Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / November 2005

I've noticed VPC freezing on a regular basis.  I believe it happens
most regularly when I'm logged in via VPN to a client, but I don't
think that is the only time.  Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks!

It seems I should have installed VPC version 7 on my computer BEFORE I
upgarded to Tiger, but now i do not know what to do.
What is happening is that I just recently upgraded to Tiger, and did
the apple software update, so I am running OSX version 10.4.2. When I

I can't wait to apply this to my Powerbook running VPC 7.0.2
Apple Computer on Monday released a minor upgrade to its Mac OS X 10.4
Tiger operating system, which debuted in April. The new version, 10.4.3,
adds a number of updates and bug fixes as well as a few new features.

I have Panther on a powerbook G4, and VPC7 with XP Professional
installed.
It worked fine through the airport for internet access for several
months,

i installed windows xp on virtual pc 7.02.  i cant activate it over the
internet (had to call to activate) and i cant download updates, but i
do have internet connectivity.  i can access many websites.  anyone
know what to do to fix this problem?

I have found two conflicting ideas of how to set up Eraser to zero the
drive. One particular post shows the following as the setup for
Eraser:-
Click On-Demand, click Edit, point to Preferences, and then click

I've been able to put OSX file shortcut on my WinXP desktop (in the Virtual
machine), but can't seem to find the "My Documents" file to make a similar
shortcut for my Tiger desktop.  This makes it difficult to "share files"
between the two desktops on the same computer.  Any ...

I have just seen your adds for the new night vision scope XVF-02.
Do you have any images 'through the lens'?
I am really interested in seeing how this device compares to my Gen 1 night
scope.

I still haven't had a crash while running VPC7 after upgrading to Tiger
10.4.3. If users are still experiencing crashes then it could be a RAM
or hard disk fault.
While waiting for the Tiger fix I did some more research on alternatives

Is it possible to use an image built with VPC windows on VPC MAc?

I've recently converted from a 5-year old Dell PC machine to a iMac G5,
and wanted to keep running some of my currently unsupported-in-mac
programs.  I purchased VPC 7 intending to use the installation disk of
windows millennium that came with my Dell PC.

If I am using "Shared Networking" with VPC7/XP and only connect
securely (through Quicken) to sites to download transactions  - Am I
vulnerable to spyware and/or viruses? No email, no web browsing and no
downloading apps - simply using Quicken.

When I plug in a card reader to my PowerBook's USB port (running VPC), I get
a popup message that says I need a USB 2.0 bus to be able to read it at the
correct speed.  Then when I close that window, the card reader doesn't show
up in My Computer.  Any idea why, or how to "find" it? ...

I have 2 antivirus programs running!  One on the Mac Tiger OS, Norton
Antivirus, and the other running on my VPC Windows XP Pro McAfee , do I need
to have two virus programs when running windows or can I just use the one
installed on my Mac and it will protect my Windows XP platform ...

I am using Mac OS X 10.4 with Virtual PC Versio 7.0.2
I had upgraded from Virtual PC Version 6 running Windows 2000.
When I start up VPC 7, I get the error message "Virtual Switch Networking
could not be started.... Code A1004".