Problems with VPC & Leopard?

Paul Power · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.

One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
format. It's not clear whether it's a DVD, CD drive or both that are
causing the problem. Maybe Leopard is not loading the proper emulated
driver. The workaround is to drag the contents of the disk from the
Mac side to the Windows side and execute from the Windows desktop.

The second problem is running newly installed Windows programs. They
may not run ( they do in Panther and Tiger but not in Leopard). The
workaround for that is to run it in Compatibility Mode.

Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
problems listed above?

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fallingsnowlake · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

On Oct 31, 1:45 pm, Paul Power wrote:
> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>
> One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
> installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
> format. It's not clear whether it's a DVD, CD drive or both that are
> causing the problem. Maybe Leopard is not loading the proper emulated
> driver. The workaround is to drag the contents of the disk from the
> Mac side to the Windows side and execute from the Windows desktop.
>
> The second problem is running newly installed Windows programs. They
> may not run ( they do in Panther and Tiger but not in Leopard). The
> workaround for that is to run it in Compatibility Mode.
>
> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
> problems listed above?

I can confirm the first. Will try installing some new progs and report
back on that.

espresso · Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 1

fallingsnowlake@hotmail.com wrote:
>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>>
>[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
>> problems listed above?
>
>I can confirm the first. Will try installing some new progs and report
>back on that.

Same thing with me... VPC can't read any CD, or DVD.
Quickbooks seems to work fine.

Fred Horvat · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 69

My only problem so far is that if I copy my Windows98.vpc7 from my 10.4.10
machine to my 10.5 machine when I start the Virtual machine I get an error
that the file format of the .vhd file is not compatible under Leopard. This
evening I'm going to create a Windows 2000 virtual machine and see what
happens then.

So overall for me I can get VPC7 and the 7.03 patch installed but non of the
virtual machines that I copied to the Leopard machine would launch.

On 10/31/07 8:48 PM, in article
1193878106.323606.72950@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com,
"fallingsnowlake@hotmail.com" wrote:

> On Oct 31, 1:45 pm, Paul Power wrote:
>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>>
>> One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
>> installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
>> format. It's not clear whether it's a DVD, CD drive or both that are
>> causing the problem. Maybe Leopard is not loading the proper emulated
>> driver. The workaround is to drag the contents of the disk from the
>> Mac side to the Windows side and execute from the Windows desktop.
>>
>> The second problem is running newly installed Windows programs. They
>> may not run ( they do in Panther and Tiger but not in Leopard). The
>> workaround for that is to run it in Compatibility Mode.
>>
>> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
>> problems listed above?
>
> I can confirm the first. Will try installing some new progs and report
> back on that.
>

Fred Horvat · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 69

I'm also having the same issue. If I make an ISO of the CD it works but
that's an extra step to have to perform.

On 11/3/07 3:50 AM, in article 7aa687551d9d6@uwe, "espresso"
wrote:

> fallingsnowlake@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>>>
>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>>> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
>>> problems listed above?
>>
>> I can confirm the first. Will try installing some new progs and report
>> back on that.
>
> Same thing with me... VPC can't read any CD, or DVD.
> Quickbooks seems to work fine.
>

PaulFryer · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 1

On Oct 31, 12:45 pm, Paul Power wrote:
> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>
I haven't found any operational problems yet, but do get a second
application opening in the dock when I open VPC. It's called
VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext. It bounces about looking for attention
when VPC starts up, but there is no window and I cannot open it
manually.

Has anyone else seen this, and does anyone have any ideas what it is
and how do I get rid of it? Or is there something I should be doing?

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> One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
> installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
> format. It's not clear whether it's a DVD, CD drive or both that are
> causing the problem. Maybe Leopard is not loading the proper emulated
> driver. The workaround is to drag the contents of the disk from the
> Mac side to the Windows side and execute from the Windows desktop.
>
> The second problem is running newly installed Windows programs. They
> may not run ( they do in Panther and Tiger but not in Leopard). The
> workaround for that is to run it in Compatibility Mode.
>
> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
> problems listed above?

espresso via MacKB.com · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 3

One additional comment:

I did copy over a vhdp file from Tiger to Leopard and it worked with my newly
installed VPC7.

Fred Horvat wrote:
>My only problem so far is that if I copy my Windows98.vpc7 from my 10.4.10
>machine to my 10.5 machine when I start the Virtual machine I get an error
>that the file format of the .vhd file is not compatible under Leopard. This
>evening I'm going to create a Windows 2000 virtual machine and see what
>happens then.
>
>So overall for me I can get VPC7 and the 7.03 patch installed but non of the
>virtual machines that I copied to the Leopard machine would launch.
>
>On 10/31/07 8:48 PM, in article
>1193878106.323606.72950@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com,
>
>>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>>>
>[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>> I can confirm the first. Will try installing some new progs and report
>> back on that.

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espresso via MacKB.com · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 3

Good to know that ISO works because I tried DMG and it has the same problem.
So, anyone knows if this is going to be fixed in the upcoming update?

Fred Horvat wrote:
>I'm also having the same issue. If I make an ISO of the CD it works but
>that's an extra step to have to perform.
>
>On 11/3/07 3:50 AM, in article 7aa687551d9d6@uwe, "espresso"
>wrote:
>
>>>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>>>>
>[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>> Same thing with me... VPC can't read any CD, or DVD.
>> Quickbooks seems to work fine.

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espresso via MacKB.com · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 3

Yes, I got the same thing. I have read other forums reporting this and
there's nothing much we can do about it. It is a little annoying but there's
no apparent issue.

PaulFryer wrote:
>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>
>I haven't found any operational problems yet, but do get a second
>application opening in the dock when I open VPC. It's called
>VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext. It bounces about looking for attention
>when VPC starts up, but there is no window and I cannot open it
>manually.
>
>Has anyone else seen this, and does anyone have any ideas what it is
>and how do I get rid of it? Or is there something I should be doing?
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
>
>> One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
>> installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
>[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
>> problems listed above?

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Paul Power · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 36

On Nov 10, 11:06 pm, "espresso via MacKB.com" wrote:
> Yes, I got the same thing. I have read other forums reporting this and
> there's nothing much we can do about it. It is a little annoying but there's
> no apparent issue.
>
>
>
>
>
> PaulFryer wrote:
> >> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>
> >I haven't found any operational problems yet, but do get a second
> >application opening in the dock when I open VPC. It's called
> >VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext. It bounces about looking for attention
> >when VPC starts up, but there is no window and I cannot open it
> >manually.
>
> >Has anyone else seen this, and does anyone have any ideas what it is
> >and how do I get rid of it? Or is there something I should be doing?
>
> >---------------------------------------------------------
>
> >> One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
> >> installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
> >[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> >> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
> >> problems listed above?
>
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VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext is a script that runs from VPC, not from
Windows. Don't know why it's suddenly showing in Leopard as it is
supposed to run in the background as it does in Panther and Tiger.

Fred Horvat · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 69

VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext shows up for me too under Leopard. I think
I've seen this under Tiger also.

On 11/14/07 7:17 PM, in article
1195085878.819938.297200@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com, "Paul Power"
wrote:

> On Nov 10, 11:06 pm, "espresso via MacKB.com" wrote:
>> Yes, I got the same thing. I have read other forums reporting this and
>> there's nothing much we can do about it. It is a little annoying but there's
>> no apparent issue.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> PaulFryer wrote:
>>>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>>
>>> I haven't found any operational problems yet, but do get a second
>>> application opening in the dock when I open VPC. It's called
>>> VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext. It bounces about looking for attention
>>> when VPC starts up, but there is no window and I cannot open it
>>> manually.
>>
>>> Has anyone else seen this, and does anyone have any ideas what it is
>>> and how do I get rid of it? Or is there something I should be doing?
>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>>> One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
>>>> installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
>>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>>>> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
>>>> problems listed above?
>>
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>
> VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext is a script that runs from VPC, not from
> Windows. Don't know why it's suddenly showing in Leopard as it is
> supposed to run in the background as it does in Panther and Tiger.
>

olly.agbebi · Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

On Nov 15 2007, 4:45 am, Fred Horvat wrote:
> VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext shows up for me too under Leopard. I think
> I've seen this under Tiger also.
>
> On 11/14/07 7:17 PM, in article
> 1195085878.819938.297...@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com, "Paul Power"
>
> wrote:
> > On Nov 10, 11:06 pm, "espresso via MacKB.com" wrote:
> >> Yes, I got the same thing. I have read other forums reporting this and
> >> there's nothing much we can do about it. It is a little annoying but there's
> >> no apparent issue.
>
> >> PaulFryer wrote:
> >>>> I'm putting together a list of problems with VPC running in Leopard.
>
> >>> I haven't found any operational problems yet, but do get a second
> >>> application opening in the dock when I open VPC. It's called
> >>> VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext. It bounces about looking for attention
> >>> when VPC starts up, but there is no window and I cannot open it
> >>> manually.
>
> >>> Has anyone else seen this, and does anyone have any ideas what it is
> >>> and how do I get rid of it? Or is there something I should be doing?
>
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> >>>> One common issue seems to be related to DVD or CD drives. If you are
> >>>> installing software in Windows, VPC does not recognize the file
> >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> >>>> Is anyone else experiencing any problems? Can anyone confirm the two
> >>>> problems listed above?
>
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> > VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext is a script that runs from VPC, not from
> > Windows. Don't know why it's suddenly showing in Leopard as it is
> > supposed to run in the background as it does in Panther and Tiger.

I too am experiencing the disc recognition problem.
However now when booting up I get the message "NTLDR: Fatal Error 2592
reading BOOT.INI "
and the programme won't start. Any ideas how I can fix this?