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Windows 7: Q&A for Desktop Virtualization
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28 Jan 2010
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64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Q&A for Desktop Virtualization
Q&A for Desktop Virtualization
The term ‘Desktop Virtualization’ covers a multitude of technologies from application virtualization (insulating applications from the behaviour of other applications) to running incompatible applications in a separate OS virtualized on the client computer to moving the users OS to a VM in the data centre.
You can out find more at the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) Microsoft TechNet site.
Please leave any questions or comments you have on Desktop Virtualization below, this should prove an interesting conversation! | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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28 Jan 2010
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Hi all,
I'm Matt McSpirit (a.k.a Virtualboy) and I'm also monitoring the thread, so feel free to fire your questions over! | | My System Specs | | |
28 Jan 2010
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
My system image backups (current Windows 7 Ultimate system) are 220+ GB. Virtual PC has a 127 GB size limit to vhd's. Any possibilities to mount a system image vhd as a second hard disk to an existing virtual machine, to be able able to extract files, or is mounting it in disk management only option when image file is over 127 GB?
Kari | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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28 Jan 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kari  My system image backups (current Windows 7 Ultimate system) are 220+ GB. Virtual PC has a 127 GB size limit to vhd's. Any possibilities to mount a system image vhd as a second hard disk to an existing virtual machine, to be able able to extract files, or is mounting it in disk management only option when image file is over 127 GB?
Kari Hi Kari,
The 127GB size limit is on the Virtual IDE controller, and on Windows Virtual PC, there isn't an alternative to this (i.e. Virtual SCSI), so the easiest way of extracting files from the System Image Backups would be to mount that VHD in Disk Management, native to Windows 7.
Hope that helps!
Matt | | My System Specs | | |
28 Jan 2010
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Thanks, Matt. Have to edit my tutorial to add this piece of information.
Kari | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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28 Jan 2010
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No probs Kari - tutorial looks great, and very detailed. This is something users will find very useful. Maybe a few screens on how to mount in Disk Management would also be useful for your readers?
Keep up the great work!
Matt | | My System Specs | | |
28 Jan 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate Seattle, WA, USA |
Please go ahead if you have any questions about Desktop Virt, including MDOP. I came from the original Softricity team so I can answer lots of App-V questions. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Lenovo Thinkpad X301
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 :(
Memory 8GB Kingston DDR3
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2709wb
Screen Resolution 1900x1200
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28 Jan 2010
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Brink has already made an excellent tut about that( System Image - Extract Files Using Disk Management). I just added a link to that tut.
Kari | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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28 Jan 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate Seattle, WA, USA |
That's a great list. I've used the Disk Manager to compact my VHDs in a much easier method than the old VPC way.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Lenovo Thinkpad X301
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 :(
Memory 8GB Kingston DDR3
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2709wb
Screen Resolution 1900x1200
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