeal itself. Occasionally the VPC software
reminds me that I didn't install the Virtual Machine Additions
and asks me if I wish to do so. I click the "do-it" button, but

I've set up the latest version on a G5 running a fully updated Tiger. Now, I
know about the A1004 VSN bug and I was wondering if this has any bearing on
the reason I cannot access my PC shared drives from within VPC? I can access
them from Tiger just fine. I have run the XP (Pro) ...

I updated my Virtual PC to the 7.0.2 version/patch (Tiger on a G5/WinXP
service Pack 2). When I try installing Virtual Machine Additions, my
keyboard works, but I have no access to the mouse. I see the black Mac
mouse pointer and the white windows pointer.

I'm new to the forum so apologies if I'm asking a stupid question.  I
have a problem when I boot up virtual pc (6.1) from my powerbook (G4).
It give me an lsass error the 1073741818 error message and says it will
reboot in 30 seconds etc etc...

Just recently installed Virtual PC, but the problem is I'm receiving
email through Outlook that holds attachments I need to open in my Mac
platform, but it's coming in through Virtual PC.  Is there any way I
can access those files coming in through Virtual PC on my Mac?

I am new to his group and i figure i would come here for his answer.  I
just got a beat invitation from microsoft to beta windows vista and i
cannot install it on VPC.  Now i don't have a windows machine to do
this.  Is there any way i can do this/  It says the bios will not work

Ignoring licensing issues (unless they produce a technical issue), can
I create a virtual image (the pc disk image that is placed in
~/Documents/Virtual PC List) and then copy that around to other macs
that have VPC installed and it work as expected?

I'm running 10.4.2 with VPC 7.0.2 and I still cannot use Virtual Switch
networking.  I've got a dual-G4 using the built-in Ethernet connected
to a 100 switch.  Have other successfully gotten virtual switch to work?

Windows XP Home will no longer load after this upgrade. I'm on a 15"
TiBook G4 running 10.3.9. Complete error reads: "lsass.exe System Error
- An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably. The
registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files

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 ...

after successfully installing fruity loops studio 4 onto virtual pc 6
(which is running off a g4 powerbook) the program seems to be all
there, fully installed, and good to go.
however, when i double click on the exe file to run the program, i get

Has anyone tried running Yahoo Messenger for the PC in Virtual PC for the
Mac?
The reason I ask is that I would like the voice chat capability of
Messenger for the PC seeing as Yahoo seem to have given up on the

yeah. i just installled the addition thing in VPC 7, and the cursor
wont go back into windows. all i get is a box selecter that when i drag
gives me a re-sizable box with marching ants... tried reseting twice...
the cursor is just stuck as white in the center of the screen.

Can anyone tell me how I can set my monitor setting to take advantage
of the full screen of my PowerBook G4 17"?  (1,440 x 900 x Millions of
Colors)?
I have a dual G5 with a 23-inch monitor, and I am able to utilize the