I need to be able to use a Virtual PC to access a test network from a
corporate machine.  I know I can dedicate a specific NIC to the VM but can I
make it so the VM can only use that NIC and cannot be changed by the user?

I already installed VPC w/SP1.  I am trying to install a student version of
Fedora Core 2.  Everytime I try to do a graphical installation, I get errors,
and VPC sends me a window wanting me to reboot.  It seems Fedora's really
difficult to install successfully with VPC, though ...

I am having the same problem described in the previous topic:
http://groups.google.com.au/group/microsoft.public.virtualserver/browse_thread/t
hread/117635b1244d001d/3703a4ee7e3f342a%233703a4ee7e3f342a
I have sucessfully set up a Virtual Disk, Virtual Machine and VMRC on
port 5999, ( ...

It says my OS is not supported,but on the beta site, it says it does!
ouch. my brain hurts.

I have installed VPC on a couple computers and in each instance VPC has done
somthing to where I lost functionality of my NIC. To get the NIC to function,
I had to do a system restore. Am I installing VPC incorrectly? Any idea's
please let me know.

I'm running VPC2004 on an XP Sp2 host (fully updated) with XP Sp2 guest
(fully updated). I am using a new hp laptop and have tried installing the
hotfix for centrino 950 chipsets to be told I am missing the required
application, so assume it is not relevant to my install.

Colin,
   Thanks VERY much for that www.distrowatch.com link.
NICE; all the iso's I can handle for nix stuff.
This may be a noob question;but; are there vm additions for nix stuff in

How do I set up file sharing so that I can see large (> 4 GB) OSX files on my
VPC?
I'm trying to process a 4.5 GB OSX file on my Virtual PC [v. 7.0.2], but
(apparently) because of the 4 GB file size limit, this file only appears to

I figured the easiest way to exchange files from the
host to the guest and vice versa is to simply drag
them from, say, an explorer window to a folder/
drive/desktop/whatever on the respective other

I have a Virtual PC running Windows 2003 Server.  The Virtual PC is named
"SCHMIT".  How can I see SCHMIT from my host PC (i.e. to interact with it
just as if my host was a client and the Virtual PC was a server)?
I tried typing "ping schmit" from a command prompt on my host PC ...

Mini newsgroup FAQ for the week of 10/22/2006
HTML version available here: http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx
Table of Contents
1.. Where can I find more information on Virtual PC?

I created a bootable CD using Win98 boot files. Everything looks perfect
until I get a message "Windows 98 has detected that Drive C does not contain
a valid FAT or FAT32 partition".
I had read that it's best to set up VMs on NTFS. My drive is formatted with

I just wanted to be sure that I can use a VMC files created on one computer
on a different computer with completly different hardware?
Thanks...

Colin,
   Downloaded the Sabayon iso; x86 and itll go all the way through
bootup-then freeze. basic settings in vpc; shared nat-its own disc etc.
Any help?

I currently have XP and Vista installed in a dualboot setup. I rarely use XP
anymore, but I soetimes find use for ti. However, it's mostly just for brief
moments at a time. So I thought it might be better if I could boot XP from
Vista so I don't have to reboot my computer ...