I've VPC running on a W2K (sp4) host with a WXP Pro (sp1) guest and working
very well.  However, after installing vpc sp1 and updating the vpc additions
on the guest, the performance of the guest has suddenly become very eratic.  
It will work fine for 4 or 5 minutes, then ...

I'm trying to make a network boot disk for my VPC.  I've downloaded the
driver and modified all the appropriate files to match how the disk does a
network boot for every other machine at the company, however I cannot get the
VPC on the network.  I get stack errors or Tiny RFC ...

I cannot find any info on this and I'm in a bind on my other PC.  I have a
Virtual PC running and the mouse is currently in that window.  I cannot get
the mouse out of the window and I don't remember what the keys are to move
control of mouse back to Host window.  Help!!!

I have VPC 7 using XP-Pro on a new Powerbook G4.  On a PC when you
want to select multiple fields in a pull down menu, you use the
control key while you select your choices.  That key does not work in
VPC with XP-Pro.  Do you know any work arounds or if Microsoft has any

I tried compacting a Windows ME disk (precompactor followed by compact
wizard) with the following results:
Used space inside of operating system:   1.86G
Size of VHD file before compaction:      3.17G

Win98SE from MSDN fails to install under VPC SP1.  The
install process runs, but when it goes to load Win98SE it
continually reboots on the first run.

Looking to use a security key that is attached to LPT1. Is there a limit as
to the number of guest operating systems that can access this device? I know
with VMware the limit is 2 but was wondering if that limit is also in MSVM?

New to this and thought I'd pass an hour or 3 creating a vanilla XP
virtual box on my normal workstation (PIII 450, 512MB RAM, XPSP2).
The installation process has taken at least 5 hours so far and I
haven't got to the login prompt.  Virtual PC (no additions installed

Hi fellows,
 I have installed Windows 2003 as a guest OS in a Virtual PC. The host OS
is a Windows XP Home Edition. Whenever I try to connect to the Internet
(through my ISP) using the guest OS, my modem seems to work fine until the

I'm having a very strange problem on my new laptop (HP nx9110). VPC works
just fine, I can install and use guest OS'es, no problems there. But when I'm
running VPC in windowed mode (not full screen), and I move another window
(e.g. Windows Explorer or another application) over ...

How do I completely un install VPC from my MAC osX system?

After installing the Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack I get the following error:
"i8253 count too high! resetting.."
What happened?
Details: RHEL3 in VPC2KSP1 on WinXPro.

i have tried to install old NT, but i have some error during installation..
i have got an Athlon 3000+ with 1 Gigabyte RAM
NT 3.1 advanced server: during installation a blue death screen tells me
that kernel debugger is using COM2 but on my PC there is only COM1.... i have

somebody help... i am trying 2 run QBasic 4.5 in dos in virtual pc... i have
installed dos but need help installing qbasic...

Although i installed the VM Additions for DOS i always get
the news : No CD-Rom available, when i try to start an old
dos game.Nevertheless i can see the files of the cdrom
when i put D: and dir