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October 30, 2012
by Neil T
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Windows 8 Installation Experience

On Saturday, I decided to upgrade to Windows 8. I’ve been running a virtual machine with Windows Vista Business for some time, firstly in Parallels Desktop but later converted to VirtualBox. I never bothered upgrading to Windows 7 due to … Continue reading →

May 1, 2009
by Neil T
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ReactOS

ReactOS is designed to be an alternative to Windows, going as far as replicating the Windows NT architecture. The aim is to allow all Windows programs, utilities and even drivers to work on ReactOS.
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December 22, 2008
by Neil T
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VirtualBox 2.1

VirtualBox 2.1 is out, and with it comes an important change: VT-x support.
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December 7, 2008
by Neil T
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Seeking jobs, making web sites and pwning newbz

This time next week I will be unemployed. Unfortunately my short-term contract at work hasn’t been renewed so I’m looking for work for after Christmas. Thankfully I have some money saved up to keep us afloat for a couple of … Continue reading →

November 19, 2008
by Neil T
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How to migrate a Parallels virtual machine to VirtualBox

Despite Parallels and VirtualBox both being programs which run virtual machines on Mac OS X, they both use different file formats for storing the virtual machines on disk. Though I believe Parallels will open a VirtualBox disk, VirtualBox cannot automatically import Parallels disks. But it’s not impossible…
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