Update: Just I wanted to update this post which worked for me recently to solve print spooler stopping automatically in Windows 7 computer. Cleaning the print spooler in command prompt, disconnecting all printers and checking proper driver installation did not work. Finally, deleting the files in Windows -> System32 -> Spool -> Printers folder worked in Windows 7. Still [...]
VirtualBox P2V with Disk2vhd, Possible Errors and How to Fix Them
September 27, 2010 By 20 Comments
After I have published a post about VirtualBox P2V, physical to virtual by VMware converter, this post shows how to do it with Microsoft utility disk2vhd. This method gave some errors and issues but I managed solve and boot. Let’s see how to solve these possible errors and successfully do VirtualBox P2V with disk2vhd. Unfortunately [...]
Is VirtualBox Site Down Today? Yes, it is.
September 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Have you tried to access Virtualbox site virtualbox.org yesterday and today? Is VirtualBox site down from your end? It’s down from my side. As of today 26th September 2010 still VirtualBox site is down. Its a real shame for the owner and disappointment for users. This is not first time its happening for well reputed [...]
VMware Workstation 7.1.2 Supports Windows 7 SP1, Latest Release, Download Now!
September 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
VMware released a latest minor updated version VMware Workstation 7.1.2 with official support of Windows 7 SP1 beta, RHEL 6.0 Beta and Fedora 13. Here is the news from VMware site, “ VMware Workstation 7.1.2 is a maintenance release that includes the following new features, adds support for newly released operating systems, addresses customer reported [...]
VDI to VHD – Convert VirtualBox Virtual Machines to Virtual PC
September 23, 2010 By 16 Comments
Do you want to open or run VirtualBox virtual machines in MS virtual PC? if yes, then it can be done after converting disk file VDI to VHD. MS Virtual PC doesn’t support VDI ( VirtualBox hard disk file), therefore it should be converted to VHD (MS Virtual Disk format). Here, I’m showing how to [...]
Install Ubuntu 10.10 on Virtual PC 2007 with Windows 7 Host
September 21, 2010 By 12 Comments
This small guide shows how to install Maverick Meerkat Ubuntu 10.10 on Virtual PC 2007 with Windows 7 host. As you are aware, Virtual PC doesn’t support non Microsoft Operating Systems directly. Still it’s possible to install latest Ubuntu on VPC with a small trick. If you are using MS Virtual PC as your main desktop virtualization [...]
How Server Virtualization Helped in Data Center Shifting- Real Example
September 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
Last few days I was busy with a data center shifting project, which disabled me to reply comments or publish new posts. The project involved in shifting physical servers, storage and network devices to different location. What I wanted to say is, how server virtualization helped in this data center shifting and migration. We had [...]
How to Extend C Drive in Windows 7 When You Have No Space
September 17, 2010 By 8 Comments
When you are running out of space on boot partition, this post shows how to extend C drive in Windows 7. Most of the time C drive will be the system and boot partition, extending these type of partitions was not easy in earlier Operating Systems ,but Windows 7 supports extending system or boot partition [...]
