Before you read any further, I want to make it clear that I do not want to try to do something illegal here. In fact it is quite the contrary, since I live in a country where it is difficult to find any legitimate software. I simply want to be able to use software, which I purchased a license for, which to be honest was a rather disappointing experience, when using it on my Macs - even the final version 7!
I wondered if anyone could help me to use my bundled XP Home that came
with Virtual PC 5 on a PC I bought. (I had just bought both a Mac Mini
and a G4 Power Book, a few months before the "Intel revolution" and
don't feel I need to change either at the moment, so the clearance PC
seemed like a good idea at the time!) It didn't come with any software
other than DOS, so I thought I could use my Virtual PC Windows XP on
it somehow and an article on : http://lists.apple.com/archives/Fed-talk/2006/Jul/msg00050.html
appeared to offer a way of doing this. However, there are some
differences between my situation and the one described. The Windows XP
I have on the installation CD is not SP2. Also I received two, not
three installation disks: one marked "Disk 1 Installation Disk" and
the other: "Disk 2 Extra System Files". I thought that the second disk
may correspond to the 3rd disk in Virtual PC 7, but I can't be sure.
Both disks when opened on my Mac desktop show a folder marked "I386"
and not "i386". I am not sure if these are the same as the folder that
is described on the webpage or not.
The fact that the software isn't SP2 would probably affect the "-
ENU.exe" file I should use. Is there one that is specific for Windows
XP prior to SP2?
I am sorry for bothering you on this issue, which is probably a very
old chestnut. It is just that I live in Laos and experts are pretty
thin on the ground out here. I hope that someone can find a little
time to give me some advice.
Regards,
therevd.
I wondered if anyone could help me to use my bundled XP Home that came
with Virtual PC 5 on a PC I bought. (I had just bought both a Mac Mini
and a G4 Power Book, a few months before the "Intel revolution" and
don't feel I need to change either at the moment, so the clearance PC
seemed like a good idea at the time!) It didn't come with any software
other than DOS, so I thought I could use my Virtual PC Windows XP on
it somehow and an article on : http://lists.apple.com/archives/Fed-talk/2006/Jul/msg00050.html
appeared to offer a way of doing this. However, there are some
differences between my situation and the one described. The Windows XP
I have on the installation CD is not SP2. Also I received two, not
three installation disks: one marked "Disk 1 Installation Disk" and
the other: "Disk 2 Extra System Files". I thought that the second disk
may correspond to the 3rd disk in Virtual PC 7, but I can't be sure.
Both disks when opened on my Mac desktop show a folder marked "I386"
and not "i386". I am not sure if these are the same as the folder that
is described on the webpage or not.
The fact that the software isn't SP2 would probably affect the "-
ENU.exe" file I should use. Is there one that is specific for Windows
XP prior to SP2?
I am sorry for bothering you on this issue, which is probably a very
old chestnut. It is just that I live in Laos and experts are pretty
thin on the ground out here. I hope that someone can find a little
time to give me some advice.
Regards,
therevd.