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Fix Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter error in Device Manager for Windows in 4 steps

I recently can’t access the internet with Virtual Box, so I checked Windows Device Manager in Windows 7. I saw a yellow exclamation mark for Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter. Apparently, the device driver was corrupted or missing. I tried removing it by right clicking Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter and picking uninstall, but Windows won’t let [...]

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Create a new Virtual Machine with an OS ISO CD image file in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Microsoft Virtual PC let’s users install a guest OS inside their regular OS, and not risk breaking Windows since the new OS is installed in a virtual drive which Virtual PC uses to virtualize the guest OS in a Virtual PC Window. It is a great way to learn how to use a new OS or run older programs [...]

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Mounting a VMware VMDK file in Sun VirtualBox tutorial

You downloaded a .vmdk file from the internet, but you learned VMware player can not play it. The best alternative is to play the virtual machine file with Sun’s Free VirtualBox virtualization program. However, you need to mount it in VirtualBox first.

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My review of VMware Free Player 3.0 and tutorial on creating a virtual machine.

VMware released it’s latest VMware player which is free for users to use. It is a strip down version of VMware Workstation which is VMware paid virtualization software.
 The biggest improvement in VMware player is the ability to easily create VMware Virtual Machines from an Install CD, or an CD ISO image file that you can download [...]

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