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Creating Access to Virtual Box from the Windows 7 Start Menu

VBoxLaunch is a program that assists in managing access to VirtualBox. For those who regularly use virtual machines in Virtual Box, VBoxLaunch will allow you to create a jumplist from the Start menu which will launch virtual machines. This tiny utility does not alter VirtualBox settings and will not interfere with the interface settings. It [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

A new way of thinking thanks to virtual machines

As you can probably guess my machines are in a constant state of flux. Having to write about one distribution after another (and then include the scattered Windows content to cover) makes for an endless loop of installing/using, installing/using. On top of that it uses a lot of resources (especially CDs/DVDs). Recently, however, I have [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Operating Systems, Windows

Installing a Windows XP as a virtual machine on VirtualBox

In my last article (Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes)  I walked you through the installation of the VirtualBox virtual machine tool. In this article I am going to show you how to actually install an operating system with this tool. You will be surprised at not only how simple the installation is, but [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Tutorials Basic, Windows

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