Thanks for your reply. I found a solution in an aside on some science blog:
Navigate to the disc via Windows Explorer
Open the folder QBBooks
double-click on the setup.exe within the QBBooks folder.
Install seemed to work just fine from there.
No idea where else to post this, so help, please, if you can.
I have Virtual PC 7.0.2 with Windows XP running on a PowerBook G4 (OS 10.4.3) with 1GB of RAM. I have 512 RAM allocated to Virtual PC. I was able to install and run QB 2004 and 2005 with no problem, but when I insert the disc for...