Rather than being real, i.e., made of real computer hardware and running a specific operating system, a virtual machine (VM) is a "dummy" computer created by a simulation program. Its memory, processor and other resources are virtualized. It is a way of dividing the resources of a computer into ...
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Is it possible to port a working Windows XP system to a VirtualBox VM?
On my old laptop I have been using Windows XP for a really long time.
I have completed my switch from the old laptop to a new one (which has Windows 7 running on Intel i5 - the older laptop had Intel ...
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How to start Mac OS X client without its window manager Quartz Compositor?
I am planning to install Mac OS X Lion or Moutain Lion into a virtual machine mainly build Xcode project. The virtual machine will run on my laptop. Therefore, I am trying to cut down the virtual ...
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How to change password for virtual Windows 7 installed using VMWare?
I run a virtual Windows 7 on host OS Mac OS X 10.6.8 using VMWare Fusion 3.1.3. How to change password for Windows 7?
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Working with two network adapters on windows7
I have two network adapters on the same computer. I want one network adapter to work only with one program (VMWARE) and the other to work for everything else.
Is this possible? If require, I can do ...
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Virtualbox: Raw linux partition not booting
I have a dual-boot laptop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I am trying to boot the ubuntu partition from windows using Virtualbox. I have successfully created the .vmdk, and created the virtual ...
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Zerofree never ends. Is it doing anything?
I have been trying to use zerofree to reduce the size of my VM.
It worked fine for one filesystem, but the other was mounted on / so it wouldn't let me.
Then I figured I could use the 'recovery ...
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Can an average keylogger log what is typed inside a VM? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Keyloggers and Virtualization
Suppose I run my own virtual machine inside a PC that I do not own. Should I worry about being keylogged?
Does it take a special kind of ...
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How can I install OS X in a virtual machine without vt-x?
I have a dell inspiron with Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 processor, I am trying to install Mac OS through virtual machine, but it is not allowing me as my processor does not have vt-x support. Is there any ...
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virtual machine with dedicated GPU - is it possible? Private GPU Cloud
This is also referred to as cloud GPU.
I want to build a VM host (VMware or windows - or other?) that will have 8 GPU's on it, and the VM clients will be able to use the GPU's as needed.
It can ...
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Virtual Machine begins with installation again after restarting
I have been trying to set up a virtual machine using VMware/VirtualBox. Everything runs fine- the set up etc. I use an ISO file for the setup, in case that matters.
But when I power off the machine ...
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What are the (probable) reasons of copy&paste over RDP connection failures?
Searching the internet gives workaround method(s) of reviving the copy&paste (rdpclip) failures between remote over RDP (remote desktop) computer and client (source) host.
But sometimes these ...
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VirtualBox shared folder write permission - Ubuntu 12.04
I'm using the following command to mount my folder in VirtualBox:
sudo \mount -t vboxsf -o rw -o uid=1000 -o gid=1000 Dropbox ~/Dropbox/
But the folder is read-only. What can I do about it?
I ...
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Windows Virtual Machines will not run
I'm trying to setup a few virtual machines to use for testing websites in the various old versions of IE.
I had Microsoft Virtual PC working on an older machine using XP mode and 2 other VHD's from ...
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Unable to edit KVM config file
I have installed KVM on my Ubuntu system. Using vmbuilder, I setup a linux VM. When I tried to access the console using virsh console vm command, I was getting an error. I tried to follow the solution ...
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Connecting Host OS [Windows 7] with Guest OS [Colinux - Fedora 11] What am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to keep Windows off the internet and use Fedora as a firewall to Windows internet connectivity. The pc is connected to a router. I have the internet working in Fedora. I need to route ...
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Why did Windows just reset?
I use KDE on a Debian-based Linux distro. I run Windows 7 in a virtual machine on a secondary desktop. Often times during the day, I hear the Windows startup sound. I would like to know why Windows ...
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Is it possible to mount an IDE HDD to act as a boot HDD on a virtual machine?
Is it possible to mount an IDEE HDD to act as a boot HDD on a virtual machine?
My computer has a SATA drive, and I have connected an IDE (PATA) HDD. Now I need to set that IDE HDD as a boot drive on ...
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VMWare Player slows down computer after exit
After exiting VMWare player, my main OS (Windows 7) lags and slows down tremendously. The HDD is seeking excessively. I see that the issue is that it's swapping tons of pages rapidly. This lasts ...
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VirtualBox crashes with Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
I've tried it with many different configuration changes. Eventually I'm using now the stock config with 3D support and 128 MB graphics memory. The installation of Ubuntu crashes and I get the ...
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VirtualBox and VMWare player both cannot turn off properly
In both VMWare Player and VirtualBox I cannot get the guest OS turned off properly.
So I use generic Turn off or halt command, the guest OS performs necessary steps to turn off and freezes on the ...
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Evidently I've lost my HAL… - Can't start up VM - HAL.dll missing
I recently went and dug out one of my old HDs (the PC it was mounted in is no longer in existence...) I mounted it in my PC and used DVD2VHD to convert the whole drive to a VHD. It's an old XP drive ...
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Access my stuff on a second harddrive from another computer
Alright, I can't seem to find a good solution to this problem (and I can't quite get my Google search terms right either). I've taken a HD from my old XP computer and plugged it into my computer via ...
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Importing VMs from another VMware Server 2.0 host
I have two VMware servers (version 2.0). The primary one is already up and running and in production. It's hosting a printer server and a DHCP server. We have two machines set up. Server 1 is 2008 SP2 ...
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Virtualized guest vs host CPU usage
I am using qemu with kvm as my hypervisor. I am running a gentoo guest on an ubuntu host. The guest is being given a single processor.
When I run a compute intensive job (say empty-loop) I get almost ...
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How to assign an INTERNAL Wifi Adapter to the guest OS in VM?
I'm having trouble assigning my Host Wifi Adapter (which is installed internally in my laptop) DIRECT to the guest OS [Windows XP x86] in the Oracle VirtualBox VM.
I tried so many ways, like ...
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convert virtualbox to parallels
I have a virtualbox xp vm and I want to convert try using it on parallels. That's the opposite of this question. What is the best method? My host OS is ubuntu 12.04.
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Windows 7 - Why is the Network on my Loopback Adapter Showing as Unidentified and thus Public?
I'm running a virtual machine (Win XP, but OS doesn't really matter) on my Windows 7 PC using the loopback adapter to create a private network between my host computer and the virtual machine.
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selecting data with cursor freezing vm
I asked this question at serverfault, but i think this may be the more appropriate SE.
My vm freezes when i try to select some data with my cursor.
For example:
I would like to select a line of ...
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Hyper-V vs. Windows Virtual PC
When trying out the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, I installed Hyper-V.
It looked like just another Windows Virtual PC.
Could someone explain how it is different? Is there a performance difference? Any ...
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Windows 7 virtual machine on Windows 7 OS
Is it possible to set Windows 7 virtual machine on Windows 7 OS?
I need it to check some home-brew VB application my son has built. It run fine in the development environment but looks to crash on ...
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Using VMware Player to run Linux Distros via Flash Drive
I want to easily move multiple linux distros between my machines (Mac & Windows) via flash drive. Each machine will have VMware player installed to boot the OS rather than booting directly from ...
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e2label: sending ioctl 127c to a partition! in /var/messages
I'm currently trying to setup a debain (2.6.32-5-amd64/Debian 2.6.32-41squeeze2) webserver on a virtual host machine. Taking a look at my log messages I found the following message in /var/messages (4 ...
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How do I install Windows 8 (from an ISO) using Q (qemu)?
I have downloaded an ISO image of Windows 8 from Microsoft Dreamspark and I am on a 27" iMac without administrative privileges. I would like to install and run Windows. The only way I found to do so ...
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Dualbooting, partitions or virtualization?
Hi,
I am trying to have Windows 8 and Fedora 17 in a dual boot setup on my laptop.
At first I installed Windows 8, gave it first 40GBs of the drive to play with ( windows installer cut off first ...
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Best way to handle portable Virtual Machine instances?
Background: I have been working on Linux as my desktop OS for a couple years now. I love the development flexibility it provides. However, I also need to run windows since I do video and photo work. ...
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Tell Lion to Ignore Device
Host machine: OSX Lion. Guest Machine: Windows XP inside VMWare Fusion.
I have a Samsung modem that I am trying to upgrade via VMWare Fusion (upgrade software is Windows only, my computer is running ...
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how to use VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5 in Q9550
Anybody ever tried VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 5.0 in Q9550 ?
Because I'm about to. My PC Spec are :
Intel Q9550
J&W motherboard JW-IG41M-HD3 with Intel G41 DDR3 at ...
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Share virtual machine between Windows7 and OSX
So what I'm thinking is being able to access an Ubuntu virtual machine from both Bootcamp Windows7 and OSX. I know that there are a couple of different ways to do this like either copying the image to ...
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virt-manager kvm modules are not available
Fedora 16 latest updates running on a HP Mini 210 with an Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N550 @ 1.50GHz
Updated answer:
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sudo yum groupinstall Virtualization
Only installed virt-viewer
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Ubuntu VM pinging each other with Internet
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and installed the Virtualbox from the Ubuntu Software Center.
Later on, I installed three (3) Windows XP Virtual Machines. I'm trying to get all of the three VMs to ping each ...
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Is there a way to install an OS to the hard disk when I have its VMDK file?
I have a Linux-based operating system installed on a virtual machine and I have its VMDK file.
Can I install this OS as a standalone OS, working on a separate machine, using this VMDK file?
I made ...
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Which option should I use to allow networking between virtual machines and Internet access?
I am currently using VirtualBox 4.1.8 on Windows 7 host if it matters ;)
I want to connect 2 (or more) virtual machines together AND give them the access to Internet (so that I can get the packages ...
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Unrar password protected file on ubuntu
So I created a .rar file on windows and it's password protected, and now I'm uploading it to a server, how can I unrar that file on the server to work with the password protected file.
I guess tar ...
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One Desktop, Four Clients Without Any Thin Client?
The videos below appear to have connected all monitors in to a single desktop without any thin clients in between. It looks like he installed 4 video cards in the desktop. It also looks like they have ...
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Can I pass Internet Connection on to a virtual machine, but forbid it on host?
I've got the following situation.
I've got one physical machine which is connected to the Internet.
It runs one virtual machine which can be made to utilize the host Internet connection.
I wish to ...
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Regulate outgoing ip traffic on a VM
I am making a virtual network setup for my high school cybersecurity team to practice. I am connecting all the VMs together through a VPN and then people who are practicing will VPN in and ssh/remote ...
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Win XP Virtual Machine APP that won't START as a terminal services client
I have a Win XP Virtual Machine APP that won't START as a terminal services client..... but if i disable terminal services inside the virtual machine, start the app then start terminal services... the ...
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How to convert physical Ubuntu operating system into a virtual machine?
A while ago I turned my PC into dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu.
But my experience is, that I rarely boot into Ubuntu, so I wanted to make it available as virtual machine in Windows rather than as a ...
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Switching from Windows Virtual PC to VirtualBox without formatting
I have a Win7 virtual machine running on Windows Virtual PC where I'm currently developing. I found that I dislike WVPC, and installed VirtualBox, hoping for better performance.
However, importing ...
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How to clone Windows 7 into a image file?
I want to clone my Windows 7 system into a image file and boot it from my Xen vm. Windows 7 has a boot partition and a system partition. I know there are plenty of tools in Linux that can clone a ...
