Parallels Desktop turns running Windows on a Mac from a technical workaround into a usable, supported workflow—installing Windows as a virtual machine inside macOS, with features such as Coherence Mode, shared folders, and tight integration that make Windows apps behave like native macOS apps...
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Microsoft has recently released an out-of-band (OOB) update, KB5064489, to address a critical issue affecting Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) running Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2. This emergency patch resolves a bug that prevented certain VMs from launching when Virtualization-Based...
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...
Many may know this (cool) and I could have mentioned it earlier but, I oft take things for granted & then impulsively think maybe it's not occurring to everyone & I suddenly say something so...
Let me paint a scenario to make the point here...
Let's say you put Win8 on a shiny new SSD. And...
I'm doing a Windows 7 tutorial. In it I'm imaging a Windows 7 Virtual Machine. I rebooted the VM and booted from my physical WinPE CD.
The book SPTK 70-680 (Ian McLean) gives pretty good instructions but I have different drive letters than what’s in the book.
The book says to enter...
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Hi
I was missing a shortcut to IE on my VM (xp mode) so I created a shortcut using the wizard on my virtual machine. The name was IEplorer.exe. I renamed it in windows 7 to find it the easy way to internet explorer. But I have the following issue when I type in 'search programs and files' box...
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