Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / November 2005

I have a G4 Powermac running 10.4.3. I installed VPC 6.1 with Windows
XP Pro. When I start VPC, I get the message that virtual switch could
not be loaded. I was able to open Windows and browse the internet
without trouble. When I open network places and try to view computers

Hey everyone,
I haven't seen this topic addressed yet (I'm still searching through
the posts)...
I received purchased VPC 2000 Prof - OOPS. I really meant to purchase

I installed Virtualpc 7 on OSX 10.4.2. XP was included with the
installation. Everything worked. However, when I started iTunes in OSX,
the soundsticks that I have plugged into my usb port did not work.
Going to System Preferences -> Sound, I chose soundsticks but still no

in virtual pc 7 i can use all windows games and palm os applications
with no exeption or it doesnt support one of them

I've been using VPC without problems for many months and have had
internet access through my Mac connection. A few days ago I realised I
had no access to the internet despite internet being available on the
OS X and the connection icon showing in VPC. According to diagnostics,

Can anyone tell me if Norton Anti Virus has to be set up with VP7 if
you already have it running on the Mac side.  I've been trying to run
the Norton Anti Virus within VP7 and the set up program will not run
and Symantec is telling me that the CD will not run within VP& because

i had been using virtual pc 7 with panther for months, and never
suffered any issues with the two programs whatsoever.  After waiting
some time, i upgraded both my ram and OS X to Tiger, and since then,
have had nothing but problems with virtual pc.  If anyone can help with

I have a 17" Rev E Powerbook, after I installed the 10.4.3 update, whe
I start VPC (7.0.2) now, I get the popup window saying that it can'
initialize the Macintosh Sound System.
What can I do to fix this?  Any ideas

I'm curious to know how many people were getting as many crahes as I
was when I ran VPC.  When I called the helpdesk for both Apple amd
microsoft they really didnt know how to help.

I have a G4 laptop running OSX tiger and have virtual pc 7.0.2
installed, running windows xp. I've tried to install Music Label 2006
(www.codeaero.com) several times now. The install seems to work without
any problems, but when I trie to start the application, windows

Hi. I am using VPC5 (thru' OS9.2) and Windows XP Home. The host Mac is
connected to the web via the ethernet port, but I can't seem to get
Windows
XP (when the Mac is emulating a PC) to connect to the net. Can anyone

hey im using windows xp on virtual pc and i've set it up to connect to
the internet exactly the same way as it said in help, but it's not
working. the internet is working on my mac, so i dont know why it's not
working on virtual pc.

There is another advanatge of upgrading to OS 10.4.3 (besides VPC7
running more reliably) - you can now repair the hard disk without having
to boot from a startup DVD:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672

I've got XPSP2 running on VPC7 on a PowerBook G4. I've got 7.0.2 installed
as well. XP runs very slowly, even when optimized for performance (all the
fancy effects and graphics removed). It's really annoying. What's more, I
tried installing a Linux OS (Ubuntu) through VPC, and it ...

I am stumped and could use a hand. I have upgraded the Virtual PC instance
that was running perfectly fine on my machine up until yesterday with the
latest 7.0.2 release from MS. Now my instance of XP Pro starts and presents
a dialog box telling me that my version of windows needs ...