Compacting a Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) Hard Disk

Depending on how busy your VPC installation is, it can grow massively beyond the size it really needs to be, so periodically it is very useful to compact it.

So here is an MSDN blog on how to compact a virtual PC image.

Changing the RAM/Memory Setting in Microsoft VPC

I recently added a shed load more memory to my lappy (thanks Orca), so I finally got round to increasing the memory on the various VPCs I use. So I did the usual of going to the settings, but the memory slider (to choose how much you want to assign) was not there. Not disabled. Not there at all!

In the end I removed the VPC (I didn't physically delete it, just removed it) and added it again, using the wizard. Hey presto, just like magic, I could change it again.

It's a bit like the old "have you turned it off and on again?"...