Note
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.
Hyper-V Program Manager
Pricing for Virtual Server 2005 R2 announced
As part of the IT Forum announcments - pricing for Virtual Server 2005 R2 was announced today....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/15/2005
Virtual Server 2005 R2 RTMs
Hi All,Well - Virtual Server 2005 R2 has RTM'd. Some high level details of the changes in Virtual...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/15/2005
Rebel Assault under Virtual PC
Ahh.. Rebel Assault. This classic star wars game was one of my favorites. It had you playing 'rookie...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/11/2005
New Virtual Server 2005 R2 whitepapers
In the lead up to the release of Virtual Server 2005 R2 there are now two new interesting...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/10/2005
The 7th Guest under Virtual PC
Released in 1993 - The 7th Guest was one of the first CD-ROM based games I ever played (on a...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/10/2005
Virtual machines pausing at launch under Virtual PC
If you are seeing a noticeable 'pause' when you start a virtual machine under Virtual PC - you may...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/07/2005
Donald Duck's Playground under Virtual PC
Okay - this is a really old game. I can remember having a copy of this on my original Commodore 64 -...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/05/2005
Detecting Virtual Server events with VBScript
Virtual Server exposes a number of interesting events which you may want to use to initiate...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/04/2005
Overkill under Virtual PC
OVERKILL Arcade game from EPIC MEGAGAMES-------------------------------------------SMOOTH 16-color...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/03/2005
Minix 3.0 under Virtual PC
As recently announced Minix 3.0 has recently been released. The original Minix was an educational...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/02/2005
Windows Virtualization Architecture Presentation
So this has been out for a while - but I only just stumbled across it the other day. It is the...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/01/2005
Kiloblaster under Virtual PC
KILOBLASTER 2.0 -- from EPIC MEGAGAMES!A superb 256-color VGA animated arcade game,30 levels of fun...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/28/2005
Detecting Microsoft virtual machines
From time to time it is handy to be able to detect that you are running inside of a virtual machine...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/28/2005
Xargon under Virtual PC
Having got Jill of the Jungle to run - I think I will spend some time playing all of my old Epic...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/27/2005
Setting up a Ghost network disk for Virtual PC / Virtual Server
It is not uncommon for people to need to setup a Symantec Ghost...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/26/2005
Problems with Intelppm.sys and processr.sys under Virtual PC / Virtual Server
Under certain circumstances with a Windows XP / 2003 operating system - intelppm.sys and...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/25/2005
Jill of the Jungle under Virtual PC
Ahh... Jill of the Jungle. This is one of those classic games of DOS gaming. Released by Epic Mega...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/22/2005
Kernel debugging Windows XP inside of a virtual machine
Something that is incredibly easy to do with virtual machines is kernel debugging. You can do this...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/21/2005
Hexxagon under Virtual PC
Hexxagon is a simple little game - and is a derivation of a very old game (other derivations are...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/20/2005
Using COM Ports for logging under Virtual PC / Virtual Server
One interesting feature of Virtual PC / Virtual Server is the ability to map one of the virtual...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/19/2005
Edit --> Copy under Virtual PC
A while ago now I posted about the Edit --> Paste feature of Virtual PC - but I forgot to mention...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/18/2005
One year blogging anniversary
Well - exactly one year ago today I wrote my first post to this blog. 52 weeks and 227 posts later...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/14/2005
Virtual Networking and Wireless network adapters
Some people have noticed that our support for virtual networking when using a physical wireless...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/14/2005
Red Baron under Virtual PC
Red Baron is one of those classic DOS games where the original owner has been kind enough as to...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/13/2005
More details on new server licensing plan...
Well - a bunch of folks have had questions about the nitty gritty details of yesterday's...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/11/2005
Microsoft anounces new virtualization friendly licensing
Woo Hoo!I love days like today :-). Today we have announced new licensing plans for our server...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/10/2005
Playing Galactix under Virtual PC
Here is a game that I had forgotten about - but used to love. It is a relatively simple space ship...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/08/2005
Nice KB Article on troubleshooting network performance / connectivity issues
I am constantly helping people to resolve network connectivity issues and just the other day I found...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/07/2005
Worms Armageddon under Virtual PC
Wrapping up on the Worms series of games we come to Worms Armageddon . This game is very similar to...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/06/2005
Configuring NAT via using the Microsoft Loopback Adapter and Internet Connection Sharing
In previous posts I have mentioned using the Microsoft Loopback Adapter for advanced networking...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/05/2005
Worms World Party under Virtual PC
Worms World Party was released two years after Worms II. Apart from sporting support for DirectX 7.0...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/01/2005
Scripting launch dependencies under Virtual Server
With more complex virtual machine configurations you might find that you have dependencies on the...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/30/2005
Worms II under Virtual PC
Worms II takes the typical computer game sequel approach of taking the original concept and...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/29/2005
Configuring restricted access under Virtual Server
It is possible (though not well documented / understood) to configure Virtual Server such that a...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/28/2005
Securely configuring virtual machines
When it comes to configuring virtual machines in a secure fashion - the most important thing to keep...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/27/2005
Worms under Virtual PC
Now here is one heck of a game. Worms is a fun little game made by the guys at Team 17. It takes the...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/23/2005
Sizing memory for virtual machines appropriately
For some of you reading this - this post will seem like I am stating the obvious - however the...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/22/2005
Solar OS under Virtual PC
It is always nice to get some time to play around with a completlely new operating system. Recently...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/20/2005
Virtual PC vs. Power Management
It seems that people are constantly running into problems running Virtual PC on laptop systems with...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/19/2005
Virtual PC / Virtual Server and Antivirus programs on the host computer
Occasionally we hear reports of customer seeing bad interactions between Virtual PC / Virtual Server...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/14/2005
Virtual Server 2005 now in MSDN!
Woo Hoo! As of today Virtual Server 2005 Standard will be included in all MSDN Enterprise and...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/13/2005
Making networking more robust under SuSE 9.3 under Virtual PC
I do not know when this happened - but in the last couple of releases of SuSE Linux they have taken...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/06/2005
Heading down to Dixie’s
This summer we have had a Program Management Intern, Pat Mauro, working on the virtual machine team...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/02/2005
Whitepaper: Installing the Virtual Server Administration Web site on a Separate Computer
There is a new Virtual Server white paper up...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/31/2005
Creating multiple private virtual networks under Virtual PC
Under Virtual Server we give you the ability to create multiple private virtual networks for use by...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/30/2005
Changing the name of virtual networks under Virtual PC
Under Virtual Server we provide a convenient UI to allow the user to change the name of their...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/29/2005
Quake under Virtual PC
Quake. If you do not know about this game - then I am not going to try and tell you about it....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/26/2005