Virtual Varia

This isn't exactly on topic for this blog, since up to this point I've really only talked about getting Windows Vista running in a VM, but sometimes it's nice to talk about something else for a change. One of the things that I like most about Virtual...

We've got some great news for you today, guys and gals. Robert McLaws recently made a post on LonghornBlogs asking us to be a little bit more transparent with out plans for Virtual PC. Ask and ye shall receive, Robert :) As of today, Microsoft has...

There haven't really been any changes to the process of installing Vista in a Virtual Machine. As such, I'm just going to include links to the previous posts ( VPC / VS ). Just replace 'December' with 'February' and you should be good to go. One thing...

One of the things that a lot of people have asked us about, both inside and outside of Microsoft, is whether or not we're going to support Glass running in a VM. So here's the scoop: the answer is 'sort of'. Here's how it breaks down: Virtual PC...

We've finally released the Microsoft Virtual Machine Additions for Windows Vista Beta 2! You can download the additions here: http://connect.microsoft.com Log into the site, and sign up for the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta if you're not already...

I've got to say, I've been using Vista and Longhorn Server internally for a very long time now - pretty much since Beta 1 was released - and I'm very impressed at how far we've come with the product. There are still some rough edges, but there's time...

A couple people have left comments saying they get an error message like the following when they try to install Vista in a VM: "The instruction at 0x1fee7a6d referenced memory at 0x02b8bd0f. The required data was not placed into memory because of an...

Installing Vista under Virtual Server 2005 R2 is significantly easier than installing under VPC or Virtual Server 2005 RTM. There are two main reasons why: Virtual Server 2005 R2 includes the new version of the Additions that work (but are UNSUPPORTED...

It's that time again (though I'm a little late to the game on this one... sorry for the delay)! Let's get right down to it, shall we? There are two significant changes when running this build in a Virtual Machine: You no longer need to prepare...

Not a whole lot has changed in the Virtual world when it comes to running Vista. Virtual PC still can't read ISO images over 2.2GB, so you'll still need to mount the image on the host PC, or burn it to a disc and use pass through to get the disc inside...

So, it appears that the RC0 bits for Windows Server 2008 have been posted to the intarwebs .  As I said in a previous post, the CTP release of the "Viridian" virtualization technology is included in this release of Windows Server. Ben Armstrong...

Well, at last we've come to this. It's been almost a year since my first post to this blog, and look how far we've come! Windows Vista has RTM'd and is now available to Volume Licensing customers and to MSDN and Technet subscribers. Looks like I'm going...

As I mentioned in my previous post , there's still an issue with Vista installing on blank hard drives, including newly created VHDs. If you try to install it on a totally blank (i.e. unpartitioned and unformatted) disk, you'll be told that Windows...

It was my New Years Resolution that I’d do an average of 2 blog posts per week this year. So far, I haven’t been doing a very good job of that, but I think I have a good excuse. I’ve been very busy with preparing to release a new tool, and now, I can...

Welcome back everybody. I hope that you found on how to install the "Viridian" CTP to be both informative and educational. Before we move on to installing operating systems inside of VM, we should talk a little bit about how to configure virtual...

I've seen a lot of users having issues with installing the Hyper-V Integration Components on Windows Server 2003 in the last few days.  The error code seems to differ slightly, but it's usually similar to the message below: If you're seeing this...

Updated for Hyper-V RTM Picture it: Sicily, 1914. You've got a bunch of Servers that you need to install and configure Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V on. You don't feel like messing around with Sysprep. What do you do? Well, since none of these...

Updated for Hyper-V RTM Thus far we covered the steps necessary to capture a system image with Hyper-V installed, and how to install Windows and Hyper-V at the same time without dealing with system images at all. Let's take a step back and talk about...

Updated for Hyper-V RTM As you may have heard, we've shipped Hyper-V.  Sorry for the lack of posts - it seems like I'm always on vacation when we ship a major release like this, so my posts lag a few days behind. Installing Hyper-V isn't exactly...

Updated for Hyper-V RTM Before we jump right into this, I thought it would be best if we got a few things straight.  For the remainder of this post, everytime I say "sysprep," I'm referring to running Sysprep with the /generalize switch...

To go along with all of the wonderful blog posts that we've been clogging the Intarwebs with this week, some of the other virtualization bloggers here at Microsoft and I are planning to start creating podcasts.  We've got some ideas on the type of...

Hey everyone, I’ve been working on putting together a new set of videos for WIM2VHD, but I’ve run into a bit of a problem. I’m creating a video that goes through and explains the different command line options for WIM2VHD, but the end result, even after...

Build 5270 was released yesterday as the December CTP - if you've got access to MSDN or Connect , you should definitely check it out. There are some awesome changes in this build. So, there are probably a fair number of you out there who are interested...

I saw that someone over on ActiveWin posted a concern that CTP users weren't able to get the new Additions that we've posted over on Connect. The truth is, anyone can get the new Additions, even if you aren't currently a member of Connect. To get them...

If anyone has tried syspreping Windows Vista Beta 2 inside a VM, you may have noticed that the VM Additions are still installed but not functional afterwards (this only happens if you use the /generalize switch). This is because of the way that the new...