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  1. Windows 10 FYI Speeds

    Maybe, some will find this interesting. I am running Windows 10 on a 2 processor, 4GB RAM, VM Host is i7 w/ 8GB RAM. Boot after entering P/W is basically instant. General operation speed is mostly a matter of can I click fast enough to keep pace w/ it, as in WHOOOOSH! Anyway, here's the...
  2. Windows 8 This is crazy

    Windows 8.1 on a VM w/ just 2Gigs Ram is faster, snappier & sites in IE11 loading quicker than the Windows 8 host machine and IE10. Have, certainly, read heaps about 8.1 suggesting this sort of behavior can be expected Just might be the case, too... Cheers, Drew .1
  3. Windows 7 A 'How To' for Hyper-V

    For anyone thinking of setting up VMs w/ Hyper-V, you may find this helpful... will try to add some screen shots, soon. 1. One must have a CPU that supports Hyper-V 2. Hyper-V must be enabled in the BIOS 3. > Turn Windows Features On or Off. Find Hyper-V on the list & put a checkmark in its...
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    Windows 7 Virtualisation - No External Sound

    [Win-7 Pro 64-bit with free XP-Pro virtual machine] I have set up a VM. It was working fine yesterday apart from the networking which I now have operative. However: Yesterday the attached USB soundcard was working fine when activated for both playback and record. Today it isn't. It is...
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    Windows 7 Help! Can't get Loopback Adapter Working

    Hello all, First time post, have spent several days and nights trying to get this going, and no luck. A bit of a nube. I am attempting to install a Virtual Machine (Server 2003) and connect to it from my host. I have installed the VM and it is up and running. Here's what I've done so...