June, 2011

A while ago I posted about a hotfix that would correct a problem where virtual machine network connectivity would be dropped under heavy network load (original blog post here ). Unfortunately this specific fix was not included in Windows Server 2008 R2...

As I mentioned yesterday – I have been working on a completely automated virtual machine build process that does not use templates (but build everything from scratch).  One of the key tools that I have been using for this process is WIM2VHD – which...

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (SWOTL) is a DOS game released by LucasFilm Games.  It was released in 1991 and allows you to take the role of a pilot in World War II. Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe lets you play for either the United States Air...

I have been working on a personal project recently.  My goal is to completely automate the process of building a virtual machine - without using templates. As I have been working on this process, I have been making and deleting the same virtual hard...

The other day I had someone contact me with this question: “I am running a program in Windows Virtual PC where I need to use the F1 key to bring up help information inside the virtual machine. However, whenever I press F1 the Windows Virtual...

Hyper-V MVP – Aidan Finn – has just published a fantastic whitepaper about dynamic memory.  Go and check it out now: http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=11289 Cheers, Ben

This is a bit old – but I am still getting questions from people about it so I wanted to get a blog post down.  If you have a cluster with three or more nodes – you may encounter problems with CSV after installing SP1.  If you are seeing any...