Archive for 'Virtualization' Category
Out with the XP, in with the Windows 2008 Server!
1 July 2008Last year I wrote a blog entry about how I was done with Windows Vista as a desktop operating system and thusly downgrading to Windows XP Professional. Things over the last year have changed though and it seem more and more applications and drivers are being released and updated for Vista (or newer ;), hah! [...]
How to recover your Hyper-V Virtual Machines after installing the RC0 Update
1 April 2008Have you installed the RC0 update for Windows 2008 Hyper-V and have just found out that all your Virtual Machines will not start? Not to worry!
What happens in this update is that the Virtual Machine configurations are incompatible between Beta and RC0, but only the configurations That’s the catch. The actual virtual disk (.VHD) [...]
Are your Hyper-V Virtual Machines Locking Up?
7 March 2008I’ve been working recently with Windows 2008 Server and Hyper-V, trying to get my Virtual PC machines running under Hyper-V. One problem I kept running into is that at random times, my Virtual Machines would just lock up or freeze.
At first I suspected the conversion from the Virtual PC HAL to the new Hyper-V HAL [...]
Can a Microsoft Virtual PC VHD work in Windows 2008 Hyper-V?
21 February 2008Yes…. kinda
It’s a bit tricky getting a Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine working in the new Windows 2008 Virtualization Environment, Hyper-V. You’re going to run into several issues:
Because of a significant hardware change visible to the VM, you might need to reactivate your Microsoft OS.
You will need to uninstall the Microsoft Virtual Machine [...]