Windows Virtual PC
Connecting a Smart Card to a Windows 7 virtual machine
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/15/connecting-a-smart-card-to-a-windows-7-virtual-machine.aspx'; The easiest way to connect a smart card to a virtual machine is to use remote desktop to connect to the virtual machine, and enable smart card sharing. Since Windows Virtual PC uses remote desktop technology you get this out of the box. However this can all fall apart if you are running... »
Windows XP Tablet Edition under Windows Virtual PC
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/09/windows-xp-tablet-edition-under-windows-virtual-pc.aspx'; Over the weekend I spent some time going through my dusty archives of a virtual machines, bringing them all across to Windows Virtual PC and making sure they were all up to date. One of the virtual machines that I worked on was a Windows XP Tablet Edition virtual machine (which I... »
Accessing Shared Drives from the Command Prompt under Windows Virtual PC
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/08/accessing-shared-drives-from-the-command-prompt-under-windows-virtual-pc.aspx'; With Windows Virtual PC we changed our shared folders to be based on the drive sharing code from Remote Desktop. The advantage of this change is that shared drives are now much more stable, reliable and better performing than shared folders ever were. There are some downsides to this change (as I... »
Using Windows Server 2008 Core on Windows Virtual PC
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/04/using-windows-server-2008-core-on-windows-virtual-pc.aspx'; First, a caveat. This is not supported. Most of what I am about to talk about is not supported. Feel free to use this information, but do not call Microsoft if it does not work for you. With that out of the way – this morning I was asked how to get a... »
The different ways to compact a disk
Today if you want to compact a virtual hard disk – you can use Virtual PC / Virtual Server / Hyper-V or Windows 7. But not all methods are the same. Under the covers there are two different approaches that are taken to compacting virtual hard disks: Virtual PC / Virtual Server: ... »
Double click to mount a virtual hard disk (Windows 7 Style)
I have been wanting to come up with a workable solution for mounting virtual hard disks by double clicking on them in Windows 7 for a while now. The problem is that: There is no easily scriptable API for VHD mounting You need to be elevated (running “As Administrator”) in order to mount a virtual... »
Restricting Shared Drives under Windows Virtual PC
When it comes to minimizing the potential for malicious software running in a virtual machine to affect your physical computer, there are two golden rules to follow: Secure the virtual machine just like you would a physical computer. This means installing antivirus / anti-malware software, configuring firewalls, regularly installing updates,... »
Understanding (and troubleshooting) Auto-Publishing in Windows Virtual PC
One of the cool features of Windows Virtual PC is how applications that are installed into Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual machines automatically appear in the start menu on the host operating system – and can be launched directly without first needing to open the virtual machine in question: ... »
Deploying Windows XP Mode
We have recently published a very handy video / guide / set of scripts to help with anyone who needs to deploy either a standard or customized version of Windows XP mode to a large number of virtual machines. The first thing to look at is the deployment video – available here: ... »
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