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Monday, September 22, 2008 2:47 PM

RTM of Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V Now Available

After a short delay, the RTM build of the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V can now be downloaded from connect.microsoft.com (You need to register for this - but registration is free and easy). These integration components contain some critical
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 7 Comments
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:59 PM

Installing Fedora 9 in Virtual PC 2007

Sean has a great post on how to get this to work over here: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2008/05/19/installing-fedora-9-sulphur-in-virtual-pc-2007.aspx Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Monday, June 02, 2008 11:42 PM

Updated Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC1 Now Available

Okay - so I am two weeks late on this one - but if you did not see: updated Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC1 are now available at http://connect.microsoft.com This release includes Linux compatible versions of: Network VSC - for high performance
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:11 AM

Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC now Available

Updated integration components for Hyper-V RC are now available for download.  You can find out more about this here: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/04/01/linux-integration-components-for-hyper-v-rc-now-available.aspx Note that
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 6 Comments
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:48 PM

Fedora 8 under Virtual PC 2007

So this is a bit old - but somehow I missed this great post by my colleague, Sean Earp, on how to install Fedora 8 under Virtual PC 2007: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2007/11/13/fedora-8-werewolf-on-virtual-pc-2007.aspx Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Monday, December 31, 2007 4:13 PM

Installing Fedora Core 8 on Hyper-V

Anyone who has installed Linux on Virtual PC / Virtual Server knows that while yes, Linux is supported on these platforms, and yes, it does run well after getting it setup - installation can be a downright pain.  It is for this reason that I take
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 17 Comments
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:43 PM

Installing DOS additions under VPC 2007

MS-DOS is no longer officially supported under Virtual PC 2007, as such the DOS Virtual Machine Additions are not included with Virtual PC 2007. However - if, like me, you want to run DOS on Virtual PC 2007 - you can get the DOS Additions by following
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 15 Comments
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:35 PM

Updated Virtual Machine Additions for Linux available

There are new Virtual Machine Additions for Linux available for download. There are two key changes to be aware of: Addition of support for SuSE Enterprise Linux 10. The official supported list is now: Enterprise distributions Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 21 Comments
Monday, June 25, 2007 2:47 PM

Windows Server 2008 core installation under Virtual Server

For those of you who are unaware - Windows Server 2008 includes a new installation option - the 'core' installation. This gives you a stripped down version of Windows Server that is designed to just key server roles - with no Windows shell or other overhead.
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 9 Comments
Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:33 PM

Mounting Linux virtual hard disks with VHDMount

If you use Linux under Virtual Server / Virtual PC - you may be interested to know that the new VHDMount tool gives you an easy way to transfer data to and from your Linux virtual machine. Normally if you tried to use VHDMount to attach a Linux virtual
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:07 AM

Windows Vista trial virtual hard disk

This is nice - a 30 day evaluation version of Windows Vista Enterprise, pre-installed with Virtual Machine Additions already loaded. You can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2c27337-d4d1-4b9b-926d-86493c7da1aa&DisplayLang=en
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:53 PM

How to get the mouse working with Ubuntu 7.04 under Virtual PC

I know a lot of people have been trying to get Ubuntu 7.04 working under Virtual PC - and have been hitting the problem that the mouse does not work. Well - details of how to get the mouse working have now been posted here: http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/fixing-ubuntu-704-fiesty-fawn-mouse-under-virtual-pc-2007/
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Monday, April 30, 2007 11:03 AM

Using Vista BitLocker under Virtual PC / Virtual Server

UPDATE: This article used to explain how to configure BitLocker inside of a virtual machine. However - as I have been informed that this configuration is in violation of the Windows Vista EULA - I have removed this information. Sorry for the inconvenience
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:42 AM

Checking out rPath virtual appliances

rPath ( www.rpath.com ) is a company that provides a toolkit for building virtual appliances. These are virtual machines with an operating system and application set preconfigured, and designed so that user can download them and run the application with
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:04 AM

Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0 Virtual Machines

This is very cool. To help web developers who have IE 6.0 or 7.0 installed on their computers, and need to test the alternate version, the IE team have provided virtual machines with Windows XP and IE 6.0, and Windows XP and IE 7.0. You can find out more
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
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