Mini newsgroup FAQ for the week of 4/9/2006
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1.. Where can I find more information on Virtual PC?

I run VPC on my Windows XP Pro SP2 machine on a HP/Compaq nc6230 laptop with
a couple of base images. When I run Windows Disk Defragmenter it does not
defragment one of the VHD files. There are two on the hard drive so the other
VHD file is apparently defragmenting properly.

WHEN I OPEN THE CMD.EXE IN THE WIN2000 GUEST IN VPC (HOST IS WIN XP SERVICE
PACK 1), AND TRY TO SET UP THE COMMAND PROMPT WINDOW, I CAN ONLY SEE ONE
FONT: RASTER FONT.
THEN I CHECK MY HOST FONTS IN COMMAND WINDOW, IT IS ONLY RASTER FONT. I HAVE

I have a Windows XP system in which I created a VPC with WIN 2K3 server.  I
have unchecked Virtual Machine Network Services on one of the two NIC cards
that I have in the host pc.  The second NIC card with the VMN services
checked has a static ip address.  I assigned Shared ...

Okay, I'm cheep. I want to buy a Mac mini and use it for work -- where
it's Windows only -- with Bootcamp. (The big custom app at work needs
more speed than VPC.) But I have a full copy of XP on my VPC disks!
Since, if I get this working, VPC is out the window, can I install XP

I just found that VPC can't run on my computer but it already installed
how do I Uninstall Virtual PC

I'm running VPC 7.0.2, on a G4 Mac, with Windows 2000.
I've been trying with great non-success to play Spades on MSN's Gaming
Zone.
In short, the downloaded software does not seem to install properly. No

is it possible to make a remote connection using Terminal Service to a
Virtual Machine ?

Today I have loaded two images -XP ProSP2 and Win2003 Server. Both images
are in  their own workgroup but the NIC is using the NIC of the Host machine.
The Host machine is hooked up on my internal network. If I install Exch 2003
and promote the virtual server to a Domain ...

We installed VPC 2004 SP1 on an HP Proliant (DL350 or 360, I think) with
2 2GHz Xeon CPUs (again, I think).  Host OS is Windows 2000 Server SP4.
The machine has 4GB of memory, and a 70+ GB SCSI hard drive.
We are finding that Windows 2000 Server (again, SP4) running on the

Can anyone please tell me when there will be better support for graphics in
Virtual PC?  I really can't understand why this hasn't been added yet, as the
WinFX framework has been available for some time, and I am certain that there
are a lot of people who are developing on that ...

I was running my laptop host OS with its desktop extended onto a secondary
display (connected to a video projector) and I moved the VPC console onto
the secondary display.  I shutdown VPC, finished my presentation, went back
to my office and rebooted my laptop as I normally use ...

I have Virtual PC 2004 SP1 installed on Windows XP Pro SP2.
I have two virtual machines, one Windows XP Pro, the other Windows
Server 2003 SP1.
Both virtual machines have the virtual machine additions installed, and

Q. What does the announcement about Intel-based Macs mean for Virtual
PC for Mac?
A. Virtual PC for Mac Version 7 is still the best emulation solution
for users who have PowerPC-based Macs, but it does not run on

First I am new to this.  I need to test out some upgrades and new installs
for a server but do not want to try this on a server environment.
So... with that said, I loaded Virtual PC and added in Server 2003 Standard.
Everything seems to work fine except for the internet ...