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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:53 AM

Double click to mount a virtual hard disk (Windows 7 Style)

I have been wanting to come up with a workable solution for mounting virtual hard disks by double clicking on them in Windows 7 for a while now. The problem is that: There is no easily scriptable API for VHD mounting You need to be elevated (running “As
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:53 PM

Restricting Shared Drives under Windows Virtual PC

When it comes to minimizing the potential for malicious software running in a virtual machine to affect your physical computer, there are two golden rules to follow: Secure the virtual machine just like you would a physical computer.  This means
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 5 Comments
Monday, October 26, 2009 9:23 AM

Deploying Windows XP Mode

We have recently published a very handy video / guide / set of scripts to help with anyone who needs to deploy either a standard or customized version of Windows XP mode to a large number of virtual machines. The first thing to look at is the deployment
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 2 Comments
Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:29 AM

Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download

Go and get it: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 31 Comments
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:24 AM

Windows 7 Eval VHD now available for Hyper-V

We have just released a prebuilt Windows 7 evaluation virtual hard disk for use with Hyper-V that you can download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=606ae07e-b7db-405b-974b-dd61fc41add4 Windows validation is required
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 0 Comments
Monday, October 12, 2009 8:25 AM

How I Manage Servers in my House

Last week I posted a description about the servers (physical and virtual) that I have configured in my house . Today I would like to spend a moment to talk about how I manage this environment. All of my management is done from my Windows 7 computer. I
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 8 Comments
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:34 AM

Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode now on MSDN / TechNet

The RTM builds of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode are now available for people with an MSDN / TechNet subscription.  On MSDN you can sign in and: Go to Subscriber Downloads Select Applications Scroll to the bottom of the list and select Windows
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 22 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 12:24 PM

Windows XP Mode / Windows Virtual PC RTM’s

We have just announced that we have signed off on the RTM release of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode.  It should be available on the Microsoft Download Center on October 22nd. Cheers, Ben
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 11 Comments
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:01 AM

Quake II under Windows Virtual PC

It has been too long since I posted about gaming on Virtual PC.  And there is a lot to talk about!  Windows Virtual PC makes some things better for gaming, some things worse, and opens up new possibilities.  But for now, I want to start
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 13 Comments
Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:31 AM

Updated Windows Vista “seamless applications” package for Windows Virtual PC

There is a new update for Windows Vista virtual machines to enable the use of seamless applications with Windows Virtual PC.  You can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=26a2de17-8355-4e8d-8f33-9211e48651fb
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Monday, September 07, 2009 8:23 PM

Windows Virtual PC / MED-V live meeting

I have landed in Australia, and am about to head down to Tech-Ed.  Apparently a lot of people are interested in the following session: Windows 7 XP Compatibility mode, Virtual PC and Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization So I will be doing
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 1 Comments
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 5:58 PM

Hotfix to help with Shared Folder Performance of Windows XP Mode

A number of users have seen performance issues using shared folders / having shared folders enabled with Windows XP Mode on the RC release of Windows Virtual PC.  This can be addressed by installing this hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;972435
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 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
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:11 AM

I am speaking at Tech-Ed Australia and Tech-Ed New Zealand

Immediately after attending VMworld this year I am going to be jumping on a plane and heading back home to speak at Tech-Ed Australia and Tech-Ed New Zealand . At both of these shows I am going to be giving two presentations: Windows 7 XP Compatability
Posted by Virtual PC Guy | 3 Comments
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