virtual PC

[anthq13]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I have a powerbook g4 with mac 10.5 and have virtual pc but it will not let me install windows xp. Can anyone help ? It would be very much appreciated.

thanks

 

[John McGhie]

You do not need Virtual PC to run Windows in OS 10.5.

OS 10.5 will run Windows XP directly, in BootCamp. Or you can install
Parallels for OS 10.5 and run Windows XP side-by-side with OS X.

However, you will need to borrow someone else's Windows XP disk. The
licence key you have for Windows XP will be fine, but the disk itself has
been modified to install in VPC on PowerPC, and will not install natively on
Intel.

Hope this helps

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I have a powerbook g4 with mac 10.5 and have virtual pc but it will not let me
install windows xp. Can anyone help ? It would be very much appreciated.

thanks

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[Michel Bintener]

Hey John,

the OP is still on a PowerPC Mac, so your recommendations won't work. Maybe
reposting the question in microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc would help, but I
don't think Mactopia offers a web interface for that one.

You do not need Virtual PC to run Windows in OS 10.5.

OS 10.5 will run Windows XP directly, in BootCamp. Or you can install
Parallels for OS 10.5 and run Windows XP side-by-side with OS X.

However, you will need to borrow someone else's Windows XP disk. The
licence key you have for Windows XP will be fine, but the disk itself has
been modified to install in VPC on PowerPC, and will not install natively on
Intel.

Hope this helps

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[John McGhie]

Hi Michel:

Thank you!! You're absolutely right! I got confused because he said he's
on 10.5 and I had a brain-fade.

Yes: On the PPC it should go straight in.

I wonder what he means by "It won't let me install Windows XP"?

Could he be putting the wrong disk in first, I wonder? You have to have
Virtual PC running before you can install Windows, don't you?

I did this a month ago: I should remember...

Cheers

Hey John,

the OP is still on a PowerPC Mac, so your recommendations won't work. Maybe
reposting the question in microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc would help, but I
don't think Mactopia offers a web interface for that one.

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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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[CyberTaz]

Without more specifics it's hard to tell, but it could be that he's trying
to install the XP that came with one version of VPC in a *different* VPC
install - as I understand it the packaged XP only installs in the parent VPC
it ships with.

What is happening to not "let me install" *could* be the key... Handcuffing
him to the bedpost, emitting noxious fumes, fending him off with a light
saber, covering its disk slot with a chastity belt...????

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac