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This has been blogged about elsewhere but I\u2019m trying to get back in the blogging groove and I also want to make note of this somewhere!<\/p>\n

When I went to the Manchester SBSC group<\/a> for my SharePoint as a Helpdesk presentation I mentioned I\u2019d had a problem with the performance of my virtual machines. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s been bothering me because it was really really bad, so bad I could barely use the mouse and even though my laptop isn\u2019t exactly a powerhouse it should have been ok running the two VMs I needed for my demo.<\/p>\n

So with a visit to the TVP SBSC group impending<\/a> I decided to have another look and see if there was anything else I could do to eek a bit more performance out of the laptop. <\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take me too long to find an entry on the excellent .<\/p>\n

    \n
      \n
    1. Stop running Virtual PC <\/li>\n
    2. Open notepad <\/li>\n
    3. Open %appdata%\\Microsoft\\Virtual PC\\options.xml <\/li>\n
    4. Locate the <virtual_machines> section of the file and add this key:
      <enable_idle_thread type="boolean">true<\/enable_idle_thread> <\/li>\n
    5. Save the file and exit notepad <\/li>\n
    6. Start Virtual PC <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n

      I followed the instructions and I can report it works great! There was an immediate and noticeable difference when using the Virtual Machine.<\/p>\n

      The post also says that this can drain your battery faster than normal. <\/p>\n

      This is actually an understatement \u2013 it hammers the battery! I watched the battery meter drain before my eyes! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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