Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization Blog

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Connecting a Smart Card to a Windows 7 virtual machine

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/15/2010

How do I get Internet Explorer to work as a published application with XP Mode?

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/10/2010

Windows XP Tablet Edition under Windows Virtual PC

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/09/2010

Accessing Shared Drives from the Command Prompt under Windows Virtual PC

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/08/2010

Using Windows Server 2008 Core on Windows Virtual PC

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/04/2010

Hyper-V ActiveX RDP Control

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/03/2010

Windows Server Performance Team: Increase VMBus buffer sizes to increase network throughput to guest VMs

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/02/2010

Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/01/2010

NVSPBind and NVSPScrub

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/28/2010

Hyper-V virtual machines do not start after using Startup Repair

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/19/2010

MED-V Administration Video Series

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Author: Ben Armstrong [MSFT] Date: 01/18/2010

RemoteApp + Hyper-V + Windows XP / Vista

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/17/2009

The different ways to compact a disk

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/14/2009

Core Configurator 2.0 now available!

Core Configurator 2.0 is now available for download here: https://coreconfig.codeplex.com/ If you are...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/03/2009

Why Hyper-V cannot boot off of SCSI disks (and why you should not care)

Under Hyper-V we have two kinds of disk controller that you can add to a virtual machine – IDE disks...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/01/2009

Updated Hyper-V Monitor Gadget Now Available

Tore Lervik has released an updated version of his fantastic Hyper-V Monitor Gadget.  New...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/30/2009

Hyper-V and Domain Controllers – Demo Tips and Tricks

In the past I have talked about the different configuration options when running Domain Controllers...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/20/2009

Booting Hyper-V R2 off a USB stick

A while ago we announced that Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2 would support booting off of a USB flash...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/18/2009

Understanding High-End Video Performance Issues with Hyper-V

A while ago I wrote a relatively short blog post high-lighting the fact that there are performance...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/16/2009

Double click to mount a virtual hard disk (Windows 7 Style)

I have been wanting to come up with a workable solution for mounting virtual hard disks by double...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/11/2009

Restricting Shared Drives under Windows Virtual PC

When it comes to minimizing the potential for malicious software running in a virtual machine to...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/04/2009

Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard

I little while ago some member of the Hyper-V test team released a new tool on...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/03/2009

Understanding (and troubleshooting) Auto-Publishing in Windows Virtual PC

One of the cool features of Windows Virtual PC is how applications that are installed into Windows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/28/2009

Installing Virtual CD Software in a Virtual Machine

Like many Hyper-V users, I have created ISO images of most of my CDs / DVDs (and in the case of my...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/27/2009

Deploying Windows XP Mode

We have recently published a very handy video / guide / set of scripts to help with anyone who needs...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/26/2009

Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Go and get it:https://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspxCheers, Ben

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/22/2009

Setting up Hyper-V with a UPS

People have asked me how you go about setting up a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) with...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/22/2009

Hotfix needed to move R2 differencing disk to Windows Server 2008

A virtualization MVP recently bought this to my attention:In Windows Server 2008 R2 there was a...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/16/2009

Hyper-V Hotfix for "0x00000101 - CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT" on Nehalem systems

We have just released a new hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 that address the issue that users were...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/16/2009

Why is F12 not working with my virtual machine?!?!

Here is a problem that I hear about at least 2 or 3 times a month:Someone is trying to do a network...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/14/2009

Hyper-V Management + Delegated Administration + SCVMM

A while ago I blogged about how to allow non-administrators to control Hyper-V. You do this by...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/13/2009

Windows 7 Eval VHD now available for Hyper-V

We have just released a prebuilt Windows 7 evaluation virtual hard disk for use with Hyper-V that...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/13/2009

Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta available for download

The beta release of System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 is now available for download. You...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/12/2009

How I Manage Servers in my House

Last week I posted a description about the servers (physical and virtual) that I have configured in...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/12/2009

Disk2vhd v1.0 now available

The SysInternals team just announced the availability of a new tool: Disk2vhd.This is a tool that...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/07/2009

Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode now on MSDN / TechNet

The RTM builds of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode are now available for people with an MSDN /...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/07/2009

Microsoft Security Essentials and Virtual PC

For as long as I have been working on Virtual PC – people have been asking me: “Do I need to install...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/05/2009

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/04/2009

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/04/2009

Windows XP Mode / Windows Virtual PC RTM’s

We have just announced that we have signed off on the RTM release of Windows Virtual PC and Windows...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/01/2009

Using Floppy Disks with Windows Virtual PC

Most users of Windows Virtual PC do not need to use floppy disks with their virtual machines, as...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/01/2009

Searching my blog finally works properly!

After years of lackluster search capabilities on my blog – the blogs.msdn.com people have...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/30/2009

Quake II under Windows Virtual PC

It has been too long since I posted about gaming on Virtual PC.  And there is a lot to talk...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/30/2009

SCOM Management Pack for Windows Server 2008 R2

The System Center Operations Manager management pack for Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available. In...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/28/2009

Processor Affinity and why you don’t need it on Hyper-V

I have just got back from spending a lot of time on the road, and in my time talking to various...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/21/2009

Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Update

Okay, I missed this one when it came out. In my defense – this was released in February, when...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/13/2009

Updated Windows Vista “seamless applications” package for Windows Virtual PC

There is a new update for Windows Vista virtual machines to enable the use of seamless applications...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/10/2009

Windows Virtual PC / MED-V live meeting

I have landed in Australia, and am about to head down to Tech-Ed. Apparently a lot of people are...

Author: Ben Armstrong [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2009

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