Re: getting VPC 7 to launch properly for multiple users of iMac G5
- From: Paul <sp2tech@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:26:46 -0400
Follow the instructions below:
R -
Administrator Account
- Install virtual pc on the administrator account and create the virtual
Machine (Guest operating system)
- When this is finished quit virtual pc and make sure the guest operating
system is
in a "not running" state.
- Navigate to the virtual pc list folder on the Mac. (harddisk->users->user
you are
working with->documents->virtual pc list)
- Locate the virtual machine you have created and drag it to the shared
Folder (hardisk->users->shared)
- Now we need to change permissions on the file itself. Ctrl+Click on the VM
and
select Get Info
- In the window that comes up look for ownership and permissions and click
the
arrow pointing to the right
- This will show you what permissions you have which should be read and
write.
Below that there should be another arrow pointing the right that says
details
- Click the arrow and at the bottom it should say others. Click the drop
down
arrow next to it change it to Read and Write.
- In some cases you may have to change the permissions on the basedrive file
located within the VM
- Changing permissions on this file is the same as changing it for the VM
itself.(To access this file ctrl+click on the VM and show package
contents.(The
file is usually named Disk1 or it may be the name of the operating system)
- Now we need to make an alias (shortcut) for the VM and place in the
virtual pc
list folder.
- To do this ctrl+click on the VM and select make alias.(The keyboard
shortcut for
it is command+L)
- Now that the alias is created drag and drop the alias in the virtual pc
list
folder.
- Completely log out of the administrator account
All other users
Virtual pc will already be installed for all other users after the first
installation on the administrator account so no setup is required.
Virtual pc will be located in the applications folder
To allow all other users to use the same guest operating system as the
administrator account we need to make an alias and place it in the virtual
pc
list
- Log into the next user account
- Navigate to the shared folder (Harddisk->users->shared
- The original VM will be listed there and you will have permissions to
access it
- Make an alias of the original, same as before (Highlight the VM,
Ctrl+Click on it
and select make alias)
- Drag and drop the alias into the virtual pc list (harddisk->users->user
you are
working with->documents->virtual pc list
You will now be able to access the same virtual machine in two separate
users
For more than 2 users just repeat steps for all other users
On 3/30/05 6:34 PM, in article
1112222068.874477.254270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "MSalman"
<msalman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My husband and I just installed VPC 7 on a new iMac and it does not
> launch properly on his user screen. (It was installed on my "side" of
> the computer.) I tried to copy the virtual machine to his documents
> file (inside Virtual PC List file) but something must have gone wrong,
> because now when I try to launch it from the Start Menu in my Dock or
> my husband's, it comes up w/ an error saying "the Windows Item could
> not be opened because the PC configuration could not be found". As the
> message suggested, I placed an alias of the virtual machine in the
> Virtual PC List file in Documents, but it keeps telling me the same
> thing. Should I just reinstall the software? Also, do I need to install
> it on my husband's side of the computer as well to get it to work
> properly? We both want to have access to it. Any advice would be much
> appreciated!
>
> Melissa Salman
>
.
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