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Installing bundled XP Home from Virtual PC 5 on a non-virtual PC

Source: microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc
Sent: 12/10/2007
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

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.

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Re: Installing bundled XP Home from Virtual PC 5 on a non-virtual PC

Sent: 12/11/2007
From: Michael Vilain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article
<(email address - cut out)>,
(email address - cut out) wrote:

Unfortunately, the disk image for VPC isn't a valid XP boot disk for a
PC AFAIK. If you need to recover your system, you're out of luck. It's
also an OEM version of XP which comes with a "for use with VPC only"
caveat when you bought it. If you want to run XP, buy a commercial copy
(or continue running DOS).

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> 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.

Re: Installing bundled XP Home from Virtual PC 5 on a non-virtual PC

Sent: 12/11/2007
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:58:36 +1300, Helpful Harry
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

It is possible, but it does break the license agreement and MS doesn't
like that. They generally send you a nice email asking you to remove
said procedure. ;-)

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

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>In article
><(email address - cut out)>,
>(email address - cut out) wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>It's not possible, and even if it was it breaks the agreement you
>"signed" when opening the Virtual PC packaging.

Re: Installing bundled XP Home from Virtual PC 5 on a non-virtual PC

Sent: 12/12/2007
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

On Dec 12, 8:56 am, Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Thanks for the replies. I have to say, that having given the license
agreement that came with my Connectix Virtual PC for Mac a thorough
going over, there is absolutely nothing on the documentation that
states that I cannot use the Windows XP outwith Virtual PC. It states
that I can only run it on one PC at a time and I can only make one
backup copy. All of this I am quite happy to abide by. The
restrictions you have spoken about may have been more graphically
spelt out on the Microsoft owned versions 6 and 7, but believe me they
aren't there on Version 5! If the software is in fact restricted in
this way, then it certainly hasn't been made clear that this is the
case.

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> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:58:36 +1300, Helpful Harry
>
>
>
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >In article
> ><(email address - cut out)>,
> >(email address - cut out) wrote:
>
> >> 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.
>
> >It's not possible, and even if it was it breaks the agreement you
> >"signed" when opening the Virtual PC packaging.
>
> It is possible, but it does break the license agreement and MS doesn't
> like that. They generally send you a nice email asking you to remove
> said procedure. ;-)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVPhttp://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.

Re: Installing bundled XP Home from Virtual PC 5 on a non-virtual PC

Sent: 12/12/2007
From: Helpful Harry <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article
<(email address - cut out)>,
(email address - cut out) wrote:

It's not possible, and even if it was it breaks the agreement you
"signed" when opening the Virtual PC packaging.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

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Re: Installing bundled XP Home from Virtual PC 5 on a non-virtual PC

Sent: 12/12/2007
From: Paul Power <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Dec 12, 8:25 am, (email address - cut out) wrote:

If you believe that you are entitled to use the Windows XP that
bundled with Virtual PC 5, the ONLY accurate advice that anyone can
give you is to contact the manufacturer of Virtual PC 5, who would be
the Original Equipment Manufacturer of record, since that version of
Windows is, indeed, an OEM version and is the property and
responsibility of the software company that bundled the package
together. Unfortunately, Connectix is no longer in business and
Microsoft assumed NO responsibility for the VPC product until VPC 6.1

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> On Dec 12, 8:56 am, Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:58:36 +1300, Helpful Harry
>
> > <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> > >In article
> > ><(email address - cut out)>,
> > >(email address - cut out) wrote:
>
> > >> 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.
>
> > >It's not possible, and even if it was it breaks the agreement you
> > >"signed" when opening the Virtual PC packaging.
>
> > It is possible, but it does break the license agreement and MS doesn't
> > like that. They generally send you a nice email asking you to remove
> > said procedure. ;-)
>
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVPhttp://vpc.essjae.com/
> > I do not work for Microsoft.
>
> Thanks for the replies. I have to say, that having given the license
> agreement that came with my Connectix Virtual PC for Mac a thorough
> going over, there is absolutely nothing on the documentation that
> states that I cannot use the Windows XP outwith Virtual PC. It states
> that I can only run it on one PC at a time and I can only make one
> backup copy. All of this I am quite happy to abide by. The
> restrictions you have spoken about may have been more graphically
> spelt out on the Microsoft owned versions 6 and 7, but believe me they
> aren't there on Version 5! If the software is in fact restricted in
> this way, then it certainly hasn't been made clear that this is the
> case.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Re: Installing bundled XP Home from Virtual PC 5 on a non-virtual PC

Sent: 12/13/2007
From: Mac G <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article
<(email address - cut out)>,
(email address - cut out) wrote:

You may have to do what I heard is the solution to your problem in
Tiawan.
There they can't buy a new legal copy of the Windows installer, but they
take their PC to a local dealer who installs it for them.

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> I am not "whining" I am simply highlighting the very
> inadequate service offered by Microsoft in this part of the world! Is
> it any wonder that the vast majority of PCs are sold without licensed
> software in this part of the world? I accept the legal restrictions
> and will in all probability make the effort to obtain another licensed
> copy of Windows XP.

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