Catch 22

Posted: 02-11-2005, 11:11 PM

Tim Howard

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I have VPC 7 and want to add SP1

To add the service pack VPC has to be not running, but the file to update is
an "exe" file which OSX does not recognize. It tries to run it in Windows
media player.

Tim Howard

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Re: Catch 22

Posted: 02-11-2005, 11:36 PM

On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 16:11 -0800, Tim Howard wrote:

> I have VPC 7 and want to add SP1
>
> To add the service pack VPC has to be not running, but the file to update is
> an "exe" file which OSX does not recognize. It tries to run it in Windows
> media player.
>
> Tim Howard
>

If you bought Virtual PC 7 with Windows XP it has SP2, and there isn't a
way to install\go back to just having SP1.

And who says you cannot have Virtual PC running when applying the
update? It's like telling a PC user to turn off their PC and double
click on the EXE. It doesn't make sense.

Just have it somewhere in your Windows desktop and double click it and
it will install the patch without a problem. It might take some time to
install so if I were you before installing, disable any screen savers in
Windows XP as well to lessen the chance of corruption.

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Re: Catch 22

Posted: 02-11-2005, 11:47 PM

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:11:23 -0800, Tim Howard <thoward@shaw.ca>
wrote:

>I have VPC 7 and want to add SP1
>
>To add the service pack VPC has to be not running, but the file to update is
>an "exe" file which OSX does not recognize. It tries to run it in Windows
>media player.
>
>Tim Howard

There is no catch 22.

Windows service packs need to be applied inside of Windows while its
running. The .exe is an executable that runs in Windows.

I think you're confusing the VPC 7.0.1 update with a Windows Service
Pack. If you want to update from VPC 7 to 7.0.1 you must shutdown
Windows, but thats not service pack its an update.

If you're trying to install VPC 2004 SP1, that is for Virtual PC for
Windows, not VPC7 Mac.
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Re: Catch 22

Posted: 02-12-2005, 12:26 AM

Steve;

I am trying to install VPC SP1. Here is the error message from within
Windows: "Virtual PC 2004 was not detected on your system. Please install
VPC 2004 before attempting to install VPC 2004 SP1

??????

Tim

On 2/11/05 4:47 PM, in article vbkq01dld43ji7t2ced1s5anguu25fd6or@4ax.com,
"Steve Jain" <essjae-No@Spam-hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:11:23 -0800, Tim Howard <thoward@shaw.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> I have VPC 7 and want to add SP1
>>
>> To add the service pack VPC has to be not running, but the file to update is
>> an "exe" file which OSX does not recognize. It tries to run it in Windows
>> media player.
>>
>> Tim Howard
>
> There is no catch 22.
>
> Windows service packs need to be applied inside of Windows while its
> running. The .exe is an executable that runs in Windows.
>
> I think you're confusing the VPC 7.0.1 update with a Windows Service
> Pack. If you want to update from VPC 7 to 7.0.1 you must shutdown
> Windows, but thats not service pack its an update.
>
> If you're trying to install VPC 2004 SP1, that is for Virtual PC for
> Windows, not VPC7 Mac.

Steve Jain

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Re: Catch 22

Posted: 02-12-2005, 01:17 AM

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:26:23 -0800, Tim Howard <thoward@shaw.ca>
wrote:

>Steve;
>
>I am trying to install VPC SP1. Here is the error message from within
>Windows: "Virtual PC 2004 was not detected on your system. Please install
>VPC 2004 before attempting to install VPC 2004 SP1
>
>??????
>

VPC 2004 for is for Windows, not the Mac. Unless you have a PC
running Windows 2000 or Windows XP you can't use VPC 2004 or the
service pack for VPC 2004.

Virtual PC 7.0.1 is the most recent Mac version.
The updater for VPC 7.0.0. is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloa...gnosysreq=True

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You assume all risk for your use."

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