Sunday, April 18, 2010

VirtualBox tweaks after Windows 7 upgrade

After performing an upgrade to Windows 7 this weekend, I noticed a couple of issues on my new Windows 7 (64bit) install.

I found that the Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter issue (as described here http://johnsonyip.com/wordpress/2010/02/02/fix-virtualbox-host-only-ethernet-adapter-error-in-device-manager-for-windows-in-4-steps/) was exhibited. Thanks for the fellow blogger for the resolution.

Also, I found that the service for the Sun, VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver was removed during the upgrade. I was able to reinstall the service/driver by adding it to the NIC properties (Choose Install, Service, Sun, VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver, then browse to your Program Files, Sun, VirtualBox, drivers folders and find the file it is looking for.

Following the installation of the VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver, I was able to set my VM back to bridged for the machine's network adapter settings.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

OSX 10.6.3 Software Update on Dell XPS M1530

For all those developers and testers out there, I would like to report that I have successfully installed the Apple OSX 10.6.3 Software Update on a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.

The installation was smooth and simple.