Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / January 2007

I have Virtual PC 7 with Windows XP Proffesional on a PowerBook G4.
Will Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate function under Virtual PC
7?

I'm being prompted that the serial number for one copy of VPC is in use
by another machine on the network.
We have 10 unique licenses and I've tracked where they all are. There
are no rogue copies out there (I checked).

I've installed VPC 7.0.2 with WinXP on a Mac OSX G5 (10.4.8, Dual
2.3GHz, 1GB DDR2 SDRAMPPC) and am trying to activate WinXP online.  I
get an error saying that online registration is not available at this
time.  I've enabled Shared Networking to use NAT to share the Mac's

I have made the switch from VPC to Parallels and would like to find a
forum to ask questions about Parallels and Windows. (My first question
concerns the fact that I don't own Windows yet--separate from VPC--and
am trying to decide whether I should buy XP (or 2000) now or wait ...

Just installed VPC 7.0.2 on G4 powerbook.  I had trouble with the
networking after the first installation, so I reinstalled it again.
Networking is fine.
However, now when I run the main windows application, I get a couple of

Howdy:
I am running 10.4 on a G4 laptop with a new copy of VP7.0.2.
It is networked to a PC desktop and laptop.
The PC desktop and laptop mount onto the G4 just fine.

I want to burn a CD for a backup usng Nero but cannot get Virtual PC to
capture a blank CD. How to I get around this?
RayR

If anyone has been here, I'd appreciate any advice:
My screen reads:
AMIBIOS(C)2001 American Megatrends, Inc.
BIOS Date: 08/14/03 19:41:02  Ver: 08.00.02

The useful bit for Virtual PC users is in the last bullet point.
   Parallels Desktop for Mac Update RC released        
   --------------------------------------------
   Parallels announced that its Update Release Candidate (RC)

I have VirtualPC 7.0.2. - upgraded last year from version 6.
I noticed in my computer's Documents folder a folder called Virtual PC
List. In there, there are two nearly identical files called "Windows XP
Professional" - both very large (6 GB and 3 GB).

Is it possible to upgrade Windows from within Virtual PC?
I just purchased VPC 7, expecting to load XP, forgetting that my XP
disc is the upgrade disc rather than the full-install.  Of course I
have Win-ME - can I use that and then upgrade my Mac to XP?  If so, how

My machine: ibook/g4/1ghz/768mb/30hd
When I put a 2.0 usb in it states that it's in a 1.1 usb hub and tells me
that it need an upgrade. Both usb's on my ibook allow 1.1 and 2.0 usb. I'm
not sure haw I would upgrade it ether.

from wat i have been reading it seems that from the old 6.1 that it
still didnt alow 3D grahpics , but only 2D , and as i am hoping that
they have fixed this problem in the 7 version, is this true or am i
dreaming :P

I'm running Virtual PC 7 with Windows XP so I can use the BlackBerry
Desktop Manager software for my BlackBerry 8100. I can't get the
BlackBerry software to work (i.e. connect), because XP does not
"Detect" the USB connection that I'm using to link the phone to the

Had to trash a corrupted VPC 7.0.1 disk image (with Win XP Pro as OS
after it was recently "updated" by McAfee) and was able to restore the
entire image from a back-up. The restored disk works perfectly, but can
only be accessed from the File-Open command as it does not appear in