June, 2007

Continuing on with the Tex Murphy games we arrive at Martian Memorandum. This would have to be my favorite Tex Murphy game - with a gripping story and a simple click and point interface. That is not to say that it is without its problems. The biggest...

A little known fact is that Virtual Server 2005 installs and works just fine on Windows Server 2008 core installations. All you need to do is to select to do a custom installation, uncheck the option for the Virtual Server Web Application and complete...

For those of you who are unaware - Windows Server 2008 includes a new installation option - the 'core' installation. This gives you a stripped down version of Windows Server that is designed to just key server roles - with no Windows shell or other overhead...

Heh. It has been so long since I posted about a game that I am sure that many of you were wondering what had gone wrong. Well, never fear, things have just been a bit busy around here. So, today I was reminiscing about about old Tex Murphy games - and...

If you use Linux under Virtual Server / Virtual PC - you may be interested to know that the new VHDMount tool gives you an easy way to transfer data to and from your Linux virtual machine. Normally if you tried to use VHDMount to attach a Linux virtual...

A while ago I posted about setting this up with Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 - but things have changed since then. If you want to be able to double click on a virtual hard disk to mount it - after you have installed Virtual Server - create a plain...

So maybe you are using Virtual PC, and having read about VHDMount you are thinking: "Gee, I would like to be able to use that tool - but I only use Virtual PC. I know I could install Virtual Server on my computer (and it would work fine and not interfere...

Along with the recent release of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 - we now have access to the final version of VHDMount to play with. With those of you who are unfamiliar with this tool - it allows you to mount a virtual hard disk on a physical computer just...

A while ago I posted about the Windows Server Virtualization calculator - well it has been updated . Now the tool allows you to specify not only the sort of physical hardware and the number of Windows virtual machines - but it also allows you to specify...

Microsoft has just recently published this virtualization licensing document: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/a/a/7aa89a8b-bf4d-446b-a50c-c9b00024df33/Windows_Server_2003_R2.docx The nice thing about this document is that it outlines how the...

The final release of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 is now available for download at the newly updated: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/ Stealing from one of the product web sites, the key changes in this service pack are...

Well - at the last moment I have been called in to present at TechEd US this year, so today I will be flying out to Orlando so I can present: SVR343 - Virtualization Solution Scenarios: How to Identify, Implement, and Manage Your Virtual Environment Friday...

I was recently asked why it is required to have Virtual Machine Additions installed when trying to control virtual machines by connecting to the host operating system with Remote Desktop (as discussed here ). To set the terminology correctly – we have...

This is nice - a 30 day evaluation version of Windows Vista Enterprise, pre-installed with Virtual Machine Additions already loaded. You can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2c27337-d4d1-4b9b-926d-86493c7da1aa&DisplayLang...