when i try to copy a 5.5 GB file from a shared folder to local disk (vhd)
after a half the copy fails with I/O device error.
when copying the same file over the network it succeeds.

I am trying to install win98se onto my laptop using virtual pc. The
installation proceeds normally untill all the files have been copied and the
system then does a restart. It then goes back to the beginning and doesn't
restart. The only option is to start the process again!!

if my acrobat reader was open with a document whoen, and i close the virtual
machine to saved state, when i resu,e from saved state the acrobat reader
many times starts to consume high CPU.
what reason can there be to such behavior?

I installed VPC with SP1 on my pc.  My pc has xp pro with sp2, 2 gb ram, and
40 gb hard drive with 15.8 Gb free space after installing VPC and attempting
to install xp.  it is a pentium 4, 2.8 Ghz.
VPC installed fine.  I am trying to install xp pro and it installs all the

Trying to install VPC & SP1, and got a BSOD at the end of the SP1 install.  
After rebooting, I got the prompt that a system crash was found.  I allowed
it to send the dump to MS, but then got another BSOD.  After the second
reboot, it found the dump again, but I did not allow it ...

I'm interested in simulating an "enterprise" n-tier environment on a single
computer using VPC.  I need "clients" (at least two), an "application server"
(running Widnows Server 2003) and a "data server" (another network client
running Win XP with SQL Server installed).

I have 2 Windows 2000 SP4 VM systems that were working just fine. When I
started them up again they work fine, except that Windows update does not
work.  They have been idle for 8 months.
I have tried:

OK, I've found some article that suggest backing up your VMC file, then start
VPC with the following command:
"Virtual PC.exe -registervm filename.vmc"
Also that you are supposed to be able to edit your MAC address by changing

I've got a strange problem... I'm trying to install the DotNet
Framework v1.1 on a Virtual PC 2004+SP1.  The guest OS is
WinNT4.0+SP6a+IE6sp2, the host OS is WinXPSP2
Everything else is loaded under NT4.0.... the VM extensions, all other

HI
i have set up a virtual PC with a dc, fileserver, and a workstaion on it for
testing but i would like to also use and external wireless access point to
test different levels of security and access rights without risking the

Hello, Virtual PC is a great program, the trial is very good and i will go
onto purchase this product, but only if i can over come one or two concerns.  
At the moment for me to access the internet on a Virtual drive i have to turn
my zone alarm Internet security suite off to ...

I run XP home edition and would like to install the trial version of Virtual
PC. Does anyone know if it will work on XP Home?

I am using Virtual PC 2004 image and am trying to perform a test install in
it but the install is going very slow. A normal install in my laptop takes
about 20 minutes but its taking about 3 hours in Virtual PC Image....when I
look into the task manager of the image, it shows CPU ...

Hi, can you help me with this error
The application failed to initialized propely(0xc0000142) click ok to
terminate the application
Thanks

I downloaded Microsoft Virtual PC trail version. I set up Win98 SE as the OS.
However it does not recgonize or capture my usb ports. Am I missing anyting.
Is there a way to fix this problem.