
#Ms virtual pc for mac mac os x
(Go into your Mac OS X 'SYSTEM PREFERENCES' and choose the SHARING control panel. Make sure that the Mac System preferences are set to enable Internet Sharing (in the Sharing pane). In the settings for the specific PC you are configuring (i.e., the PC identified in the Virtual PC List) select "settings" then select "networking" and set to "Enable networking" with the Shared Networking button selected.ģ. In the VPC Preferences, The "Virtual Switch" preference should be set to "default".Ģ. Linden Siahaan VPC Engineer (paraphrased from a newsgroup response)ġ. We knew we didn't have time to qualify this feature which is why it was not made "official" for the general public. Please understand that out Quality Assurance staff was extremely taxed to test Virtual PC on 9.2.2, 10.1.5, and 10.2.1. I'll fix this in a future release (not the 6.0.1 patch). You are, unfortunately, correct that saved states are only restorable by the user that created them. It is a "hidden" feature because it has not been thoroughly tested, and in a future version (not the 6.0.1 bug fix) I hope to make the setting of permissions more automatic. This lets you pick and choose which PCs are shared amongst users. The PCs that appear in a given OS X user's PC List is the aggregate of the PC Documents in the Shared folder and their Documents folder. you may also want to enable Read & Write access for the "Virtual PC List" folder as well. Get Info on the PC document, expand the "Ownership & Permissions" section, and enable Read & Write Access for Owner, Group, and Others. Place your PC Document inside this folder. In your Shared users folder, create a folder called "Virtual PC List" (i.e. VPC 5.0 - you keep documents in the VPC application folder. How do you share a single drive image and saved states with multiple users on one machine? ~/Library/Preferences/Virtual PC 6.0 PreferencesĪnd change its permissions so that Group and Others also have Read & Write.ĭo the same for anything inside (either manually or by clicking "Apply to enclosed items.). Use the Finder to "Show Package Contents" and drag out the original hard drive image file.
#Ms virtual pc for mac upgrade
The VPC 6 upgrade converted the VPC 5 hard drive images to "packages". On my eMac the combination - control+option+apple(command)+shift+delete(backspace) works for Cntl+Alt+Del - Instead of Control -> click on Type Cntl-Alt-Del (This also has worked when the Type Cntl+Alt+Del hasn't) Windows XP A to Z - Performance (use at your own risk) Link to a Windows XP site with many optimizing options: From here you can disable the "Indexing Service". From there, click the "Add/Remove Windows Components". This can be done by going to the "Add or Remove Programs" Control Panel in Windows. Installing Your Own Guest OS in Virtual PC 6 (PDF)ĭisable the Indexing feature.


Virtual PC 6.1 Getting Started Guide (PDF)

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How to Optimize Virtual PC Performance (KB824355) Optimizing Windows XP to run in Virtual PC (PDF) MacWindows - Virtual PC 6 Notes and Reports (link from here to VPC3, VPC4 and VPC5)įile to erase drive with zero's → erasure.zip I reserve the right to be wrong, apologize for any errors found in this web site, but accept no liability from their use.
