I just created this VM in VPC, installed VM Additions, but when I select shared folders in the settings panel, it says shared folders are not installed - what gives?


And I just installed Mission 9 in this VM, but when I click on something in the VM, there is a short pause of about 3 - 5 seconds before I get any action. Why is this?

In the host (this is on my M1530) I have reinstalled XP from that brown Dell XP disc that I have up in my office. Yes, the M1530 is a Dell, and when I click on anything in the host I get the same short delay as I get in this VPC VM. I checked the host's HDD, it's only 18 GB used space, but 300 GB capacity - what gives?

I installed XP from that Dell disc about a month or so ago.

I've never used shared folders so I can't answer your first question.
If Mission 9 plays off of a CD, you have to wait for the CD to spin up.

What is the processor speed of your M1530? Keep in mind that Virtual PC can only use one of your processors, so you don't get any benefit from having dual processors in the laptop. If it tries to use both processors, it will probably run slower, so make sure to set affinity for Virtual PC to a single processor. Also remember that virtualization requires a lot of processing power itself, so depending on the game you're playing inside the VM you may see some delay.

There are a couple of possibilities.

a.) Was the VM active when you tried to share a host folder? It must be running before those functions are available.

b.) Check the content of your VM's autoexec.bat & config.sys (in the root directory of your virtual machine).

The content of autoexec.bat must contain the following lines (sysini.exe must be the first line, the others will appear near the end). The location of your files will not be the same as those listed below, I moved mine to C:\Windows\VMADD - just make sure there is some reference to them in the file.



The config.sys file must contain the following line -