herbalist Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Thanks for the links. I'll reload a clean copy of this system and try them. Will post the results shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Only one of the 5.1 links is live. The 5.0 link is dead. 2 of the links to 4.32 work and yield the same file. I used a backup image of my latest 98SE unit (2.4GHZ Pentium 4, 1GB RAM) that hasn't seen VPC. Both the 5.1 and 4.32 installers ran normally. Rebooted. Both trial versions are expired and won't go any farther. I didn't see any error messages or incompatibility warnings. I then repeated the above with 5.1 but installed the latest version of KernelEX first. Nothing changed. I then reloaded the original 98 system with the full version of VPC 5.1 and installed KernelEX on it. VPC seems to be running normally with KernelEX. I can't verify the instability or compatibility issues others are experiencing with VPC. The copy I have also ran properly on my HP with a 366mhz Celeron processor. It was incredibly slow but was quite stable. I do have one more PC I can try it on but it's not yet assembled. It will be a while before I can get to it. I'm beginning to question if some of the available copies of VPC are altered or compromised in some way that makes them unstable so that people lose interest in trying it. Given the prejudice and at times outright hostility some companies have towards 9X systems, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case. I'd be interested to see if the installer of my copy is the same as the ones that people are having trouble with. Mine is 5.1 (build370)MD5 of the installer:77d2bd33a085ad1fe637181450867d29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Well I remember the only version that was stable for me was 4.32The problem with all these versions have probably expired.the copies of Connectix VirtualPC I have are.VPC_432_Trial.exeCRC32: 791500E7MD5: 8D694C31C382DC08430F26B54BEEFAA8SHA-1: E47BCAD14F395AD853F4EEA16B132CEF06F2CA7Avpc_50_trial.exeCRC32: 9E958817MD5: 8C2C74A20F42CCC1D1B9AD8A414B81A2SHA-1: 1D4AD6FE46245F3A75E5100E08E124AAA3382E09VPC_51_Trial.exeCRC32: 7D920770MD5: E91146B8356D29C9E5451F6B26DE15C7SHA-1: 3768C959E8555F6B625A0F0BBFD71CF0987CB461VPC_52_Trial.exeCRC32: E5ECE5FDMD5: 34277BF65BCAFD1C365E1364D7A665E8SHA-1: C26BEE0D22FE915ED998CFD8E5F356727267E732 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 The hashes you posted for 4.32 and 5.1 match the expired trial copies I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I just finished assembling a Compaq with an 866mhz Pentium III and 128mb RAM. I've installed 98SE, updated it with NUSB and SESP2.1.The USB hardware on this PC leaves a lot to be desired (1.0 or 1.1?) so I haven't copied my virtual systems over to it. VPC 5.1 did install normally and seems to be running fine, building a new virtual 2K system. VPC has installed and runs fine on all the hardware I have, except for a Gateway 2000 with a 266mhz Pentium II, which would be quite pointless for anything besides checking compatibility. I find it very hard to believe that there would be this much difference between the trial version and the full version in regards to hardware compatibility or that a company would release a trial version that runs that bad when the full version of the same build works just fine. I'd be more inclined to believe that someone or some company has seeded the web with these altered trial versions so that people will lose interest in the last 9X compatible version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneCrusader Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Bought a copy of Virtual PC 5.0 (Build 350) on eBay the other day. I have installed it on 98SE, but haven't had much time to play with it yet, so I can't yet report on its functionality.In reference to the OP and some of the earlier discussion about 98SE compatibility, here is an excerpt from a document I found online (I dunno, this may have come from one of jaclaz's links, don't recall now) :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Me for Connectix Virtual PC 5.2 for Windows March 2003-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This document provides late breaking information about Connectix Virtual PC 5.2 for Windows.............======================SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS======================Attention: Virtual PC 5.2 for Windows will only run on Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 SP6 platforms. Users intending to run Virtual PC on Windows ME or Windows 98SE will need to use Virtual PC 5.1 for Windows.So if you're trying to use VPC 5, make sure it's 5.0 or 5.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCDEFG Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Hi people! Can some1 tell me where can i download Connectix Virtual PC 5.0 Trial ?I realy need this and i searching like a maniac for this file (VPC_50_Trial.exe) but all links are dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 If, instead of posting blindly, you actually *read* the thread, you'd sure have read post #15... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCDEFG Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Of course I read the entire topic and post 15 but the link for version 5.0 is dead.You can check it if you do not trust me, I think that there is no reason for anger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Sorry! I overreacted.You're right, they're blorked.Go back to post #15 and try again. All links are now fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCDEFG Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Thank you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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