Why I want this? Because if I accidently click on the border of a VPC
window (not in full screen mode), it resizes the desktop resolution of
the guest OS. And if that gues OS is Windows Server 2000, it craps into
a blank screen and reboots!!!

I don't think I need this feature. My daily using of VPC requires
switching between guest and host frequently. If I mistakenly clicks on
the border of VPC main window, it automatically adjusts desktop
resolution of guest OS, which is very annoying to me.

Is it possible to get the VPC to use widescreen modes when running
full screen?
I have a Dell Inspiron which has a widescreen display and am limited
to 1600x1200, it would be nice to run at the full native 1920x1200 if

i'm having problems installing FC3 in VPC SP1 with a WIN XP SP2 host. the
installation stalls before anything is done and ends with a message saying
install exited abnormally and to reboot. i've tried both the graphical and
text install options, both ending in the same message. i ...

I have a guest OS (Windows XP Pro) that I am attempting to register into our
production domain. I am attempting to use NAT on this in order to access the
internal network, but it is not receiving an address from the VPC DHCP. Is
it because this OS is in a domain?

When creating a new vm, I am asked if i want to create a new vhd or use an
existing one.
Can i use the same hard disk for different virtual machines or i should
create a specific vhd for each VM?

I have Virtual PC, German Version, installed on Windows XPSP2, English. Doing
this
to Localize some courseware for our German Students. I download the German
version of SP1 for VPC, installed it, and menu bars have returned to english!!

Hi all,
Been struggling with this for most of today and finally managed to get an
Virtual PC internal network running 2 Windows 2003 member servers and an XP
pro system (domain member) all using the loopback adaptor (10.0.0.0/24, no

I develop add-on products for Microsoft CRM, and Virtual something seems like
the way to go, and I’ve read the excellent FAQ at
http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
and I think I know how I want to proceed, but I’d love some validation from

Is it possible to do not synchronize guest to hosst clock?

Why does my Win XP Pro sp2 guest require the OS to reboot whenever I change
the IP address? It sp2 or VPC that is causing this?

Yes, I have read the help files.  Several times.
I have a Thinkpad T42p which runs Windows XP.  It has two network adaptors,
one for wired connections and one for wireless.  The computer switches
between the two seamlessly.  If I unplug the ethernet cable then a few

I have been working on VPC for awhile and think this product is really great.
At this moment I am working on a project where it would be better to develop
in a VPC Environment. Here is the detail:
I have 2 computers (let say computer A and B) within a LAN. Both of them are

I have this problem:
- Virtual PC SP1 on a Compaq Laptop
- Installed the OS/2 extensions for VPC as well
- Installed OS/2 Warp 4 in VPC

I've seen this issue come up a couple of times in the newsgroup; I'd like to
try my hand at writing a utility that would let you do just that -- a la
Powerquest Drive Image Pro or Norton Ghost 9.0 -- to mount a .vhd file onto
the host.