Posts Tagged ‘virtual machines’

Windows Virtual PC Settings Explained

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Continuing our tips on Windows Virtual PC and Windows 7, we would like to share with you another guide which presents all Windows Virtual PC Settings. This tutorials presents them one by one and explains the differences between all available options. If you want to make Windows Virtual PC work the way you want to, then this guide is definitely for you.

How to Configure Windows Virtual PC Settings

How to Install an Operating System in Windows Virtual PC

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For those of you who are big fans of Windows 7 and the latest incarnation of Windows Virtual PC, the team from 7 Tutorials has published a very detailed tutorial on how to install an operating system in Windows Virtual PC. Not only this but it also explains what all available types of virtual hard disks are, how they work, what to choose, etc. Even though you are not a beginner geek, you might still find it useful.

How to Install an Operating System in Windows Virtual PC

HAV – a Proper Virtualization Detection Tool

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If you want to use any virtualization tool and you want to know if your processors is capable of hardware-assisted virtualization and, this feature is turned on in the BIOS, then HAV is the tool for you. This 180 KB free download from Microsoft gets the job done in seconds.

Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool

Portable Ubuntu Loads Linux Inside Your Windows PC

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Sick and tired of dual-booting, virtual machines and all that jazz? Well, the Portable Ubuntu project runs Linux as a Windows app—natively integrated into the rest of the OS. Internally it’s still a virtual machine, but it’s still an interesting idea.

Portable Ubuntu




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