Working Music

I have found that, while not neccessarily falling in the category of "have to use a computer for", I do REALLY like having music to work with.

I also rather enjoy having more channels to watch than my local over-the-air broadcast television stations.

That said, my local cable provider sends some digital music channels my way, and I personally really like either the techno/dance channel, or the classical channel. It depends on the coding involved on which I tune into.

What's really cool is that, through being a subscriber, I can get either channel over the internets, do research on track lists, etc.

Hey, ow. :)

I went and did something crazy.

I certainly hope to run this again next year - it was a blast. Good course, good friends, and rather nice weather compared to Virginia in early March!

Hope to see you there!

The website for next years race is found here

Travel!

I am travelling this week, and won't be making a blog post.

In the meantime, you should go read this.

How To Build A Virtual PC: The OS - Patch That Up!

Don't forget to force a patch session for your new VPC!



To do this, you'll need to configure Windows Update, and then force it to do a manual scan, if it doesn't automatically. In my case, I configured Windows Update for a daily scan, went to bed, and came back the next morning to patches waiting to be installed.

Hooray for automation! :)

How To Build A Virtual PC: The OS

I wound up going with Windows 2008 Server Standard for this build, instead of my intended Windows 7. Let's get to building!

First up, you have to attach the ISO / DVD Drive to the virtual PC. In my case, I was able to attach it by clicking CD >> Capture ISO Image...

You'll get prompted for the .iso file you want to use. Find the file, and click Open.

I have to reset my VPC when I do this. To do that, click Action >> Reset.


Next comes the setup screens.







They are rather self-explanatory - for 2008 Server Standard, I accepted the defaults.




However, because this appears to the OS Wizard as a green fields system, it's going to only allow me to do a "Custom" install.





Finally, this is what I wanted to see! One thing worth noting - I put the ISO I built from on a USB drive, and loaded it to my hard drive. It kept my thrash down enough on my hard drive that I was able to surf the web, write some in Word, do email, etc. I don't think I would try playing World of Warcraft, though, while it loads. :)



Almost there....




Ah-ha! I have a server!

If you're playing along at home, don't forget to configure and install the available updates from MicroSoft, post-install!