Thursday, October 14, 2004 - Posts
Who should read this:
Anyone with Virtual PC 2004 (without SP1) installed.
Issue:
If you install Virtual Server 2005 or Virtual PC 2004 SP1 onto a machine that has existing guest machines with saved state, you will not be able to restart the virtual machine guest with the saved state.
Solution
BEFORE installing completely shutdown all of your guest machines and either merge the saved state into your VHDs or discard the saved state.
Is this documented?
Yes, in the readme file.
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Mike Gunderloy beat me to this [0], but SP1 is now available for download [1] now.
You'll really want to get this version if you're trying to run Windows XP SP2 as a guest.
Other reasons are the pre-compactor to help you shrink dynamic disks and a plethora of bug fixes.
However, contrary to some public speculation, the service pack DOES NOT include USB support for guests.
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[0] http://www.larkware.com/Articles/TheDailyGrind480.html
[1] http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b07c9ef0-265a-4237-ae3b-25bc8937d40f&displaylang=en
Well, after a bit of delay, Virtual Server 2005 is available as a “Special Offer” to MSDN Subscribers.
From [0]:
For a limited time, all active MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise subscribers can download Virtual Server 2005 Standard and Enterprise Editions from MSDN Subscriber Downloads, located in the Special Offers folder.
Now, I'm not quite sure how long the limited time is or why it's a special offer, but I'd say, get it while it's hot. No sure if it will show up in the monthly mailers.
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[0] http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/