Questions tagged [virtual-machine]
A virtual machine is an emulation of a guest operating system, running on virtualized hardware within a host operating system.
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Hyper-V External network switch kills my host's network performance
I have Windows 10 fully updated. I do the following:
Testing internet speed - 70 Mbps up / 70 Mpbs down
Hyper-V Manager
Virtual Switch Manager
Create Virtual Switch - External
Testing internet speed -...
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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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Convert a Windows VM to physical partition
I have a VMWare virtual machine running Windows as a guest which I want to convert to a physical partition. The idea is to add it to the GRUB boot menu, and be able to boot it.
Is this possible? If ...
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How to connect via RDP to my Hyper-V machine?
I am in my home network with two machines set up: A and B. Both are running Win 10 Pro and have been updated regularly (no outstanding updates as of my check today).
A is the host machine where the VM ...
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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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Used VBoxManage modifyhd --resize, actual size did not change
In continuation to Failure to resize a virtualbox volume
I used the following commands in order to increase the space available in my virtual machine (Ubuntu):
VBoxManage.exe clonehd "c:\users\a_b\...
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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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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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Ubuntu Server VM: copy paste?
I've installed Ubuntu Server under Virtualbox just to get a nice little shell. I've also installed the VirtualBox "Guest Additions" and set "Shared Clipboard: Bidirectional".
I still can't seem to ...
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Gparted cannot resize extended or LVM partition
I created a VM using VirtualBox and realized it was too small. After some time I managed to create a new, bigger hard drive.
Live GParted CD image (v.022):
Now I need to integrate the unallocated ...
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VMware Workstation: how to reduce .vmdk maximum size
I have a 150 GB disk file (.vmdk, non pre-allocated) where my virtual machine is stored.
The file is currently 20 GB, but it is growing everyday, even though I'm not storing anything new in the guest ...
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Can I run a virtual machine from external USB drive?
A question regarding how to setup my VMs on internal/external disks. First, here's my setup:
Host OS: Windows 10
Processor: i7 5600U
RAM: 16 GB
VMware Workstation Player (Licensed)
I have 3 VMs so ...
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Is it possible to launch GUI of headless VirtualBox' machine?
After I launch a virtual machine (Ubuntu 12.04) in headless mode on Windows 7 host
C:\Users\XXX>VBoxManage startvm "ubuntu 12.04" --type headless
Waiting for VM "ubuntu 12.04" to power on...
VM ...
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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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Is it possible to get a Virtualbox VM always start from same time, if so how?
I am trying to use VB to set up a Windows 7 VM for use in a training course. I want the virtual machine always to start up from the same conditions, in particular:
The VM always starts at the same ...
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