VirtualBox 4.2.4 update released

VirtualBox has a maintenance release available.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

VirtualBox 4.2.4 (released 2012-10-26)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

• GUI: fixed validation warning on global settings / proxy page (4.2.2 regression, bug #11089)
• GUI: fixed crash with multiple guest screens on certain conditions (OS X hosts only)
• VBoxBalloonCtrl: fixed command line argument handling of ballooning module
• VRDP: fixed occasional crash during a video playback in the guest (bug #11082)
• BIOS: fixed broken DMI information (4.2 regression)
• BIOS: workaround for booting from Windows 2000 floppy disks
• EFI: fixed video mode selection loss on VM reboot (#10983)
• Parallel: fixed parallel port printing failure/ paper queue empty error (Windows hosts only; bug #2226)
• NAT: fixed crash on alias-less DNS responses when host-resolver is used
• Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances

VMware Player is now “free for personal use”

No more free ride for commercial/business users.

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

What does it cost?

VMware Player is free for personal non-commercial use.

 

Can I run restricted virtual machines created by VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion in VMware Player?

Yes, if you purchase a VMware Fusion Professional license to enable this features in VMware Player.

 

Configuring and Managing Hyper-V Remotely (official MS links)

Following my recent “quick and dirty” post, here’s the official TechNet info on configuring and managing Hyper-V Server 2012

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh833682.aspx

This takes you through everything from installation to managing Failover Clustering

Microsoft’s official stance on Virtual PC and Windows 8…Hyper-V 3

Straight from the horse’s mouth: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/faq.aspx

 Is Windows Virtual PC supported on Windows 8?

Windows Virtual PC will not be supported on Windows 8. Client Hyper-V is Microsoft’s offering for operating system virtualization on Windows 8.

To learn how to retrieve data from a Windows XP Mode virtual machine on Windows 8, click here.