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Virtual PC and Virtual Server verison numbers as well as additions.

Someone asked today so I thought I'd share it here too. Virtual PC 2004 5.3.0.582 13.040 Virtual Server 2005 1.1.465.0 13.206 Virtual PC 2004 SP1 5.3.582.27 13.306 Virtual PC 2004 SP1 5.3.582.32 13.306 Virtual Server 2005 SP1 Beta 13.518 Additions Download Only Windows Server 2003 SP1 Support 13...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 10-10-2008
Listen to me on .NET Rocks and RunAs Radio

One of my passions is virtualization (esp. in the MSFT world). In July, I did a .NET Rocks show and talked about Hyper-V and more . Later I also did a Run As Radio show also on virtualization . Finally in August, Martin Woodward and I did a Team System chat. Enjoy. Cross-posted to my Plurslsight blog...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 09-02-2008
I have the power

No, not time for He-Man , just time for a mobile hardware upgrade. I spend a good portion of my time working with virtual machines. And in doing so, I'm always looking for more power when I'm on the road. This week I was able to make three great updates to my Lenovo T61p. First, I upgraded my...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 07-02-2008
Tech Ed 2007, Orlando--Monday Morning

What was I thinking? :-) Yes last night was late; mostly due to it being Ted Pattison's birthday today. In either case, Richard, Rocky , and I are in the main hall waiting to see if Microsoft has any secrets to reveal. We shall see. 8:35am Eastern. Update One: 8:49am Eastern BobMu's keynote started with...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 06-03-2007
Virtual PC 2007 has RTM'd--get it while it's Hot!

Yep, it's here. Main page . [0] (Shiny and new). Download page . [1] (For both x86 and x64 hosts--two seperate downloads) What's new? x64 host support (but only x86 guests) Vista host support Vista guest support End of line. [0] http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 02-20-2007
NewSID and Vista

The other day I was working with a virtual machine image running Windows Vista and I wanted to see if NewSID would work. Well it didn't. In asking around, I got a tip from an old friend, Michael Kaplan —try running elevated. So, I did. I re-ran it as the 'real' Administrator and guess what, it worked...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 01-04-2007
Virtual PC 2007 RC is available now on Connect

Get it here . See my earlier post for what's new for Virtual PC 2007 in general. Ben Armstrong has a list of what's new for this release. A key item is a fix for users running laptops that have a key repeat problem. Make sure you read the updated Release Notes (a separate download). One issue I that...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 01-02-2007
Virtual PC 2007 Beta Out Now

You can find a link at the Virtual PC site . Here’s a list of what’s new: Support for running Windows Vista in a virtual machine and running virtual machines on top of Windows Vista Improved performance Support for AMD and Intel’s hardware virtualization technology Support for 64-bit hosts—note the word...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 10-11-2006
A Quick Tour of VHDMount

As I mentioned in my previous post , Beta 2 of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 is out. One feature that others and I have wanted for a long time is the ability to mount a virtual hard disk (VHD) file without having to start a VM. The VHDMount utility is a command-line tool that's automatically installed...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 08-31-2006
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 Available Now

Wahoo! A new release that's ready for the testing. What's new you ask? How about: Support for AMD® Virtualization Technology (Beta 1 only supported Intel) Volume Shadow Service Support (backup VMs while they're running) Offline VHD Mounting (this one's for you Mike!) Active Directory integration and...

Posted to Shut-Up and Smile (Weblog) by BrianR on 08-31-2006

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