Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization Blog

Hyper-V Program Manager

Block Out under Virtual PC

Man it has been a long time since I played this game. Block Out by California Dreams is one of the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/02/2006

Mike blogs about Vista on Virtual PC

Mike Kolitz has made some good posts about using the February CTP of Vista under Virtual PC /...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/28/2006

Running Virtual PC under February CTP of Vista

So it will interest you to know that running Virtual PC 2004 under the February CTP release of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/28/2006

The Neverhood under Virtual PC

This is a truly unique game. In this game you control 'Clay Man' as he explores his world and finds...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/24/2006

Looking at historic CPU utilization

I came across this neat little aspect of the Virtual Server COM interface - which would be very...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/24/2006

Slipstream 5000 under Virtual PC

I have vague memories of Slipstream 5000 being touted as a 'ground breaking game' when it was first...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/23/2006

Getting some more bloggers on the Virtualization team...

Just wanted to give people a heads up that we have a couple of new bloggers on the Virtualization...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/22/2006

Moving virtual machines between Virtual PC and Virtual Server

When you move a virtual machine from Virtual PC to Virtual Server (or from Virtual Server to Virtual...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/21/2006

Configuring Heartbeat parameters under Virtual Server

Virtual Server provides a service where a user can be notified if a virtual machine is not...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/20/2006

Stunts under Virtual PC

Continuing in the stunt car racing theme for the week - we come to 'Stunts'. As far as driving games...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/17/2006

Configuring VMRC under Virtual Server

When Virtual Server is first installed - the default configuration is to have VMRC (our remote video...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/16/2006

StuntCar under Virtual PC

StuntCar is a fun old game. I original played this on the Commodore 64 and was very happy when I...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/15/2006

Some of the team 'going deep' on virtualization on Channel 9

Check it out:https://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=163022Cheers,Ben

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/15/2006

Base Windows virtualization requirements

This has been announced before - but I get asked about it a fair bit - so I thought I would take the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/14/2006

What is the 'Code Cache' under Virtual PC?

Under Virtual PC you can view the 'properties' of a running virtual machine. One of the bits of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/13/2006

Street Rods II under Virtual PC

Street rods II took the original Street Rods premise and upgraded the graphics, added support for...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/11/2006

Virtual Server Security Script

Here is a handy script I created recently to add a user to the Virtual Server users automatically:...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/10/2006

Street Rods under Virtual PC

Street Rods is a fantastic classic game set in the 70s. You start the game with a small amount of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/09/2006

Windows Vista December CTP under Virtual PC

Gah... I have just realized that as I was away on holidays during December I missed the December...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/08/2006

IDE vs SCSI under Virtual Server

There has been some confusion over when users should use SCSI or IDE virtual hard disk inside of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/07/2006

The Settlers II under Virtual PC

In the grand tradition of computer game sequels - The Settlers II - takes the concepts of The...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/03/2006

Exchange Server 2003 support under Virtual Server 2005 R2

I know this is a little late - but as of Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and Virtual Server 2005 R2 -...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/03/2006

The Settlers under Virtual PC

Ah, I can still remember when I first got this game. The Settlers is an incredibly addictive game,...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/02/2006

NetWare 5.1 under Virtual PC

And now on to NetWare 5.1. This is probably my personal favorite version of NetWare. The...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/01/2006

POST'ing in a virtual machine

A long, long time ago - Virtual PC was originally developed on the Macintosh. For this market the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/31/2006

Ski or Die under Virtual PC

Ski or Die was released as a sequel to Skate or Die. It took the same base concept and placed it in...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/28/2006

Receiving Virtual Server events from a managed program

Last week I talked about how to receive Virtual Server events from a VBScript - this week I am going...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/27/2006

Skate or Die under Virtual PC

This is a fun game - that places you as a skate boarding enthusiast with the option to practice and...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/26/2006

NetWare 6.0 under Virtual PC

Going on with the Novell NetWare series we now come to NetWare 6.0. I have an evaluation version of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/25/2006

Hibernation under Virtual PC

One little known fact about Virtual PC and Virtual Server is that with both of these products - it...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/24/2006

Slicks 'n' Slide under Virtual PC

Slicks 'n' Slide is a relatively recent DOS game which can be downloaded here:...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/21/2006

Detecting other events under Virtual Server

Having now talked about how to detect standard Virtual Server and virtual machine events the next...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/20/2006

Californian Games under Virtual PC

Ahh... One of the true classics. Californian Games presents you with the ability to practice and...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/19/2006

Installing Novell Netware 6.5 under Virtual Server

A while ago now I posted about configuring the network drivers for Novell Netware. Now I would like...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/18/2006

Network duplex and speed settings inside of virtual machines

Virtual PC and Virtual Server only allow the emulated network card inside of the virtual machine to...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/17/2006

Laser Squad under Virtual PC

Laser squad was a game made by the development team who would go on to create the infamous XCOM...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/14/2006

Castles under Virtual PC

Here is a game that I have not played in a long time. Castles is an interesting game - where you...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/13/2006

Why is Virtual Server telling me that "hardware/bios/time_bytes" changed?

A couple of people have noticed strange entries in their event log for Virtual Server - like: The...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/10/2006

Virtual Server 2005 R2 is now available on MSDN

I guess that says it all...Cheers,Ben(who is still struggling with jetlag. Grrr...)

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/06/2006

Virtual Server 2005 R2 Evaluation versions now available

Virtual Server 2005 R2 (x64) Enterprise Edition 180 Day...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/05/2006

Updated Virtual Machine Additions for Windows Server 2003 SP1

Updated Virtual Machine Additions for Windows Server 2003 SP1 are now available...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/03/2006

Ben is leaving the building...

Well - it was bound to happen sooner or later - I am going on holidays! In fact - I will be gone for...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/01/2005

Operation Wolf under Virtual PC

Operation Wolf was one of my childhood favorite arcade games. This game places you as a commando...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/30/2005

Handling virtual machine events from VBScript

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a sample script to handle Virtual Server events (here:...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/29/2005

QIX under Virtual PC

QIX is one of the oldest arcade games I know of - and while it is rather fun - the stories that...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/28/2005

AfterBurner under Virtual PC

While looking around recently I dredged up this old classic. This is the 1989 PC port of the arcade...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/23/2005

Talking about NetWare under Virtual PC / Virtual Server

Over the next couple of weeks I am going to be looking at the details of running Novell NetWare...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/22/2005

Virtual PC and video ram

Virtual PC emulates an S3 Trio 64 Video card with 8mb of video ram (VRAM). From time to time I get...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/21/2005

Rebel Assault II under Virtual PC

Like so many computer game sequels - Rebel Assault II takes the same concepts as were used in the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/18/2005

HP ProLiant server sizer for Microsoft Virtual Serer 2005 R2

So I got sent a pretty cool link...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/17/2005

<Previous Next>