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Enabling the 4th and 5th buttons on the mouse under Virtual PC / Virtual Server

Virtual PC / Virtual Server handle the mouse by emulating a standard two button PS/2 mouse with a...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/25/2005

Privateer II under Virtual PC

Privateer II builds on the concepts used in the original Privateer, but really is a separate new...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/24/2005

Compacting the virtual hard disk of a Linux virtual machine

If you have installed Linux (or a *BSD variant) inside of a virtual machine under Virtual PC or...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/23/2005

Edit --> Paste under Virtual PC

One of the features of the Virtual Machine Additions under Virtual PC is that you can easily copy...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/22/2005

Privateer under Virtual PC

For a while now I have been posting about all the different games that you can run under Virtual PC...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/19/2005

Tweaking the performance of Virtual PC 2004

Most people who use Virtual PC are running it on a uni-processor computer - and are trying to run...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/19/2005

Multiple monitors with virtual machines via MaxiVista

I was recently made aware of a program called MaxiVista (https://www.maxivista.com/). This program...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/17/2005

Weird monitor error with SuSE under Virtual PC / Virtual Server

If you install SuSE 9.0 or later under Virtual PC / Virtual Server - you will get the following...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/16/2005

Nice post about Virtual Servers 'thumbnail' API

In the past I have posted about using Virtual Servers 'thumbnail' API to perform virtual machine...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/10/2005

Overriding command line parameters in the VMC file

Over the last week or so I have mentioned a couple of interesting command-line parameters that can...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/09/2005

Virtual Server usage by Microsoft IT

I was recently forwarded some links for an IT Showcase study on how Microsoft's internal IT...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/08/2005

The difference between floppy configuration on Virtual PC and Virtual Server

A little while ago I made a post about running the Amiga Research Operating System under Virtual PC...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/04/2005

Using -singlepc with Virtual PC

Another really useful command line option available with Virtual PC is the '-singlepc' option. If...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/04/2005

Running Windows Vista Beta 1 under Virtual PC / Virtual Server

Running Windows Vista Beta 1 under Virtual PC 2004 SP1 / Virtual Server 2005 SP1 is quite straight...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/03/2005

Running Virtual Server / Virtual PC on Windows Vista Beta 1

I have been running Windows Vista for a while now (one of the benefits of being a Microsoft...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/01/2005

Master of Orion II under Virtual PC

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/29/2005

Master of Orion under Virtual PC

Master of Orion is by far the greatest space strategy game ever. This game has everything. You...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/29/2005

-disableclose under Virtual PC

A usability problem that some people struggle with under Virtual PC is that of hitting the wrong...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/27/2005

New WinImage Beta with support for editing VHD's

A new beta of WinImage has been released with support for viewing and editing virtual hard disks...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/25/2005

Observing processor queue lengths inside of virtual machines

One of the more esoteric performance metrics that users can access when trying to determine...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/21/2005

Paganitzu under Virtual PC

########### PAGANITZU FROM APOGEE ###########Indiana Jones look out--here comes AlabamaSmith!...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/21/2005

Drag and drop off of Virtual PC console

A little known feature of Virtual PC is that you can select a virtual machine in the Virtual PC...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/20/2005

Amiga Research Operating System under Virtual PC / Virtual Server

One of my favorite uses of Virtual PC / Virtual Server is to play around with various different...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/19/2005

Hocus Pocus under Virtual PC

HOCUS POCUS v1.1 by APOGEE! (VGA) ######## 386SX or higher -- 567K required ####Scrolling...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/16/2005

Tweaking the BIOS boot order under Virtual PC / Virtual Server

Virtual PC and Virtual Server do not provide a direct user interface to allow people to change...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/15/2005

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure under Virtual PC

COSMO'S COSMIC ADVENTURE - APOGEE! ####ALL-NEW, Mar. 1992. SUPERB EGA/VGA graphics.Full-screen...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/14/2005

Windows 3.0 under Virtual PC (again)

A long time ago I posted about the fact that if you try run Windows 3.0 under Virtual PC - it will...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/13/2005

Crystal Caves under Virtual PC

Crystal Caves is another platform game developed by Apogee - and it is built using the same game...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/09/2005

Tips for compacting virtual hard disks

A couple of weeks ago Guoqiang Wu posted an article on compacting virtual hard disks...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/08/2005

Secret Agent under Virtual PC

SECRET AGENT - BY APOGEE SOFTWARE! ####ALL-NEW for Feb. 1992. EGA/VGA graphics.Full-screen...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/07/2005

Cool 'quick backup' script for Virtual Server

Jeff Trumbull has just posted a very cool 'quick virtual machine backup' script for Virtual Server...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/05/2005

StarCraft under Virtual PC

A month or two ago I was emailed an application compatibility report from another team at Microsoft...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/02/2005

Running the checked version of Windows under Virtual PC

When I was working at Connectix it was occasionally reported that the checked version of Windows XP...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/01/2005

Scorched Earth under Virtual PC

Scorched Earth is one of the all time classic DOS games. It is a superb implementation of an...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/30/2005

Watching DVR recordings under Virtual PC

For the last couple of months I have been an avid user of Windows Media Center 2005. One of the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/29/2005

Shared components of Virtual PC and Virtual Server

Microsoft supports having both Virtual PC and Virtual Server installed on the same computer at the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/28/2005

Nintendo Game and Watch simulators under Virtual PC

Recently I was contacted by someone who was trying to get some old Nintendo Game and Watch...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/25/2005

Warlords BattleCry under Virtual PC

Warlords BattleCry is an interesting spin off from the original Warlords series. It is not a turn...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/23/2005

Using RAID and Mirror configurations under Virtual PC

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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/21/2005

Warlords III under Virtual PC

Moving on in the Warlords series - we arrive at Warlords III. Warlords III continues to enhance the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/18/2005

Sending custom parameters into virtual machines under Virtual Server

In a previous post (https://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/01/24/359650.aspx) - I...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/17/2005

Virtual PC vs. Virtual Server whitepaper

One of the most common questions I get asked is 'What is the difference between Virtual PC and...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/15/2005

Running Windows XP Tablet Edition under Virtual PC

To be honest - I had never thought about installing Windows XP Tablet Edition under Virtual PC. That...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/13/2005

Warlords II under Virtual PC 2004

In my opinion - Warlords II is probably one of the greatest turn based warfare strategy games of all...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/10/2005

Support for large ISO images in Virtual Server SP1 Beta

One of the new features / bug fixes in the Virtual Server SP1 Beta release is that we now support...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/10/2005

Problems with shutting down Windows when Virtual Server is running

There is a known problem that can occur when trying to shutdown a physical computer running Virtual...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/08/2005

Running Warlords under Virtual PC

Warlords has to be one of my all time favorite games. I spent many late nights playing this game...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/04/2005

Developing VM-Typer (Part 3)

So now we have a basic application up and running with the right COM security model, the right...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/03/2005

Diablo II under Virtual PC

A while ago I posted about running Diablo under Virtual PC...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/02/2005

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