Archive for the "VPC / VM" category

 

Sysprep a Windows Server 2003 SP2 VPC

 
Overview Sysprep is a tool to prepare a system for system cloning. One of the common use is to clone a base VPC for testing/development. The benefit of sysprep is that it make every newly cloned VPC to have unique SID and/or computer name, so that SID conflict will not happen after the cloning [...]

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Disabling Time Synchronization under Virtual PC 2007

 
Overview VPC with Virtual Machine Additions installed will automatically synchronize its time with host. Virtual PC Guy tells us how to disable it in his post. Reference Disabling Time Synchronization under Virtual PC 2007 Steps Shut down the VPC (I found that cannot use “Save state”) [...]

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Installing Driver for Legacy Network Adapter on Win2k3 x64 VPC (Hyper-V)

 
Overview I installed a 64-bit Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2 on one of my Hyper-V VPC, and add a Legacy Network Adaptor to it. However the network adapter is not automatically installed in the x64 win 2k3 because its driver is not available. With some Googling I found that 64-bit version of win [...]

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Create Private Network for VPCs with Microsoft Loopback Adaptor

 
Overview If you want to add your VPCs into a network so that they (and your host machine) can access other via TCP/IP, what will you do? You can assign your physical network adaptor to VPCs so that they will be on the same network as your host machine, but first you need a [...]

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