Hyper-V ‘Unspecified error’(0×80004005)

If you receive the following Hyper-V error when starting one of your VM’s on Server 2008 R1, follow the link to the hotfix below. ‘VMSERVER’ could not initialize machine remoting system. Error: ‘Unspecified error’(0×80004005). (Virtual machine XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXX) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;967902&sd=rss&spid=12925 This hotfix is suggested for all users, not only those affected by the error. Posted by Matt [...]

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Upgrade from Virtual Server 2005 to Hyper-V

I performed my upgrade over the weekend and thought I would post some quick tips on little gotcha’s that you need to know before starting. – The most important consideration is transferring the VHD files from the old server to the new one. I was upgrading the hardware that the VM’s were running on, so [...]

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Tech.Ed Australia 2008

I have to apologize for the lack of posting the past couple of weeks. I was at TechEd in Sydney last week and have spent all this week trying to catch up. I will have a bunch of really interesting posts on the cool things I discovered there – namely the advantages of Hyper-V, the [...]

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