How to Create a Virtual Machine with Windows Virtual PC

Jun 11, 2010 No Comments by Gilberto J Perera

If you’re not a fan of Virtual Box and want to become familiar with the easy to use interface in Windows Virtual PC, you’ve come to the right place. In this article along with others I will walk you through the basics of using Windows Virtual PC to create an manage virtual machines on your [...]

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How to Enable XP Mode in Windows 7

Mar 30, 2010 2 Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Are you running into trouble with incompatible applications in Windows 7? If you’re reading this chances are that you have already tried all of the comparability tools available in Windows 7 and are still looking for a solution. Windows 7 allows Enterprise, Ultimate, and Professional users to run Windows XP mode.
Windows XP mode is [...]

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How to Edit the Default Virtual Machine Directories in VirtualBox

Mar 17, 2010 No Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Do you use VirtualBox in more than one computer? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could share all of your virtual machines between your notebook and desktop? A couple of changes to default directories in VirtualBox will allow you to do just that. VirtualBox allows users to customize the default storage locations for virtual machines [...]

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How to Install Guest Additions in VirtualBox

Feb 08, 2010 No Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Now that you have VirtualBox installed and you created your first virtual machine it’s time to use of some great tools that make the management of virtual machines painless and easy. VirtualBox includes a set tools named Guest Additions. These tools provide additional functionality to the interaction between the host machine and the guest/virtual [...]

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How to Create a New Virtual Machine in VirtualBox

Feb 06, 2010 6 Comments by Gilberto J Perera

As I stated in my previous post, I had to create a Windows 7 virtual machine so that I can write a series of articles while I’m out of town this weekend. As I was creating the virtual machine in VirtualBox I realized that this would be a good tutorial to publish on this blog [...]

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Add a CD/DVD Image to a VirtualBox Machine

Feb 05, 2010 2 Comments by Gilberto J Perera

I’m away from my Windows 7 desktop this weekend and I promised myself I would write several Windows 7 how-to’s, unfortunately I’ve been dreading the upgrade process on my laptop so I’m going to end up using VirtualBox to run Windows 7 so I can write these articles. I’ve already prepared the how-to on setting [...]

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How to Install Virtual Machine Additions Using Virtual PC 2007

Oct 31, 2008 28 Comments by Gilberto J Perera

Virtual Machine Additions allow you to extend the capability of Microsoft’s Virtual PC software (capabilities listed at the end of the article), however installing these additions can be a little confusing so I decided to post the instructions to install the Virtual Machine Additions for reference. If you have any comments or questions, please post [...]

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