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Hyper-V Program Manager
Virtual PC and Fullscreen options
If you go into the 'Full-Screen Mode' of the Virtual PC Options section (accessible via 'File'...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/09/2006
Rampage under Virtual PC
This is a fantastic game! You get to play the part of a giant monster, run around and destroy...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/05/2006
Using Set and GetConfigValue to extend the VMC file
Last week I showed you how to use Set and GetConfigValue to change settings under Virtual Server....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/04/2006
OutRun under Virtual PC
Today I am playing the arcade classic 'OutRun'. There are a number of things that make this game...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/03/2006
Enabling hardware virtualization support under VS 2005 R2 SP1
John Howard made a post highlighting the fact that you can disable or enable hardware virtualization...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/02/2006
Virtual Server 2005 R2 and hardware virtualization
As announced last Friday the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 1 is now available for people to test....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/01/2006
Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure under Virtual PC
Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure (also known as 'Little Big Adventure') is an absolute classic. In...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/28/2006
Beta 1 of Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 is now available
A beta of Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 is available today for download. Virtual Server 2005...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/28/2006
Using Set and Get ConfigurationValue with Virtual Server
Last week I showed you how to use GetConfigurationValue and SetConfigurationValue to change the BIOS...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/28/2006
After Dark 4.0 under Virtual PC
A while ago one of the premier screen-saver packages was 'After Dark' - which was renowned for its...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/27/2006
Virtual PC and VHD drag & drop
One little trick under Virtual PC (which is not well known) is that when you have opened a virtual...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/26/2006
Virtual Server Administration page and Remote Desktop
If you connect to your server using Remote Desktop and then find that when you launch the Virtual...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/25/2006
MegaMan X under Virtual PC
Ahh... I love Capcom. MegaMan is one of the classic Capcom arcade series - and MegaMan X is a very...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/22/2006
Setting the BIOS boot order programmatically under Virtual Server
I while ago I talked about how to change the boot order in the BIOS by editing the VMC file - and...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/21/2006
Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Management Pack Released
An updated MOM management pack has been released for Virtual Server 2005 R2. Some key improvments...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/18/2006
Different URLs for Virtual Server
People often ask why they are prompted for user credentials when launching the Virtual Server...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/18/2006
Gathering network statistics under Virtual Server
Last week I showed how to use the VM Accountant object in order to retrieve information about...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/14/2006
Check memory usage under Virtual Server
Under Virtual Server you can configure the amount of memory that your virtual machine will have....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/11/2006
Using Remote Desktop with Virtual Server
Recently I have started using Remote Desktop with my Windows virtual machines under Virtual Server...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/11/2006
Xenon 2 under Virtual PC
Xenon 2 (the follow up to Xenon) is quite a different game to its predecessor. In fact the only real...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/07/2006
Gathering virtual machine uptime information from Virtual Server
Virtual Server 2005 R2 provides an interesting set of statistical information about virtual machines...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/06/2006
Xenon under Virtual PC
This original game was one of the first releases from the famous 'Bitmap Brothers' development...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/05/2006
Problems moving virtual machines with startup credentials
Under Virtual Server 2005 R2 you need to provide a virtual machine with specific user credentials if...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/04/2006
Microsoft Virtual Server is now free
Today Microsoft announced that Virtual Server 2005 R2 will be available as a free download (yay!) -...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/03/2006
Linux is now supported under Virtual Server
Hey hey! We are now 'supporting' Linux under Virtual Server (most of you will know that we have...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 04/03/2006
Paratrooper under Virtual PC
Ah... The one, the original Paratrooper. There are many times when you fall in love with a game -...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/31/2006
Converting Virtual Hard Disks programmatically
Normally when people ask me for a specific VBScript, I just do a web search and point them to the...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/30/2006
Rescue Rover under Virtual PC
Rescue Rover is a simple little game - where you play the role of a boy who seems doomed to have his...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/29/2006
Problems with virtual machines and domain membership
Every now and then some one will contact me for help, saying "I have a virtual machine that was...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/28/2006
Default virtual machine NumLock state
One of the problems that we faced when working on Virtual PC was whether to create virtual machines...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/27/2006
Looking at Tasks under Virtual Server
Whenever Virtual Server has a task to complete (like merging a hard disk) that may take a while - it...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/23/2006
Network Load Balancing (NLB) and virtual machines
There is a fair amount of confusion about the state of using Windows network load balancing (NLB)...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/21/2006
Optimizing Windows Vista under Virtual PC
As I have been running builds of Windows Vista inside of virtual machines for a while now - I...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/20/2006
Carmageddon under Virtual PC
Ahh yes. The infamous 'Carmageddon' - met by protests and legal challenges around the world. This...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/17/2006
Scripting automatic startup for virtual machines under Virtual Server
Virtual Server allows you to configure virtual machines to startup automatically when the host...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/16/2006
Rise of the Triad under Virtual PC
Rise of the Triad was one of many 3D shooting games to come out soon after DOOM. It has a number of...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/16/2006
Optimization levels under Virtual PC
On a running virtual machine (under Virtual PC) you can see the optimization level being used by...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/14/2006
Virtual PC's "blinking lights"
Along the status bar at the bottom of the Virtual PC window are a number of useful status indicators...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/13/2006
ZZT under Virtual PC
ZZT is one of the first games to be released by Epic MegaGames (back in 1991) and while it is only...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/10/2006
Another blogger joins the team...
John Howard, who has been blogging for just about as long as I have now, and has been working as an...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/10/2006
RoboMaze II: The Lobby under Virtual PC
So as I was browsing through my usual set of DOS games / old shareware sites the other day - I came...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/08/2006
Calmira on Windows 3.11 under Virtual PC
I stumbled across the Calmira project a long time ago - and just found out that they are working on...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/08/2006
Virtual PC 2004 SP1 and the LPT port
With Virtual PC 2004 SP1 we made a change to the way we access the LPT (or parallel) port. The...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/07/2006
Temple of Apshai under Virtual PC
Now this is one of the first games I can remember playing (for the record - the first is 'Jumpman')....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/03/2006
Using a VBScript to control Virtual Server on a remote computer
I was surprised to find out the other day that while I have posted many sample VBScripts - I have...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 03/03/2006