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Friday, October 29, 2004 12:37 AM

We have a bug with Windows 98 Video

Well - it appears that there is a bug in the Virtual Machine Additions video driver for Windows 98 that was included with Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1. The bug manifests itself in the following ways: 1) GDI+ applications crash if they try to draw a
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Thursday, October 28, 2004 1:39 AM

Networking Windows 3.11 under Virtual PC

Well - now that we have Windows 3.11 up and running under Virtual PC with sound and SVGA video support - the next challenge is to get this sucker on to the Internet. First there are a bunch of updates you will need to download (many thanks to x-com who
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 14 Comments
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:03 AM

Red Alert on Virtual PC

Well - moving on in the Command and Conquer series - the next game is Red Alert. Unfortunately - Red Alert uses exactly the same game engine as the original Command and Conquer. This means that it suffers from exactly the same type of problems - with
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:34 AM

Windows 3.11 on Virtual PC

The next operating system to look at under Virtual PC is the pinnacle of 16bit Windows - Windows 3.11. Windows 3.11 installs with no problems under Virtual PC - however to get the best experience under Windows 3.11 you should configure the following settings:
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Saturday, October 23, 2004 11:49 PM

When is a bug not a bug?

The answer is - when it is not our bug :-) So continuing with the series on Command and Conquer - the next game to look at is the Windows 95 version of Command and Conquer. This is a *very* finicky game. It won't run under Windows XP - no matter how much
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:36 PM

Tuning DOS inside of Virtual PC

Well - I think it's time to go over how to tune DOS for running inside of Virtual PC. When it comes to DOS applications there is only one thing that counts - base memory. DOS starts with 640k of base memory - and every TSR* / Driver that you load uses
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 10 Comments
Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:35 AM

Virtual PC and Command & Conquer

From time to time someone will contact me and complain about the fact that Command & Conquer does not run under Virtual PC. The reason for this is that Command & Conquer uses a CPU call that almost no one ever uses (There are only two other programs
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 14 Comments
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:48 AM

More Operating System Nostalgia

Moving forward with the screen shots I posted the other day of CPM and Windows 1.01 - here are a few more: Windows 2.03: This was the first version of Windows that actually displayed its UI in a 'window' (odd - isn't it?). Windows 2.03 runs just fine
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 6 Comments
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:32 AM

Ben is on the road this week...

I am currently sitting in a hotel in Nashville making this post. I will be in Minnieapolis and Cincinnati later this week - as I am presenting at three Virtual Server launch events. So posting and responding to feedback is going to be hit and miss this
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Monday, October 18, 2004 1:19 AM

Virtualization versus Emulation...

There is a lot of confusion in this world about what the difference between a virtual machine and an emulated machine is. I personally blame this on two factors: 1) Most people don't really care 2) 'Virtual' is an overloaded word in the english language
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 8 Comments
Saturday, October 16, 2004 2:10 AM

The other reason why I love Virtual PC

Would have to be because I love nothing more than to just tinker with old and esoteric operating systems - and find out what makes them tick. On the virtual machine team I am known as the person who is most likely to know why obscure operating system
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 19 Comments
Friday, October 15, 2004 6:36 PM

Why I hate drag and drop in Virtual PC...

I guess I'll start with why I love drag and drop in Virtual PC. Firstly - Virtual PC is the most drag and drop friendly application I know. Want to mount a CD .ISO? Drag and drop it on to the CD icon. Want to change the .VHD? Drag and drop the new .VHD
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 0 Comments
Friday, October 15, 2004 12:59 AM

Time to begin the C&C saga - on Virtual PC

Okay, Recently a couple of people have asked me how to get various members of the Command and Conquer (C&C) series running under Virtual PC. As a long time C&C fanatic - I happen to own all of the versions - and have figured out how to get them
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:36 PM

Virtual PC 2004 SP1 is now available...

You can grab it from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b07c9ef0-265a-4237-ae3b-25bc8937d40f&displaylang=en It has a bunch of bug fixes - most notable mentions include: Improved performance for XP SP2 as a guest Bug fixes for
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 0 Comments
Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:39 AM

Gaming in Virtual PC...

Hi again, A lot of people use Virtual PC for different things. Our primary target markets are: Legacy application migration in the enterprise Development / test / training / demonstration environments. Me - I like to use it for gaming (and many other
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Thursday, October 14, 2004 12:26 AM

Virtual PC Guy's Blog is up and running

Hi y'all, Finally got around to setting up my blog. For those who don't know me - I'm Ben Armstrong, a Program Manager on the virtual machine team at Microsoft. This blog will be used to talk about my favorite program of all time - Virtual PC! Umm...
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