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Sorry for the prolonged period of silence on my blog, everyone. I can assure you that all is still well in the world of Virtualization. I'm working on a series of posts that will focus on the Virtualization technologies in Longhorn Server, but we're not
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The updated version of Virtual PC has finally been released, and is free. If you're planning on running Windows Vista in a VM (or really - if you've got a computer with Virtualization Extensions in the processor and you plan on virtualizing *anything*),
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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
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As of this morning, a beta version of VPC2007 is now available to the public. Head on over to Microsoft Connect and pick up a copy (look for available connections - the VPC beta program should be listed). What does VPC 2007 give you? Well, for one, it
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I'm happy to announce that nothing has changed, folks. The VM Additions that ship with Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 (... was there a "niner" in there? Am I on a walkie-talkie?) still work with the "RC2" release of Windows Vista. Check out the original
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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,
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The title pretty much says it all - we've released updated VM Additions that are compatible with the July EDW build of Windows Vista that was released recently (it's build 5472.5, for those of you keeping score at home). As an added bonus, these Additions
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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
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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 in
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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 your own
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Microsoft just announced that Virtual Server 2005 R2 (Enterprise Edition) is now available as a *FREE* download for x86 and x64 systems! Hot! Head on over here to pick up your copy. There's also news about Linux Additions ... you know... if you're interested
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In my post on getting Glass working for a Virtual Machine , I spent a little bit of time discussing the graphics card that we emulate, and the reasons why Glass isn't possible on that hardware. There's a similar issue in Vista with the sound card that
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Interested in changing things up and using Virtual PC in the February CTP of Vista? The Virtual PC Guy's got you covered !
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Just wanted to give a quick heads up - yours truly isn't the only blogger on the Virtual Machine team, so you should make some more room on your blogroll. Ben Armstrong (The Virtual PC Guy) maintains an amazing blog here. If you've ever wondered how to
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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 and Virtual
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