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USER_BY_SURNAME message when VPC starts

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 05/05/2006
From: VBScab
Message:

I thought I'd add something back to this forum...

My host PC is set up with My Documents pointing to a network share with a
quota of 300Mb. The problem comes when starting a newly-created VPC, when it
displays a message to do with USER_BY_SURNAME having only 99Mb free disk
space. It's always 99Mb, BTW, no matter how much actual space is free. I
tried it on a colleague's unsullied share and it gave the same figure.
Weird...

Anyway, the solution is to move the VMC to a drive/partition with more
space: I use the same drive where my VHDs are. Then, you need to remove the
VPC from the console and add it back in, but this time electing to add an
existing VMC and browsing to the folder where you moved it.

There: hopefully that'll save someone a few hours of head-scratching. Now,
quite why MS won't let the user decide where the VMCs will be stored is
another question.

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Re: USER_BY_SURNAME message when VPC starts

Sent: 05/05/2006
From: "Peter Forster [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Howdie,

"VBScab" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Check this out:
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/04/13/407796.aspx

--
Peter Forster
MVP Virtual Machine
Austria
System: Vista Build 5365 and Office 2007 TR1

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> There: hopefully that'll save someone a few hours of head-scratching. Now,
> quite why MS won't let the user decide where the VMCs will be stored is
> another question.

Re: USER_BY_SURNAME message when VPC starts

Sent: 05/08/2006
From: VBScab
Message:

I guess the menu for VPC is SO crowded with options, there was nowhere to add
any way to do this from the UI.

And ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE?!?!? Remind me what year this is? 1985? 86? Geez...

"Peter Forster [MVP]" wrote:

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> Howdie,
>
> "VBScab" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> > There: hopefully that'll save someone a few hours of head-scratching. Now,
> > quite why MS won't let the user decide where the VMCs will be stored is
> > another question.
>
> Check this out:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/04/13/407796.aspx
>
> --
> Peter Forster
> MVP Virtual Machine
> Austria
> System: Vista Build 5365 and Office 2007 TR1
>

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