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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:09 PM

Why is F12 not working with my virtual machine?!?!

Here is a problem that I hear about at least 2 or 3 times a month: Someone is trying to do a network installation of an operating system using either Hyper-V or Virtual PC, they setup the virtual machine appropriately, but when they try to press “F12”
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 4 Comments
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:28 PM

Disk2vhd v1.0 now available

The SysInternals team just announced the availability of a new tool: Disk2vhd . This is a tool that you run on a running Windows computer to create virtual hard disks copies of the physical disks that are attached.  Under the covers this tool works
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 24 Comments
Monday, October 05, 2009 1:08 PM

Microsoft Security Essentials and Virtual PC

For as long as I have been working on Virtual PC – people have been asking me: “Do I need to install Antivirus software inside the virtual machine?” And the answer has always been: “Yes! You need to treat each virtual machine just like it were a separate
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 9 Comments
Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:14 AM

Using Floppy Disks with Windows Virtual PC

Most users of Windows Virtual PC do not need to use floppy disks with their virtual machines, as general usage of floppy disks has become rarer and rarer. Those who do need to use floppy disks – may think that they can no longer do this – as there is
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 19 Comments
Attachment(s): Floppy Drive Scripts.zip
Sunday, September 13, 2009 2:42 PM

Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Update

Okay, I missed this one when it came out.  In my defense – this was released in February, when I was heads down working on Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 stuff.  There is an update for Virtual PC 2007 SP1 that has some significant improvements,
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Friday, August 28, 2009 4:49 PM

Windows Virtual PC Integrated Applications on Multi-Monitor systems

When using integrated applications with Windows Virtual PC on multi-monitor computers there are a couple of “gotchas” to be aware of. We use Remote Desktop technology to provide our support for integrated applications. And as discussed here Remote Desktop
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:10 PM

Changing the DPI settings of Windows XP Mode

I have a deep, dark secret to confess.  I run Windows in high DPI mode (this is where Windows displays larger text / icons).  I do not know why, but as a “tech guy” I sense some deep shame over this.  However, I just find my computer screens
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:11 PM

Running Virtual PC 2007 on Windows 7

Attention: In this blog post I am discussing a configuration that is possible, but not officially supported by Microsoft at this point in time.  Feel free to use this – but understand that you are in an unsupported configuration. There is a fair
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 29 Comments
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:01 PM

Windows Virtual PC and Undo Disks

With Windows Virtual PC we have been “fine tuning” the user experience for undo disks. If you are not familiar with “undo disks” this is the feature of Virtual PC that allows you to use a virtual machine, and when you are finished decide whether to keep
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:14 PM

Multiple Seamless Applications with Windows Virtual PC

We have spent a lot of time telling people how Windows Virtual PC and Virtual XP mode will allow them to run incompatible legacy applications on Windows 7.  Unfortunately a number of people have come away with the impression that you can only do
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Friday, June 19, 2009 4:50 PM

Disabling Integrated Mode in Windows Virtual PC

Earlier this week I talked about integrated mode in Windows Virtual PC .  And there I mentioned that there are times that you may want to disable integrated mode.  You can do this on a running virtual machine by using the tools menu: You can
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
Monday, June 15, 2009 10:18 AM

Creating virtual machines with Windows Virtual PC

If you have read about Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode, you may mistakenly think that Windows Virtual PC can only be used for running applications in Windows XP mode.  While this is one of the major features, Windows Virtual PC allows you
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 23 Comments
Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:22 PM

Using Windows Virtual PC to run 16-bit applications on 64-bit Windows

I have had some people ask me whether you can use Windows Virtual PC – with its integrated Windows XP Mode – to run older 16-bit Windows programs on a 64-bit platform.  The answer is “Yes!”.  Here you can see a screen shot of SkiFree running
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 9 Comments
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:56 PM

Windows 7 RC + Windows Virtual PC Beta now available

In case you did not see the announcements yesterday – you can now get your hands on the Windows 7 RC (release candidate) build for testing.  You can also download the beta of Windows Virtual PC , and the beta for Windows XP Mode . Also, there is
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 57 Comments
Monday, April 27, 2009 9:34 AM

Windows Virtual PC is Coming…

Over on the Windows Blog, Scott Woodgate has given us a brief glance of Windows Virtual PC, which will be part of Windows 7.  One of the most exciting features is the new “Windows XP mode” which is designed to help people with Windows XP applications
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 33 Comments
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