Mark Brown's Blog : Virtual Server

Launch VPC without VPC Console via command line

mab — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:43:00 GMT

Ever wanted to launch a VPC without going through the console? You can through the command-line:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Virtual PC.exe" -pc <VPCNAME> -singlepc

Microsoft Remote Desktop Management Tool

mab — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:10:00 GMT

Although this has been out for a while, I got reminded recently about a tool from Microsoft that manages multiple remote desktop settings. If you find yourself swapping between multiple machine and dislike separate windows this may be the tool for you. This tool is a MMC 2.0 snap-in . The "Remote Desktops" add-in can be found/installed in the Windows Server 2003 Admin Pack SP1 (can be installed on other platforms). The download can be found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e487f885-f0c7-436a-a392-25793a25bad7&DisplayLang=en

Trouble with Virtual Server 2005 (R2) Standard Edition and Network Cards

mab — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:31:00 GMT

I was having trouble with Virtual Server 2005 recognizing my host network cards. After many tries of uninstall/reinstall, add/remove virtual network machines from NIC cards, and other various config changes I finally figured out my situation.

Symptom

Goto Virtual Server Admin website
Goto Server Properties
Goto Physical Computer Properties
I could not see any network cards

You may also have problem seeing new network cards or if you reconfigured your network card order.

Resolution

Unfortunately the only resolution I found was to completely remove Virtual Server. Removing Virtual Server required more than just uninstall through add/remove programs.

Here is the steps to perform

Backup all your VMC and VHD files (be safe rather than sorry!)
Stop the Virtual Helper and Virtual Server services
Goto add/remove programs and uninstall Virtual Server
Delete the directory and all files in the direcotry
- C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual Machine Helper
- C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual Server
- C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual Server Webapp
- C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Shared Virtual Machines
- C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Shared Virtual Networks
- C:\Document and Settings\<your user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual Server
Reinstall Virtual Server 2005