Tag Archives: virtual machine

Have you tested that software yet?

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Chris

April 8th 2014.  You may want to add that date to your diary as it is the end of support date for Windows XP.  If you are still on Windows XP after that date you will not get any further … Continue reading →

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Running a Hardware Firewall inside a virtual machine

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Chris

Running a firewall is paramount so that ‘bad people’ don’t get access to your system or network but the question is always which should you choose, hardware or a software firewall?  Going from past experiences I have found hardware firewalls … Continue reading →

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Disaster Recovery in Virtualbox – How to import a virtual machine

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Chris

It has happened.  Your virtual machine has a problem which is preventing it from booting up.  Assuming you have a Windows installation you would try all the usual first – Safe mode, Last Known Configuration, Repair Installation etc.  But what … Continue reading →

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How to clone a virtual machine in Virtualbox

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Chris

Today I will show you how to clone a virtual machine in Virtualbox.  I can hear the voices now “Why would you want to?” To answer this I will give you a couple of examples. 1. You already run Windows … Continue reading →

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How to add a second hard disk to a virtual machine in Virtualbox

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Chris

Today I will show you how to add a second hard drive to your virtual machine using Virtualbox.  If your first hard drive is slowly filling up this is a very easy way to expand your storage. Time to fire … Continue reading →

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Can you run a virtual machine inside a virtual machine?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Chris

I spent all yesterday afternoon trying to answer the question can you run a virtual machine inside a virtual machine? To answer this question I downloaded Vmware Player and  the open source Virtualbox and started ‘playing’.  After a couple of … Continue reading →

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