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Finally a follow-up to my original post! With more detailed instructions! I would like to note that a lot of the functionality of a Virtual Machine is not currently working, at least I have not figured it out... however it is functional!

What doesn't work: 

• Seamless Mouse Integration
• Video Drivers - Still can get video just is not detecting my Wide Screen

How To:

1. Download Windows 8 from the Windows Dev Center http://dev.windows.com (Download Page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516)
1.1. I downloaded the Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64) you are welcome to download any other version however that is what I wrote this guide for.

2. Download and install VirtualBox if you do not have it
2.1. http://www.virtualbox.org/

3. Open VirtualBox

4. Click New

5. Click Next

6. Type a Name for the Virtual Machine (IE: Windows 8 64-bit)

7. Select Operating System: Microsoft Windows

8. Select Version: Windows 7 (64 bit)

9. Click Next and select however much ram you want to give the machine (IE: 1024 MB)

10. Select Create new hard disk, Click Next

11. Select VHD, Click Next

12. Select Dynamically allocated, Click Next

13. Select a location to save it to and select a maximum size of the disk (IE: 40 GB), Click Next

14. Click Create

15. Click Create

16. Select the newly created VM and click Settings at the top

17. Click System

18. Check the box for Enable IO APIC

19. Click Network

20. Click Advanced and select Adapter Type: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (82540EM)

21. Click Audio and select Audio Controller: Intel HD Audio

22. Click OK

23. Click Start

24. On the First Run Wizard click Next

25. For Media Source select the ISO you downloaded from the Windows Dev Center, Click Next and Click Start

26. When the media boots click Next

27. Click Install Now

28. Read the License agreement and agree to it (HAHA), Click Next

29. Select Custom and click Drive options, Click New, click Apply and click OK

30. Click Install

31. Once the Installer finishes follow the on-screen steps and then follow the Installing additional driver steps below.

Installing Additional Drivers:

 1. With the VM Initially configured and logged in as an Administrator click Devices on the Oracale VM VirtualBox window.

2. In the Virtual OS go to Computer, and D drive (or whatever drive the ISO for VirtualBox Guest Additions is mounted to) by right clicking and clicking Open

3. Right click VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64.exe and click Properties

4. Click the Compatibility tab

5. Check Run this program in compatibility mode for: and select Windows 7

6. Check run this program as an Administrator, Click OK

7. Run the installer and click Install for all the unsigned driver prompts.

8. Congratulations you are done! Make sure you increase your resolution greater than 1024x768 for the Virtual OS for the Metro Apps to work.

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Tonight Windows 8 was released (LEGALLY) at least the Developer Preview edition was! You are able to get your own copy at http://dev.windows.com/. I have an interest in programming but an even greater interest in learning some of the new administrative tools available and things I can dig into a bit more and learn about Windows 8. I decided I was going to install it as a Virtual Machine. When I mounted the ISO it crashes upon startup, so I knew there had to be a setting somewhere I could tweak and it would work... I was right. With VirtualBox all you need to do is enable IO APIC.

I plan to have a whole guide written on the installation of Windows 8 within the next day.

Update: How To Instructions

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Today at work we had an interested request come in from a client. They had an iPad and couldn’t scroll on their SharePoint 2010 website. I went ahead and pulled out my iPad 2 even though I am mostly a Microsoft guy and decided to look around on their site. Their homepage loaded fine and a couple others did also. I kept browsing and discovered one page that just cut off when you tried scrolling.

I decided to try all of the iOS web browsers that are free so I downloaded them all and none of them solved the issue. While doing this I received an email from someone else at our company stating that it is an issue with JavaScript and how the iPad handles the JavaScript.

I knew there had to be some kind of fix for this and I decided that I would start using my expert Googling skills and locate a resolution! After a small amount of time I located this blog by Dave Coleman. This blog stated that the single finger scroll will not work; however if you use two fingers to scroll it works fine. I decided to give this a try before telling the client there was no way to use the site on an iPad.

Suddenly I could magically scroll! I was shocked there was a loop hole to this issue and thrilled at the same time. I even found out it worked on some of our internal systems I couldn't use on my iOS devices and couldn't believe it. So all in all thanks to Dave Coleman I can use our internal sites, our SharePoint 2010 sites and I am getting Lunch from the guy who mentioned the JavaScript issue because I found a work around!

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Back Story

Prior to me being hired on at Apparatus I was asked to be interviewed as a part of the Nina Mason Pulliam Scholarship to be a showcase student. I gladly accepted this honor and a couple of days before my interview at Apparatus we did the taping. While doing the taping I found out that the photographer knew someone at Apparatus and also had a loose connection with the owner. He offered to make a call and that may have been part of the reason I got the job.

Real News

Anyway the documentary I was interviewed for is ready to air and will be on TV this week! This interview is all about the Nina Mason Pulliam Scholarship and has nothing to do with my professional life. I just thought if you are bored you may want to catch it! This is a very important Scholarship to me and I owe them my life.

Channel: WFYI 1 (PBS)
What: Documentary: Nina Mason Pulliam, Her Life, Her Legacy
When: July 28th @ 7:30pm

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Recently I began studying for the 70-400, System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuration. Before I was told that we needed someone certified in SCOM I didn't even know what it was! I began like every student does. I went to www.google.com. I learned that this was a very powerful tool that Microsoft has developed which is part of the System Center product line. This particular piece of software focuses on monitoring and recovery of systems. So instead of realizing that a server is offline, you will be alerted when system alerts start going funky to maybe stop it!

Once I knew I needed to learn about this product I figured I would try finding a good book. So I headed over to www.amazon.com and searched for System Center Operations Manager. The results returned with a TON of books. So I went reading through some of the reviews and decided I was going to purchase Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed by Kerrie Meyler, Cameron Fuller, John Joyner and Andy Dominey.

This is one of the most complete books on System Center Operations Manager 2007 I've ever read! I was shocked at how in-depth this book goes and I still haven't finished it because I lent it to another co-worker who is also trying to get this certification.

While my co-worker is using the book I needed to find another resource. So luckily I am a student so I had access to the IUPUI library which gives me access to Book 24x7. On Books 24x7 I found Mastering System Center Operations Manager 2007 by Brad Price, John Paul Mueller and Scott Fenstermacher. This is another good book, it doesn't go into as much depth however it does cover quit a bit of content on SCOM 2007.

Aside from these two books my primary resource has been Technet (technet.microsoft.com.) On there you can find hands on labs which in my experience were kind of sluggish. They also have some videos with presenters talking about different aspects of SCOM.

Neither of these books focuses on SCOM 2007 R2 which is the current edition, however when I purchased the first book I noticed it suggested you read the original first because the R2 was just supplemental. Overall within a couple of weeks of reading these two books I feel like I have a great grasp on SCOM 2007 and I plan on taking the Certification test soon.

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I recently started migrating more from my academic career into my professional career and I decided that blogging would be a good way to get some of my thoughts out into the open more. So Rolling IT is the best way I thought I could go about sharing my knowledge of being an IT Student and an IT Professional at the same time.

Soon I am going to build up this blog more which will have information about me, my history and where I plan on going in the future along with the cool things I have learned or plan to learn along the way.

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