Source: Alex Klink’s tech blog: VirtualBox – upgrading Windows XP VMs to 2 CPU. I repost this tip because it’s very useful and I don’t want to loose it if the source blog disappears 🙂 Symptom: If you had Windows XP VM with only 1 CPU created / virtalized earlier Read more…
I’m playing with a new laptop (DELL Inspiron) and after the initial Windows 8 setup it’s time to create the recovery DVD. After some confusion with the new Metro Interface to locate the Dell Backup and Recovery application, all went smooth until the second DVD. When you have to burn Read more…
When playing with unetbootin or some other software for converting a ISO image to a USB stick, you can get, trying to boot from USB, a message like this: ERROR: No configuration file found. No default or UI configuration directive found! Boot:_ You can fix this formatting the USB device Read more…
Today I have to choose an operating system to replace a very old server with Windows 2000. Usually, when I have to do tasks like this one, I like getting my hands dirty with the old school approach: choose a very good Linux distribution (maybe CentOS) and setup all the Read more…
Recently using VirtualBox on Mac, I enabled the Remote Desktop Extension but no way to get it working. After a little research I have discovered you must install also the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack to get the RDP working. Apparently, the Extension Pack must be installed every time you Read more…