Re: New VPC User - Initial Questions

Press the "clear" key on the keyboard. This should enable the numeric
keypad.


Jason O wrote:
On 6/5/06 22:04, in article 0l3q529rgd2kd5dequ0mck3ong3qn7llei@xxxxxxx,
"Steve Jain" <noreply.-at-.essjae.com@> wrote:

On Sat, 06 May 2006 12:30:02 +0100, Jason O <zeugma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi All

I've just installed VPC 7.02 on 10.4.6 (with no problems despite previous
posts - the readme file actually said *not* to restart during installation),
and I have a few questions after using it for a few days. Sorry if they've
been asked before.

1) I only seem to be able to have the XP window in 2 sizes - full screen or
approx 70%. I cannot re-size the smaller initial starting size. Is this the
default behaviour - just 2 possible sizes?

Make sure you install the VPC Additions, you should be able to
dynamically resize the screen by dragging the corner, or use the
standard Windows method of resolution change to get any of the
standard resolutions.

Thanks Steve, the XP screen res was set lower than my iBook so that's sorted
it.

2) The number pad on my wireless Apple keyboard is not recognised. I have
looked in the keyboard section of PC settings but it doesn't seem to mention
this. Anyone know where I can find out how to sort this?

Most likely you will need to enable num-lock inside Windows.

Does anyone know how I can do this. I've found a few bits of code which
tweak the BIOS but I'm not that confident with anything like that & am
unsure as to how applicable this is to a VPC environment. Anyone know a
simple way of enabling the number pad. I think it's definitelt a nu-lock
issue as the number keys are behaving like arrow keys.

3) Regarding the RAM assigned to VPC. I have 512MB on my iBook so initially
thought to set the PC setting to the maximum possible (as I'm using MS
Access with large amounts of data). Does this mean that only the remainder
is then available for OS X apps I have running at the same time?

That's bad! You really need 512MB for OS X alone for decent
performance. Unless you are working with huge amounts of data that
can't fit into it, you should try and keep Windows set to 256MB.
Increasing memory allocation above that will reduce performance.

I've dropped it back to 256 & noticed an improvement. Thanks.

Regards
-J-

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