Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 to support legacy apps

Windows XP mode, introduced in Windows 7 is a cool new feature to support legacy systems and applications that does not work in Windows 7. In simple terms, Windows XP mode is a Virtual Machine on its own running on Windows Virtual PC but bit more integrated tightly into the native OS (Windows 7). Incoming [...]

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Hyper-V:No Network when installing Windows Server 2008 Core as Guest OS

When you install Windows Server 2008 as a Guest OS on a Windows Server 2008 running Hyper-V role, you may find this guest OS without any network when booted up. This could happen if the Integration Services is not installed on the Guest OS. The Integration Services installs the Guest OS components as in any [...]

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Hyper-V: How to clone a Virtual machine (VM)

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualisation doesn’t offer an out of the box option to clone an existing Virtual Machine (VM) into a new one. However, this doesn’t  mean it is not possible or is very difficult. In fact, its quite easy and simple to clone a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Incoming search terms:hyper-v clone (6)hyper-v [...]

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Hyper-V: How to create a new Virtual Machine

Once Hyper-V Role is enabled on your Windows Server 2008, new Virtual Machines can be created from the Hyper-V Manager. The list of guest operating systems supported on Hyper-V at the moment are Incoming search terms:how to create a virtual machine in hyper v manager (21)arcserve failed to create virtual machine snapshot for the vm [...]

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Hyper-V: 64-bit Hypervisor based Virtualization in Windows Server 2008

Hyper-V is a 64-bit only Virtualization Technology in Windows Server 2008. Hyper-V is a 64-bit native hypervisor based Virtualization and requires processors that support virtualization. Needless to say it is not supported on the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2008. Incoming search terms:enable the intel xd bit (2)64 bit hypervisor (1)NX-bit virtualization (1)how to enable [...]

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