Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / November 2005

so I got virtual pc 7 with office 2004. I put in the install disc,
install VPC, restart, like normal. Anyway, after it boots back up it
asks where I want to install Windows from. I choose "Install from a
Virtual PC for Mac CD" and click "begin". Well, that's where my problem

Dear members:
I am re-installing all my different applications after installing a new
larger internal hard disk.
The only problem I am having so far is how to best approach the

I have an office network of two macs. Each has Virtual PC7.0.2 with XP
Professional loaded. The only program we use in VPC is Quickbooks Pro
2006 (just upgraded). I want to use QB Pro in multi-user mode
simultaneously on both macs. For some reason, I cannot access the QB

I'm running VPC 7 on a G5 Mac.  I tried installing Fedora Core Linux
for x86 on VPC and got only crashes.  Some hunting online shows that
this is a known issue with that distro -- there are some tweaks that
could fix it, but they're all a bit too daunting for me.  I just want

Today I upgraded a reliable VPC6.1 installation to VPC7 and met with
disaster at every turn!  To begin with, the software went on OK but
then I tried to import my VPC6 environment.  This flashed an error
message and appeared frozen when I loaded VPC7.  I kept playing with it

Is there a way to put an alias of the "My Documents" folder from the VPC,
onto my OSX desktop?  I want to be able to share files back and forth.

About 2 months ago I bought an IMac 2 Ghz with 1 gig of memory and
attempted to run VPC 7 on it, but was very dissatisfied with the speed.
I ended up returning it and am considering buying  a Dual Core 2Ghz
Power Mac also with 1 gig of ram.  Does anyone have experience running

I understand that VPC allows you to run PC-only programs. But what
about programs for which there exist both a Mac and a PC version, would
it allow me to run the PC version? I am a graduate student and all
programs made available for free by my university are for PC. So could

hey i have a g5 mac with 1 gig ram on tiger and msn 7.5 runs terrible!
the colours are low, and its using 196 mb of memory. i am running it
full screen.
why is it so slow!!!

I originally set up my VPC hard disk image as a dynamically expanding image
with a capacity of 15GB. How can I reduce the capacity to 8 or 10GB? I
reclaimed zeroed space to 5.5GB. Now what?
By the way, I am using VPC for Mac, version 7.0.2 on a Mac running Mac OS X

I have an i-mac G-5 running Tiger and Virtual PC 7 XP pro.  I am trying
to connect a biofeedback device called the SCIO with a keyspan serial
to USB adapter.  The i-mac recognizes  Keyspan the Keyspan and the VP
shows it at comp 1.  It originally tried to create a comp 3 so we

After installing VPC7 in 10.3.8, VPC put an item into the Dock. Even
after I quit Virtual PC when it is running, the icon in the Dock still
shows gives a choice to Quit. Does that mean VPC is still running in the
background?

I have a copy of Virtual PC only (no OS included).  I also have the
retail version of XP Home SP2 installed on a PC box.  Can I keep my PC
installation and use the CD to install XP home to Virtual PC for the
mac? I would only be using 1 copy at a time.

This probably sounds crazy, but I was wondering if anyone has tried
running SQL Server 2000 on their Mac using Virtual PC 7.
Am learning SQL Server 2000 and was considering running it on my Dual
867MHz G4 Power Mac.  I don't really want to buy Virtual PC only to

I use Mac OSX 10.3.9 and my job is wanting me to get a program called
BizDesk. I can't seem to find out if it is available for Mac or not, so
I'm looking at purchasing Virtual PC. Does anyone know if this is a
good idea? If not, any suggestions?