I have a strange problem with Virtual PC 2004. Everytime I install a
new virtual PC I cant get the mouse out of the window. Documentation
only talks about a HOST key. I dont knwo which key this should be, I
tried a lot of different combinations. The only solution I found is to

Host OS - xp
VPC OS - w95
Problem: Extracted a spanned set of floppies using pkunzip from a ms-dos
prompt in 95, when i need to insert disk 1, it keeps coming up as if i still

I have Win95 (guest OS) installed in Virtual PC.
My host operating system is XP Pro.
If from within XP Pro, I simply copy the .vhd files to an external
hard-drive ,

I note VPC support for linux...  What about unix?  Specifically Solaris 10.
Thanks
Juss

I work for a small med equip supply co that has to use a legacy DOS program
on a pc running Win98, (DMEVI - any experiance running this under V-PC would
be great).
However we need to upgrade the pc to WinXP to run a new billing program, but

I can't seem to find the version # associated with SP1. Can anyone tell me? I
have 5.3.582.27. Is this SP1?

I need to install Win Server 2003 SP1 (x86), and the only way I can get it
is from msdn, as an iso.
When I try to install it onto my VM (of type "Windows Server 2003",
configured basically via default params), I keep getting the "Reboot and

I've noticed that Virtual PC doesn't handle EGA/VGA resolutions very
well.  It letterboxes 640x400 to 640x480.  Is there any way to change
this behavior?  I am sure that my video hardware supports 640x400 and I
actually got VPC to use it by manually changing my screen resolution to

I have installed windows xp professional with sp2 in virtual pc 2004 with
sp1. It run fast but when I resize a window or open a context menu in full
screen mode, the screen blinks. Why? I have installer virtual pc in separate
hard disk and uses 640 mb of ram

I've got an extra server that I'd like to create a test domain on and I
thought I could install Virtual PC on it to create a Domain Controller, a
Member Server and a few workstations (given enough ram).
It seems like Virtual PC will do this nicely but I'm wondering if Virtal

I have the original DOS install disk but I don't have a PC with a floppy
drive that virtual PC can be installed on.
How do I make a floppy image? Can I just copy the contents of the files onto
a CD or do I need image software? If I need image software can you please

Could someone describe the ways to get files from VPC DOS55 to the WINXPro
host, and the other way.  What would the command line(s) look like?  We also
need to be able to do this with a batch file.
Jim

After 20 hours, much trial and error, finally got Windows 95 installed on
Virtual PC.
My host PC is XP Pro.
Had problems with internet explorer, internet connection, access to the

I have successfully installed my OS with help from here. Next I want to
install various software that is required for my application to execute. Once
this is completed I want to create a 'image' of this VM which I want to
duplicate for each version of the software. For example ...

Everything works great on my VPC (w/ SP1) running guest OS Win XP Pro/SP2
except the sound. Its running on an ASUS z70Va laptop. The sound comes out
all crackly and disconnected like its running off of a vinyl record.
Needless to say extremly annoying, plus it makes it all but ...