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Friday, March 30, 2007 6:22 PM

Tube under Virtual PC

This is a fun little game released by Bullfrog in 1994. Internet rumor says that it was released as freeware - but I have not been able to confirm that (I am using the version I downloaded from a local BBS back in the day). The basis of this game is that
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:22 PM

One million downloads of Virtual PC 2007!

So I just received an email that said that since we released Virtual PC 2007, we have now had just over 1,000,000 downloads! Now - since VPC 2007 was released on the 19th of February 2007, that means that this was done in a mere 38 days. Apparently there
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:52 PM

Configuring and enabling the Virtual DHCP Server with VBScript

Under Virtual Server it is possible to configure a virtual DHCP server on any virtual network. This is handy if you are running virtual machines in a private environment and do not want to have a dedicated DHCP server. As with everything else under Virtual
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:20 PM

Sid & Al's Incredible Toons under Virtual PC

Released soon after the original Incredible Machine , Sid & Al's Incredible Toons added an interesting twist to the game. Just like the original, you are presented with problems that you need to solve by placing objects in a playing field and having
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:33 PM

Last resort for performance issues with Virtual PC on laptops

In the past I have posted about options for improving performance of Virtual PC on laptops , and about using SpeedSwitchXP . Furthermore, with Virtual PC 2007 we have worked hard to address many of these issues. Unfortunately, there are still laptops
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Monday, March 26, 2007 6:24 PM

Net Start tip for the lazy

This is just a little tip - but I thought it was worth sharing. If you ever find yourself wanting to start or stop Virtual Server from the command prompt under Windows, you will need to run the following command: net stop "Virtual Server" Or: net start
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 7 Comments
Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:59 PM

Fixing a broken differencing disk with Virtual Server and VBScript

Differencing disks store a reference to their parent virtual hard disks. If the parent virtual hard disk is moved, or renamed, the differencing disk will stop working - which will in turn stop any virtual machine that is using the differencing disk from
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:17 AM

The Incredible Machine under Virtual PC

Released in 1992, by Dynamix, this is a fantastic game (yes - I am going to resist using "incredible" as an adjective to describe this game). The concepts behind the game are simple: you are presented with physical problems, and a toolkit of basic components
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:56 PM

Sometimes rebooting is not enough

As more people are getting computers with hardware virtualization support, an interesting problem has been observed. On some systems, enabling hardware virtualization in the BIOS will not take effect on a system reboot. Rather, these systems need to be
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:28 PM

Windows Server Virtualization Demo on Longhorn website

A little while ago I posted a link to a Windows Server Virtualization demo , well - a higher quality version of the same demonstration is now available on the Longhorn server website . Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:59 AM

TankWars under Virtual PC 2007

This is a fun game. For anyone who is familiar with scorched earth will know how this game works. You control a small tank that is pitted against other tanks, and you take turns trying to blow each other up. Actually, now that I think about this - this
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:01 AM

Understanding boot order with Virtual PC 2007

If you press the 'del' key while booting a virtual machine under Virtual PC 2007, you can enter the BIOS and change the boot order configuration. The Virtual PC BIOS allows you to configure the order in which it will attempt to boot off devices. If any
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 6 Comments
Monday, March 12, 2007 11:33 PM

VHD Resizer - resize and convert your virtual hard disks

Those guys over at vmToolkit have released a new tool. This one allows you to resize and convert existing virtual hard disks . This is a very useful tool, so go check it out. Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Friday, March 09, 2007 5:50 PM

SkiFree under Virtual PC

SkiFree has been a long time favorite of mine, and is a great way to kill a couple of minutes. It was originally released as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack in 1990. I personally am a fan of many of the games that are included with the Microsoft
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:50 PM

VBScript to merge a differencing disk to a new file

Got an email the other day asking for a sample script on how to merge a differencing disk to a new file - so here we go: 1: Option Explicit 2: 3: 'Define constants 4: CONST vmDiskType_Dynamic = 0 5: CONST vmDiskType_FixedSize = 1 6: CONST vmDiskType_Differencing
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:30 PM

Monster Bash under Virtual PC

** MONSTER BASH! = HORROR BY APOGEE! V2.1 ** Young hero Johnny Dash visits the Under World of Count Chuck to save his dog, Tex. Over 2 Megs compressed graphics (Apogee's biggest game yet!). Full Ad Lib soundtrack and nightmarish Sound Blaster digitized
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 06, 2007 12:35 PM

Windows Server Virtualization Demo

This has been posted on a couple of blogs already - but here is a demonstration of the upcoming Windows Server Virtualization Demo: Video: Longhorn - Windows Server Virtualization Some of the cool things demonstrated in this video include: 32-bit and
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 8 Comments
Tuesday, March 06, 2007 12:01 PM

Setting up a Virtual PC "DOS Application"

So you have a legacy DOS application that does not work under Windows, but does work under Virtual PC. Now you have the problem that you want to set this up for users to access, without having to explain the world of virtualization to them. Here is what
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 6 Comments
Monday, March 05, 2007 9:13 PM

Changes to the New Virtual Machine Wizard in Virtual PC 2007 (part II)

Previously I have commented about some of the changes to the new virtual machine wizard in Virtual PC 2007. But there is another difference. Previously, selecting the operating system in the new virtual machine wizard affected nothing apart from the default
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
 
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