April 27, 2005 6:24 AM PDT

Mac OS X 10.3.9: Virtual PC problems

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A handful of readers have reported issues with Virtual PC 7.0 under Mac OS X 10.3.9.

MacFixIt reader Eric writes:

"Since updating my wife's dual 2.5GHz G5 to 10.3.9 she cannot run Virtual PC. We have the latest version, but two weird things happen: starting the start menu kills access to the dock. When we stop the start menu, the dock returns. Also, Virtual PC is not recognizing keyboard input."

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by originalbitman April 27, 2005 9:45 AM PDT: I have no problems running VPC7 after upgrading to OSX 10.3.9; Like this Reply to this comment


by iGreg April 27, 2005 9:45 AM PDT: <class="merchant"><span>></span><div class="datestamp"><i>This is a reply to a previous comment by originalbitman</i></div></class><br />
I always found the VPC Start Menu in the Dock clunky. It frequent locked up
and froze the Dock. I stopped using it long ago, way before OS 10.3.9

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iMac G4, 17", 1GHz, 768 MB RAM
iBook G4, 12", 800 MHz, 640 MB RAM
OS 10.3.7.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Eddy_K April 27, 2005 10:23 AM PDT: no problems with VPC 7 on a PWBK Ti 1 GHz 1 GB nor on a iMac G4 800 MHz
512 kB under 10.3.9; Like this Reply to this comment


by golf25radioman April 27, 2005 10:23 AM PDT: <class="merchant"><span>></span><div class="datestamp"><i>This is a reply to a previous comment by Eddy_K</i></div></class><br />
No problems here either. Running version 7 on a G5 1.8 DP

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G5 Dual 1.8 Ghz/80 GB/2 GB RAM - Adoption date 21 July 2004.
G4 AGP/1.4 Ghz/120 GB internal storage/2 GB RAM - RIP (may rise from the dust <g>)
G4 Wallstreet; Like this Reply to this comment


by theadvocate April 27, 2005 10:23 AM PDT: <class="merchant"><span>>></span><div class="datestamp"><i>This is a reply to a previous comment by golf25radioman</i></div></class><br />
no problems running VPC 7 under 10.4 on a powerbook

the only thing i had to do was reinstall the VPC Additions, and that might need
to be done under 10.3.9 if you are experiencing problems; Like this Reply to this comment


by Airwolf2000 April 27, 2005 10:23 AM PDT: <class="merchant"><span>>></span><div class="datestamp"><i>This is a reply to a previous comment by golf25radioman</i></div></class><br />
No problems on an iMac G4 1ghz. Although I believe it's a slower then when I
was running VPC 7 on 10.3.8. I hope MS gets to work and fixes the Tiger
problems with VPC7; Like this Reply to this comment


by GymW April 28, 2005 8:33 AM PDT: I have the same machine with no problems. Suggestions:
Download and reinstall Combo update
Repair Permissions
Run cron maintenance tasks; Like this Reply to this comment


by juliannascheaffer_dotmac April 29, 2005 6:15 AM PDT: VPC DID work before update to 10.3.9. After the update, I also increased memory to 1.128Gigs, expecting a VPC performance boost... Instead, start-up of the app now takes 8-10 minutes. Things are slow to respond within the program, too.; Like this Reply to this comment


by j05h April 29, 2005 6:15 AM PDT: <class="merchant"><span>></span><div class="datestamp"><i>This is a reply to a previous comment by juliannascheaffer_dotmac</i></div></class><br />
Go into the VPC settings and lower the amount of RAM your Virtual PC is
Using.; Like this Reply to this comment


by bioposters May 11, 2005 9:04 AM PDT: When starting up I get

"invalid boot ini file booting from c:\windows\"

How do I fix this?

Thanks; Like this Reply to this comment

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