Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization Blog
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Connecting a Smart Card to a Windows 7 virtual machine
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/15/2010
How do I get Internet Explorer to work as a published application with XP Mode?
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/10/2010
Windows XP Tablet Edition under Windows Virtual PC
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/09/2010
Accessing Shared Drives from the Command Prompt under Windows Virtual PC
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/08/2010
Using Windows Server 2008 Core on Windows Virtual PC
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/04/2010
Hyper-V ActiveX RDP Control
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/03/2010
Windows Server Performance Team: Increase VMBus buffer sizes to increase network throughput to guest VMs
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/02/2010
Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/01/2010
NVSPBind and NVSPScrub
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/28/2010
Hyper-V virtual machines do not start after using Startup Repair
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/19/2010
MED-V Administration Video Series
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Author: Ben Armstrong [MSFT] Date: 01/18/2010
RemoteApp + Hyper-V + Windows XP / Vista
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/17/2009
The different ways to compact a disk
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/14/2009
Core Configurator 2.0 now available!
Core Configurator 2.0 is now available for download here: https://coreconfig.codeplex.com/ If you are...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/03/2009
Why Hyper-V cannot boot off of SCSI disks (and why you should not care)
Under Hyper-V we have two kinds of disk controller that you can add to a virtual machine – IDE disks...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/01/2009
Updated Hyper-V Monitor Gadget Now Available
Tore Lervik has released an updated version of his fantastic Hyper-V Monitor Gadget. New...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/30/2009
Hyper-V and Domain Controllers – Demo Tips and Tricks
In the past I have talked about the different configuration options when running Domain Controllers...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/20/2009
Booting Hyper-V R2 off a USB stick
A while ago we announced that Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2 would support booting off of a USB flash...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/18/2009
Understanding High-End Video Performance Issues with Hyper-V
A while ago I wrote a relatively short blog post high-lighting the fact that there are performance...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/16/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/11/2009
Restricting Shared Drives under Windows Virtual PC
When it comes to minimizing the potential for malicious software running in a virtual machine to...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/04/2009
Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard
I little while ago some member of the Hyper-V test team released a new tool on...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/03/2009
Understanding (and troubleshooting) Auto-Publishing in Windows Virtual PC
One of the cool features of Windows Virtual PC is how applications that are installed into Windows...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/28/2009
Installing Virtual CD Software in a Virtual Machine
Like many Hyper-V users, I have created ISO images of most of my CDs / DVDs (and in the case of my...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/27/2009
Deploying Windows XP Mode
We have recently published a very handy video / guide / set of scripts to help with anyone who needs...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/26/2009
Windows Virtual PC / Windows XP Mode RTM now available for general download
Go and get it:https://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspxCheers, Ben
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/22/2009
Setting up Hyper-V with a UPS
People have asked me how you go about setting up a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) with...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/22/2009
Hotfix needed to move R2 differencing disk to Windows Server 2008
A virtualization MVP recently bought this to my attention:In Windows Server 2008 R2 there was a...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/16/2009
Hyper-V Hotfix for "0x00000101 - CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT" on Nehalem systems
We have just released a new hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 that address the issue that users were...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/16/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/14/2009
Hyper-V Management + Delegated Administration + SCVMM
A while ago I blogged about how to allow non-administrators to control Hyper-V. You do this by...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/13/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/13/2009
Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta available for download
The beta release of System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 is now available for download. You...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/12/2009
How I Manage Servers in my House
Last week I posted a description about the servers (physical and virtual) that I have configured in...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/12/2009
Disk2vhd v1.0 now available
The SysInternals team just announced the availability of a new tool: Disk2vhd.This is a tool that...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/07/2009
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 /...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/07/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/05/2009
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/04/2009
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/04/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/01/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/01/2009
Searching my blog finally works properly!
After years of lackluster search capabilities on my blog – the blogs.msdn.com people have...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/30/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/30/2009
SCOM Management Pack for Windows Server 2008 R2
The System Center Operations Manager management pack for Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available. In...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/28/2009
Processor Affinity and why you don’t need it on Hyper-V
I have just got back from spending a lot of time on the road, and in my time talking to various...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/21/2009
Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Update
Okay, I missed this one when it came out. In my defense – this was released in February, when...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/13/2009
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...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/10/2009
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...
Author: Ben Armstrong [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2009