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title: "VPC SP1 problems - and one bad solution"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/9/13/vpc-sp1-problems-and-one-bad-solution.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/9/13/vpc-sp1-problems-and-one-bad-solution.html"
published: "2004-09-13T02:43:00"
updated: "2004-09-13T02:43:00"
tags: []
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "if you've encountered this: \"I upgrade my install of Virtual PC to Service Pack 1 and now all of my Virtual Machines momentarily hang at times. It is like the machine will freeze for a few seconds. Has anyone else seen…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# VPC SP1 problems - and one bad solution

By Roy Osherove September 13, 2004

**Historical article** · Originally published September 13, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

if you've encountered this:

"I upgrade my install of Virtual PC to Service Pack 1 and now all of my Virtual Machines momentarily hang at times.  It is like the machine will freeze for a few seconds.  Has anyone else seen this behavior?"

You're not the first. This is starting to appear in many places. Looks like it maybe a real bug with SP1 for VPC. the best advice I can give right now is to uninstall the SP and wait for them to release a better one. Her'es to hoping!


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