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Sometimes things are just too automated–a cautionary tale
It’s been a very long time since I’ve written anything on this blog, as the very observant of you...
Date: 08/03/2010
Aero Glass? In my Virtual Machine? Now it’s even more likely than you think…
Starting back in 2006, I wrote a post about how to enable Aero Glass support for Virtual Machines by...
Date: 03/18/2010
Using a lot of PowerShell in your presentations?
Do you hate switching back and forth between your PowerPoint slides and a PowerShell window every...
Date: 03/11/2010
New Physical to Virtual (P2V) tool from Sysinternals
Looks like Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell are up to their old tricks again, with an awesome new...
Date: 10/07/2009
Fine. I’ll do the Twitter thing.
I have to admit, I really don’t quite get Twitter. My first experience with it probably wasn’t...
Date: 08/12/2009
All work and no play makes Mikey … ‘SPLODE!!!
I’m between video games right now, so I thought that I’d take a look at what’s available in the Xbox...
Date: 08/12/2009
Aero Glass? In my Virtual Machine? It’s more likely than you think…
Back in 2006, I posted an article about how to get Glass running in a VM. The trick was to use...
Date: 08/12/2009
Microsoft releases Hyper-V Integration Component drivers for Linux as Open Source
:: Yawn :: No big news here. Microsoft just released the Hyper-V Integration Component...
Date: 07/20/2009
Another week, another complete lack of podcast
I just wanted to post a quick note to all of you that I haven’t given up on the podcasts or anything...
Date: 05/29/2009
The Virtualization Nation Podcast – Episode 3: Want to boot a physical computer from a VHD?
Of course you do. And in this episode of the Virtualization Nation Podcast, I’ll show you how. But...
Date: 05/14/2009
The Virtualization Nation Podcast - Episode 2. Wait, what?
Some of you may remember that, a long while ago, I asked what sort of things you'd like to see in a...
Date: 05/05/2009
WIM2VHD Release Candidate now available!
That’s right, folks. In celebration of the release of the Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Release...
Date: 05/05/2009
About those WIM2VHD videos... what's a good video editing tool?
So, I know that I've been promising everyone some new videos explaining some of WIM2VHD's features....
Date: 04/24/2009
How To: Install Ubuntu 9.04 in a Hyper-V VM
The webbernetz are abuzz with news that a new version of Ubuntu has been released today. As such, I...
Date: 04/23/2009
WIM2VHD: 1000 downloads and counting!
Every now and then, I like to visit the WIM2VHD website and see how many people have downloaded...
Date: 03/18/2009
Does restoring a snapshot break domain connectivity? Here’s why.
This is a pretty common question on our internal mailing lists, and I’d imagine that it’s common...
Date: 03/18/2009
More WIM2VHD videos on the way… but how many?
Hey everyone, I’ve been working on putting together a new set of videos for WIM2VHD, but I’ve run...
Date: 02/26/2009
Updates on WIM2VHD
Hi everyone, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for the amazing response to WIM2VHD! ...
Date: 02/12/2009
More PowerShell in R2 tricks
The other day, Ben Armstrong posted the steps for installing Windows PowerShell on Hyper-V Server...
Date: 02/12/2009
Announcing the Windows® Image to Virtual Hard Disk Converter (WIM2VHD)
It was my New Years Resolution that I’d do an average of 2 blog posts per week this year. So far, I...
Date: 02/06/2009
Some awesome Windows 7 tricks
Tim Sneath posted this last night, and I wanted to share it with all of you Windows 7 users out...
Date: 01/14/2009
The Hyper-V RTM Ship Party
Ever wonder what a Microsoft ship party looks like? If you take a stroll through Microsoft’s Redmond...
Date: 01/13/2009
VIIrtualization: Windows 7 Beta on Hyper-V and Virtual PC 2007 SP1
Well, it looks like I was too slow in getting my posts written, because a bunch of people have...
Date: 01/13/2009
VIIrtualization: I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but the Windows 7 Beta is out
You know… just in case you haven’t heard it. I’m sure there aren’t a lot of people talking...
Date: 01/08/2009
Washington Snowpocalypse 2008 – Putting things in perspective
I’m sure many of you have seen the news about the winter storms that have been hitting the Pacific...
Date: 12/22/2008
How to use VMConnect to create an .RDP-like shortcut directly to your VMs
The Remote Desktop application in Windows has a nifty little feature where you can save all of your...
Date: 12/02/2008
Problems with QueryPerformanceCounter on Windows Server 2003 Multi-Processor Hyper-V guests? Here’s why.
A friend of mine from another group came to me with a problem he’s been having on some Windows...
Date: 10/15/2008
A New Source For Windows 7 Information
Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan (who’s office is about 5 doors down from mine… I wonder if he can...
Date: 08/15/2008
Hyper-V Installation Tricks: Updates
I haven’t updated my three part series about different ways to install Hyper-V for our RTM...
Date: 08/15/2008
Hyper-V has been Released To Manufacturing!
I arrived on this team a little over three years ago, and was brought in to work on automating test...
Date: 06/26/2008
Installing Fedora 9 in a Hyper-V VM
In my last post, I said I’d be posting last week. Sorry for the late appearance of this post,...
Date: 06/04/2008
Adding the RC1 Integration Components to WinPE 2.0
Mike Sterling just made a triumphant return to blogging by posting an article on how to add the RC1...
Date: 05/30/2008
Hyper-V Installation Tricks - Part 2: Unattended Installation of Windows and Hyper-V
Updated for Hyper-V RTM Picture it: Sicily, 1914. You've got a bunch of Servers that you need to...
Date: 03/26/2008
Hyper-V Installation Tricks - Part 1: Sysprep and Hyper-V
Updated for Hyper-V RTM Before we jump right into this, I thought it would be best if we got a few...
Date: 03/26/2008
Hyper-V Installation Tricks - Prologue
Updated for Hyper-V RTM As you may have heard, we've shipped Hyper-V. Sorry for the lack of...
Date: 03/26/2008
I still get an error while installing the Integration Components on Win2k3 after I installed Win2k8 RC1 on the host! HC?
In an earlier post, I said that you should install Windows Server 2008 RC1 with Hyper-V Beta if...
Date: 01/14/2008
What's in a name?
I feel so dirty for having chosen that as a title for this post. I mean, seriously. Out...
Date: 01/09/2008
Does your mouse stop working when you TS into a host machine and try to use a guest OS? Here's why.
To continue my "here's why" series of posts, I figured I'd talk about something else that...
Date: 01/09/2008
Getting an error while installing the ICs on Server 2003? Here's why.
I've seen a lot of users having issues with installing the Hyper-V Integration Components on Windows...
Date: 01/04/2008
Frequently Asked Questions about the Hyper-V Beta
I've been watching the comments - both internally and externally - about yesterday's launch of the...
Date: 12/14/2007
Microsoft Hyper-V Beta is now available for download!
The bits are available here:...
Date: 12/13/2007
"Viridian" no more - Say 'Hi' to Microsoft Hyper-V
Those of you who have followed my blog for a while know that I've - for one reason or another - been...
Date: 11/13/2007
What do you want to know about "Viridian" / Windows Server virtualization?
To go along with all of the wonderful blog posts that we've been clogging the Intarwebs with this...
Date: 10/02/2007
Installing Windows Server 2003 in a “Viridian” VM
Earlier this week, I posted instructions on how to install the "Viridian" CTP on Windows...
Date: 09/26/2007
Configuring Virtual Network Switches in “Viridian”
Welcome back everybody. I hope that you found on how to install the "Viridian" CTP to be...
Date: 09/25/2007