Archive for the ‘Virtualization’ Category

Hardware Virtualization is No Longer A Must-have to Run XP Mode in Windows 7

Written by Kent on March 18th, 2010 | Posted in General, Virtualization | Tags: , ,

XP-mode is a very nice and help feature in Windows 7 that helps to address the incompatibility issue. But it’s long been criticized for the fact that in order to ...

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Connectify Released A Much Improved Version That Turns Your Windows 7 Laptop into A WiFi Hotspot

Written by Kent on January 7th, 2010 | Posted in Tools, Virtualization | Tags: ,

Connectify, a software that turns Windows 7 laptop into a WiFi hotspot, opened their first beta in Nov 2009. We had blogged it and questioned that if we really need ...

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7 Reasons Why I Prefer VMware Player over Windows Virtual PC to Run My Virtual Machines on Windows 7

Written by Kent on December 18th, 2009 | Posted in Featured, Virtualization | Tags: , , , , ,

I like VMware products and prefer using them over the other products, e.g. Windows Virtual PC or Sun VirtualBox, but don’t get me wrong that I hate the others. I ...

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Using XP Mode Without Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7

Written by Kent on December 16th, 2009 | Posted in How to, Tips & Tricks, Virtualization | Tags: , , ,

If you like and want to use XP Mode but can’t because your PC doesn’t have the hyper-V or AMD-V natively supported on processor level, here are two great options ...

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Using XP Mode to Watch TV on A Old Hardware That Doesn’t Work in Windows 7

Written by Kent on December 15th, 2009 | Posted in Virtualization | Tags: , , ,

This is a guest post written by Ilija Brajkovic, a student who’s interested in computer networks. He spends most of his time on blogging. He is also a founder of ...

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VMware Player 3.0 Now Can Create Virtual Machines And Support Aero in Windows 7

Written by Kent on December 14th, 2009 | Posted in Tools, Virtualization | Tags: , ,

VMware Player is a free tool offered by VMware that allows you to run multiple virtual machines on your desktop computers. The latest version 3.0 has added some cool features ...

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Portlock Leap Frog makes your Windows 7 Native Boot VHD A Lot Easier [Tool]

Written by Kent on December 7th, 2009 | Posted in Tools, Virtualization | Tags: , ,

Native boot VHD in Windows 7 is awesome but one thing you have to admit is that it’s not a simple process that can be easily set up through a ...

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Native Virtual WiFi Technology in Windows 7 Turns Your Computer to a Hot Spot

Written by Kent on November 7th, 2009 | Posted in Virtualization | Tags: , ,

Connectify, a software that turns Windows 7 laptop into a WiFi hotspot, recently opened their first beta of this software to public, which caused quite a buzz on Internet that ...

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How To Completely Shut Down A Running Virtual Machine in Windows 7?

Written by Kent on October 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Virtualization | Tags: , ,

Here what we are going to discuss is based on the version of Virtual PC that is later than 2007, as it’s a lot difference from any previous versions. ...

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Native Boot VHD on a Windows XP Computer [Virtualization]

Written by Kent on October 17th, 2009 | Posted in Virtualization | Tags: , ,

First, it’s Native Boot VHD on Windows 7, and then on Vista, and without any hosting OS, now it can be done on a Windows XP machine too. Thanks to ...

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