[Ti] VPC on my Powerbook

[Chris Olson]

On Oct 8, 2004, at 10:25 AM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

> Creating a new PC is one way forward, as a blank disk seems to provide 
> the option of booting from the Windows XP install CD.  But then I have 
> to go through that long and agonizing WindowsUpdate process to update 
> all the software, and downloading Acrobat Reader, and all the other 
> programs and utilities that are already on the current C: drive....

Have you recently upgraded Windows XP to SP2?  That would be highly 
suspect, as it would not consider the VPC additions to be "trusted" 
software.

One other note, and I also have considerable experience with VPC, I 
don't ever recommend running Windows in VPC to run Windows.  Only use 
it as an avenue to run Windows programs that won't run on your Mac, and 
for which no native replacement is available.  All the windows updates 
are unnecessary, IMHO.  Your programs will run fine without them.  I 
disable IE on Windows because I can browse the web just fine with 
Safari on the Mac, and there's less chance of infecting my Windows 
install with malware.  I don't even use networking capability in my 
Windows install - it's disabled also.  Applications like Acrobat Reader 
are unnecessary in your VPC Windows install because you can do that 
operation (view a PDF) on your Mac and save the virtual HD space for 
something else.  Windows doesn't have to run that app, or anything else 
that you can do natively on your Mac.

It'll run faster, and you'll have way less problems with it just 
cutting Windows down to the basic of what's needed to run your 
Windows-specific app instead of trying to maintain a fully operational 
Windows install.  If you need a fully operational Windows install, you 
may want to consider switching platforms.
--
Chris