Having already created and installed a a VHD using VirtualPC I now wanted to use the great new feature available in both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 which allows you to boot the machine from the VHD instead of the physical partition. In order to achieve this I just had to run a few commands at a command prompt running as admin:  Read →

There’s a specific Microsoft page where you can download the beta of Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode which will provide you a full virtualised Windows XP environment in Windows 7 providing the best compatibility ever!  Read →

Have you ever wondered what those strange icons were that appeared next to blog posts such as the example on the right? Well it’s called an Identicon and it’s an icon that uniquely identifies the source of a post whilst maintaining the privacy of the user – technically it’s a MD5 hash of the users IP address and converted to a 9-block graphic.  Read →