Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / January 2006

I get an error message when trying to install activesync 3.7.  The message
states that the intallation program is trying to communicate with a web
program and adjust the settings and restart the application.  I have tried
multiple permutations on the settings section in internet ...

I left windows running on my new I MAC G5 and when I returned to
computer there was a black screen with the following blinking;  invalid
Boot.INI file  Booting from C:\windows\.  It just keeps blinking and I
do not know what to do.  Thanks for any help!!

I have VPC on an iMac G5 with Windows XP Professional.  Being new to a Mac,
to the concept of VPC, and even to XP (!) I am not sure if I am doing the
right thing now when I start up and shut down.  VPC is in my dock
permanently, as is the Windows Start Menu.  Whenever I want to ...

what is the keyboard shortcut for pausing a VM in Virtual PC 7 (Mac)?
I thought I remembered it was Apple-Escape but that doesn't seem to
work (any more).
The menu lists the Apple key plus a weird button as the keyboard

ok... so i'm a little behind the times, but i just now upgraded my XP
Pro from VPC6 to VPC7, i'm a college student 500 miles from the
original disk and I really need a way to get around this problem...
i've tried resetting the machine through the PC menu when it gets to

We maintain a Virtual PC 6 hard drive document which is approx 7.6gb in size
(MAC Get Info). Within Windows XP Pro (Local Disk C properties), the stats
reflect that the hard drive is 8.48gb with only 788mb remaining.
(1) How does one find out what size was specified when a VPC ...

How can I COMPACT my Drive in my Virtual PC so the file size of the
VirtualPC on the Mac gets smaller.
I have noticed that it is important that at the END of the drive, there
should be nothing.

Is VP6.1.1 only good to run on Panther (Mac OS 10.3.9)?
I have been wanting to install Tiger. MacTopia shows that for Tiger VP7
is required.
I would rather wait until MicroSoft comes out with Office for Mac 2006,

My VPC (ver 7.02) base drive image is 5.52gb and I want to make backup
copies. The VPC is shut down.
I can create a successful copy of my VPC from the Virtual PC List folder on
the internal Powerbook hard drive but every time I try copy it to an

I'm new to Virtual PC for Mac and have noticed a huge difference
between running Windows 2000 vs. Windows XP in it.  Windows XP runs a
lot slower, almost to the point of uselessness.  I have the memory for
both allocated up to 512MB.  Does XP just not work as well or is there

I have loaded VPC 7 and i want to install XP from am original install
disk. VPC seems to be loaded and working, but it doesn't recognize the
XP disk and won't load the system. What do I do to get a system loaded?

10.4.2, G4 Powerbook, VPC 7.2
My VPC Doc is now 14.98 GB!!! have tried zeroing free space after
defraging and using Eraser.  result is same.
Any ideas??

Very very funny when I try to install the software for my new Creative Muvo
Slim MP3 which connect using USB.
On Windows XP Pro SP1 give me an error and I cannot use the Wizard to
install the software.

Everytime I start itunes when running VPC 7, the computer crashes,
forcing a hard boot.

Using VPC running XP Pro, but receiving a warning message in the taskbar
stating "Low Disk Space" (message also states you are running out of disk
space on local disk c:, to free space...). The MAC has 8.5gb available
(equal to total size of hard drive as indicated under Windows ...