A virtual machine is an emulation of a guest operating system, running on virtualized hardware within a host operating system.
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Is my host machine completely isolated from a virus-infected virtual machine?
If I am running a Windows 7 virtual machine on a Windows 7 host using
VMWare or VirtualBox (or anything else) and the virtual machine is completelly
overloaded with viruses and another malicious code, ...
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Is it possible to convert virtual machines to physical environments?
Is is possible to convert a .vdi file into a .iso that can be burned to a cd or dvd and make it like an installer. Or Is it possible to convert virtual machines to physical environments?
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Booting into a Virtual Machine from a physical installation
In Mac OSX, you can create a Boot Camp partition, install Windows on it, and then later by using Parallels you can boot into that OS virtually in OS X! Its awesome, I've been using it on my macbook.
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How do I install and use Windows Virtual PC in Windows 8?
I really like the integrated Virtual Machine that Windows had built-in with Windows 7 with Windows Virtual PC. I'm looking to install that again. I'd like to be able to install multiple machines as ...
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Which virtual machine software is preferable for running Windows 8 Developer Preview?
I want to preview Windows 8 and decided to install it on a virtual machine as I don't want to format an existing partition.
Installing Windows 8 by mounting the .iso results in the primary ...
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What virtualization software to use? [closed]
I building a virtual machine box and need to know what virtualization software is best. I'm running Ubuntu server and have some VMWare images I want to use. Is VMWare the "best"? If not, can I ...
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Virtual Machine and Virus
I have a requirement for which I have to get online without protection (firewall, anti-virus). At the same time, I don't want to risk getting infected with viruses.
If I install a virtual machine ...
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Can a virus from a virtualbox vm affect the host computer?
Can a virus from a VirtualBox VM affect the host computer?
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Unattended installation for windows 7 x86
Are there any pre-created Autounattend.xml files for Windows 7 unattended installation x86? I have been experimenting and creating the XML file but I am always being prompted to choose which hard disk ...
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does Windows 7 come with something like Virtual PC built in?
does Windows 7 come with something like Virtual PC built in?
I have an i7 which is suppose to be great with virtualization and I wanted to try it out. Is there a specific app I should get that takes ...
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Where to find the Windows 8 ISO? [closed]
I'm on OSX and I've bought Windows 8. I'd like to run it in VirtualBox. I can't seem to find an ISO to download. Do you know where I could find it? (Or is there some other way to set up a vm?)
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Does the Virtual PC XP Mode need safety measures?
Does the Virtual PC XP-Mode (or any other virtualized mode) require safety measures, such as antivirus or a firewall?
I'm just wondering if the XP-Mode would be a large security loophole, since it's ...
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How to share files/folders in Sun VirtualBox?
I'm running on Windows 7 and using Sun's VirtualBox, and I already shared my folders in the settings of my VirtualBox installation. The problem is I can't figure-out how I can access it. I also tried ...
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Converting existing PC into a VM with Virtual Box
I'd like to convert my laptop (Windows Vista) into a VirtualBox VM. I think there is a utility for VMWare, but is it possible to do with Virtual Box?
Also, do I need another (host) PC to run the ...
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Does VMWare Fusion negatively affect system performance?
Since installing Fusion my Mac Pro seems to hang (SPOD) more often even when Fusion isn't running. Has anybody else experienced this? My Mac Pro never used to display the SPOD at all but now it ...
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How to turn a Windows XP partition into a VirtualBox virtual machine?
How can I turn a hard drive with XP into a VirtualBox virtual machine?
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Can virtual machines infect their host? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Virtual Machine and Virus
I've always been curious because I've run a virtual machine a few times.
Can a VM infect the host with a shared drive between the two?
Can a ...
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BSOD trying to migrate Windows XP from a physical to a virtual machine
I am attempting to migrate a Windows XP Home installation from a physical machine to a virtual machine. The physical machine has two hard disks; the first is 250GB containing the "C:", the second is ...
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How can I take browser screenshots at a higher resolution than my browser supports?
I need to take a screenshot of a website as it would appear on a very high resolution monitor... say 4000x3000 pixels. My laptop's screen has a native resolution of 1400x768. Basically, I need to ...
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How to easily port VirtualBox machines?
I have used VMware for a long time.
VMware saves all information for one machine in one diretory.
This means it is easy to zip and copy.
Now I switched to VirtualBox.
VirtualBox seems to save the ...
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Running XP as a virtual machine - suggestions wanted
I want to run a Windows XP virtual machine, and not pay for any licenses (I already have a valid XP license for installing on the VM). What software would you recommend? Tips on performance and ...
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Dedicated Mouse and Keyboard on VirtualBox VM
Currently I am trying to run VirtualBox on my second monitor, with a dedicated mouse and keyboard. However, doing so has not proven easy. There has been times where the mouse works, but not the ...
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Is there an optimal setting for the number of CPU cores exposed to a VM?
VirtualBox, and possibly other VM software, allows the user to specify the number of CPUs exposed to the VM. In my particular case, I have a dual core CPU, with Windows 7 64-bit running natively, and ...
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“Host USB device connections disabled” in VMware?
I installed Linux, Windows XP and Chrome OS in VMware Workstation 7 and in every OS the USB host doesn't work. When I start some of the Operating Systems this message shows up:
Host USB device ...
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Convert Parallels VM to Virtual Box VM?
The question describes well what I need but here are some more details about the circumstances.
With Parallels Desktop 4 running under Linux, I have a number of Windows 7 Virtual Machines. Sadly, ...
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VMWare vs VirtualBox …what I should use [closed]
what I should using to work with linux on windows ...
I don't know ! ... but I tried VirtualBox and VmWare what's the differents and which are the feutures
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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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Can I run a single Mac application inside a virtual machine?
How can I run a single Mac app inside a virtual machine without installing Mac OS X?
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Which virtual machines exist for Linux besides VirtualBox? [closed]
What virtual machine software is there for Linux besides VirtualBox?
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Virtual PC versus VirtualBox
Which free virtualization software do you guys prefer?
I have used Virtual PC and VirtualBox (briefly), any advantage of using either one?
Any other recomendations?
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fullscreen VirtualBox [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Screen resolution only displaying 800x600 in Xubuntu
I recently created a virtual machine of Windows XP for a host computer running Mac OSX 10.6.8 However i find that ...
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Keyboard repeat stop working on Virtual PC
I am running Virtual PC 2007 (6.0) on a Windows XP host. My virtual boxes are all Windows Server 2003. Every so often, key repeat stops working.
Normally in Windows if you hold down any key (Space, ...
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Why do I need Windows XP mode in Windows 7?
Tomorrow on 15th of July Microsoft is staring pre-order of Windows 7. I compared the three editions ("Which one is right for you?") for me.
The main difference is "Windows XP Mode" in Professional and ...
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Should I enable Firewall and AntiVirus on a VirtualPC VM?
I run W7 64-bit with windows firewall + MSE running, and there is a firewall on my router also. I want to run a VM (probably using VirtualPC which comes free) but I'm unclear if this is guarded by the ...
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Portable virtualization software?
Does anyone know of any portable virtualization software for Windows that will run from a flash drive and doesn't require administrator privileges?
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Can't find the right Ubuntu Server ISO for VirtualBox
I have been trying all morning to find the right Ubuntu Server (12.04) ISO to use for installing an Ubuntu guest OS on my VBox VM.
Here are the relevant stats:
Host Machine: AMD 64-bit
Host OS: ...
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Keyloggers and Virtualization
Whilst pondering about security, and setting up different VM for certain online activities deemed more risky or requiring extra security (banking, or visiting untrusted websites, etc), I came to think ...
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Running iPhone SDK on Mac OS X Server in VMWare on a PC [closed]
I have read somewhere (can't find the source now) that Mac OS X is only licensed to run on Apple hardware but that Mac OS X Server can run on non-Apple hardware and virtualised platforms.
I have two ...
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Run VMware Virtual Machine without using the web interface
I have installed the VMware and the only option to log into the Virtual Machine is via the web interface. This way poses several uncomfortable moments:
Need to enter the web-interface of VM ...
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Running linux kernel 0.01 in a virtual machine
I'm just trying to know if is there is a way to run the first version of linux in a virtual machine. Since I am very new to this, my aim is to learn something basic on how the first version of linux ...
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Debian Lenny expects udev on a vps that doesn't support it
Primary symptom: /proc/self/fd is there and normally populated, however /dev/fd is not. Process substitution therefore fails, because bash wants to create files under /dev/fd.
/dev/.static/ and ...
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High Physical memory usage on windows 2008 after using virtual box
I have a 16 core machine having 8 GB of RAM running windows 2008 I installed a virtualbox on it and installed windows 2008 64bit os and allocated 4 GB RAM to it . A Mysql database was installed on the ...
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Is it possible to run my other partition inside of a VM?
So I have dual boot machine with windows 7 and ubuntu 11. I would like to, at times, run a vm from one partition to another. For example sometimes I would like to do certain things in windows while ...
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How to reduce or remove the need for filesystem checks
I am currently running windows 7 in a virtual machine. After several days of disk-intensive I/O, the virtual machine crashes and needs to run a filesystem check when booting the guest OS back up. (The ...
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How to install Linux VM on Microsoft Hyper-V
I am looking for step-by-step guide to do so. I can go for any easy to work with Linux distribution , may be UBUNTU.
But Hyper-V page says it officially supports only SUSE and REDHAT, others can be ...
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virtual machine and client OS
I just adjusted my client OS to scale its display to fit the host Windows virtual box and things began to look warped. I want to undo this new setting and re-employ its display to be back to the ...
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I want to virtualize my workstation (Tier 1), Looking for Bare Metal Hypervisor for consumer grade components
I find myself in this similar bind at least once a year. The bind whereby I'm either upgrading a motherboard, or an OS hard drive. It drives me crazy to have to reinstall Windows, Visual Studio, all ...
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Dedicated mouse and keyboard for a virtual machine, is it possible?
Let's say I have a PC with two monitors atached. I'm running e.g. Windows Vista natively, and start up a virtual Ubuntu PC. I change to fullscreen mode so that on one Monitor, I see my Windows ...
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Tuning Windows 7 for use in a VM
I'm running Windows 7 in a VirtualBox Virtual Machine, and would like to make it run in a more streamlined fashion. I'll be using the install primarily for testing web apps, and have no need for it ...
