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Setting the VMUndoAction under Virtual Server

To be honest, I did not know about this attribute until I stumbled across it just the other day....

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/27/2006

DOOM II under Virtual PC

DOOM II was released soon after the release of Heretic - and frankly I love this game. DOOM II...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/27/2006

New Virtual Machine Additions available for Windows Vista CTP releases

Yay! - We have new Virtual Machine Additions up for the Windows Vista CTP releases. These new...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/25/2006

Virtual Server Vista Tip

In an earlier post about using Virtual Server on top of Vista - I mentioned that you needed to run...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/24/2006

Heretic under Virtual PC

Released in 1994, Heretic took the DOOM engine, added a few new features and gave it a fantasy...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/21/2006

Changing VM screen resolution under Virtual Server

The other day I was asked (by a fellow Microsoft employee) how to change the resolution on a Virtual...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/20/2006

DOOM under Virtual PC

The one, the only, the infamous DOOM. I distinctly remember when this game first came out (1993). It...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/20/2006

SpeedSwitchXP and Virtual PC

A while ago I posted about issues that people have been seeing with Virtual PC and some of the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/18/2006

Microsoft and XenSource announce virtualization interoperability

So we have just announced that we will be working with Xen guys to get Xen-enabled Linux running...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/18/2006

Blake Stone under Virtual PC

BLAKE STONE v3.0 APOGEE 3-D ACTION ####In 1992 came Wolfenstein. NOW there's BlakeStone: Aliens...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/14/2006

Laptop Hotfix for Virtual PC

The Virtual PC 2004 SP1 download now available at https://www.microsoft.com/virtualpc includes a...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/13/2006

Virtual PC is free!

Today we announced a couple of cool things: Virtual PC 2004 SP1 will be available free - now!...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/12/2006

VMMs versus Hypervisors

Today I would like to try and clear up some confusion that seems to be out there at the moment....

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/11/2006

Two new Virtual Server books

Mann Publishing has just released two books on Virtual Server: The Rational Guide to Managing...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/07/2006

Catacomb Abyss under Virtual PC

After HoverTank 3D - the next 3D game to be released by the company that would eventually be known...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/06/2006

Interesting use for Virtual PC and networking

I regularly get questions from people asking about setting up VPN software inside of a virtual...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/03/2006

HoverTank 3D under Virtual PC

So it appears very few people know this - but HoverTank 3D was the first 3D first person shooter to...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/30/2006

Enabling sound over RDP with a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine

Virtual Server does not provide sound support out of the box - and in the past I have commented that...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/30/2006

VM Additions available for Windows Vista Beta 2

Details here.Cheers,Ben

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/27/2006

Problems with Virtual Server when shutting down the host

Some people have encountered an issue with Virtual Server when they are shutting down the host...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/27/2006

Where has Ben been?

Hi All, you have probably noticed the dearth of posts this week. Unfortunately I had some unexpected...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/23/2006

Cyclemania under Virtual PC

This would have to be one of the earliest CD-ROM based games I bought (though not the first). By all...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/17/2006

PowerShell tweaks for controlling Virtual Server

On Tuesday I talked about how to control Virtual Server from PowerShell. Since then I have come up...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/16/2006

Big Red Racing under Virtual PC

Big Red Racing is a traditional early 3D racing game. It pits you against a number of different...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/15/2006

Controlling Virtual Server through PowerShell

A number of people have been asking me about using PowerShell to control Virtual Server. This is a...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/13/2006

System Center Virtual Machine Manager Beta

At WinHEC we announced that we were working on System Center Virtual Machine Manager - to provide a...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/13/2006

Installing Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2

People have been asking me how to install Virtual Server on Windows Vista Beta 2. There are a couple...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/05/2006

Boppin' under Virtual PC

BOPPIN' v1.1 from APOGEE! ######## Variety jammed arcade/puzzle game! ####In an alternate...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/02/2006

Launching programs remotely via WMI

One thing that people regularly ask how to do with Virtual Server / Virtual PC is to be able to...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/01/2006

Playing around with LeoStream P2V

A while ago I talked about how to manually migrate a physical computer to a virtual machine. Now -...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/31/2006

Virtual PC website updated...

Just a small post today to point out that the Virtual PC website has been given a nice...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/30/2006

M1 Tank Platoon under Virtual PC

M1 Tank Platoon was a fascinating game - which provided an interesting mix of tactics and action...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/26/2006

WinHEC Redux

Well - this has been a pretty cool week from a virtualization point of view. We demonstrated the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/26/2006

Gathering historical network statistics under Virtual Server

A little while ago I showed you how to gather information about how much traffic a virtual network...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/25/2006

Battle Chess under Virtual PC

Released in 1988, Battle Chess is probably one of the most notorious computer chess games ever. This...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/24/2006

System Center Virtual Machine Manager demo at WinHEC

Following up the Windows virtualization demonstration today in Bill Gates' keynote - we also had...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/23/2006

Windows virtualization in Bill Gates' WinHEC keynote!

Woo hoo! Well - the demo went off perfectly (I was backstage keeping an eye on the hardware). Kudos...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/23/2006

Backstage at WinHEC

What is this a picture of?It is what the big WinHEC display looks like from behind. That is right -...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/23/2006

Virtual PC Security options

Virtual PC has a set of build in security options. What this allows you to do is to restrict access...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/22/2006

Microsoft Extends Virtualization Strategy, Outlines Product Road Map

Check it...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/22/2006

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire under Virtual PC

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (QFG2) has you playing the role of the hero from the original...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/20/2006

Check available CPU reserve under Virtual Server

Today I have a very simple script: Set vs = CreateObject("VirtualServer.Application") Wscript.Echo...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/19/2006

Quest for Glory 1: So you want to be a hero? under Virtual PC

Quest for Glory 1: So you want to be a hero? (from here on in - QFG1) is one of my all time favorite...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/18/2006

Poking around the Virtual PC Options.XML file

There are a number of global settings for Virtual PC that are stored in our 'Options.XML' file. You...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/17/2006

Performing a customized unattended installation of Virtual Server

The Virtual Server Administrator's guide outlines how to perform a basic unattended installation of...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/16/2006

Gathering network statistics under Virtual Server

Just a short post today - I recently went searching for some sample scripts for gathering...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/12/2006

New KB on configuring Linux virtual machines under Virtual Server 2005 R2

Hi everyone, I just received an email that a new KB had just been published on how to address the...

Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 05/09/2006

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