You might have forgotten about Windows 8 already but we’ll soon have another beta coming and next year the final version. If you want a really complete guide on how to install Windows 8 in Virtual Box, check out this guide.

The Definitive Guide to Installing Windows 8 on VirtualBox

Did you know you can mount and edit ‘.vhd’ (virtual hard disk) images with Windows 7′s Disk Management tool?

If you are working with lots of virtual images, then this tip might come in handy.

Disk Management – How to Mount and Unmount VHD Images

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

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

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

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