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Optimize development Virtual Machine

Asked 2009-03-11T08:54:37.180
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As a best practice I use a virtual machine for my development - I would like to try and optimize my VM as much as possible. All I have installed is server 2003, IIS and Visual Studio 2008. What do you do to optimize your development VM i.e what service do you switch off etc...

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I always disable "System Restore" on my Windows XP virtual PCs.

answered 2009-03-11T08:56:28.453
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You can use this free tool by Quest to optimize a virtual desktop. It turns off a bunch of stuff.

http://communities.quest.com/community/vworkspace/blog/2011/09/08/introducing-the-free-quest-vworkspace-desktop-optimizer

Full disclosure: I work for Quest but did not work on this tool.

answered 2012-02-15T14:53:45.063

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