Questions tagged [hyper-v]
Type-1 hypervisor developed by Microsoft. Included in Windows Server 2008 R2 and later, as well as Pro editions of Windows since Windows 8.
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Windows 8 Hyper-V - how to give VM internet access?
I've got Windows 8 Pro on my home machine. I want to have a Windows 7 Professional VM running under Hyper-V, and I want the VM to have full internet access. My physical machine has a wireless network ...
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How do I install and use Windows Virtual PC in Windows 8?
I really liked the integrated Virtual Machine that Windows had built-in with Windows 7, known as the Windows Virtual PC. I'm looking to install that again. I'd like to be able to install multiple ...
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Convenient way to enable/disable Hyper-V in Windows 8
I really like the Hyper-V support in Windows 8, however, there are some situations in which I need to disable Hyper-V in order to run some apps which don't like to be executed even in the root ...
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How can I increase the Hyper-V display resolution?
I just started experimenting with the Hyper-V of Windows 8 and installed Ubuntu on it. However when I launch it my screen resolution is small.
How can I scale Ubuntu to the resolution of my screen?
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Hyper-V reports that the hypervisor is not running. How to start the hypervisor?
I've created and run Hyper-V guests on this machine in the past. VT extensions are enabled in the BIOS; no changes made there. I've changed my boot device order recently.
How can I ensure that Hyper-V'...
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Hyper-V External network switch kills my host's network performance
I have Windows 10 fully updated. I do the following:
Testing internet speed - 70 Mbps up / 70 Mpbs down
Hyper-V Manager
Virtual Switch Manager
Create Virtual Switch - External
Testing internet speed -...
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Disk2vhd,convert my PC to Hyper-V Virtual Machine
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I have my development PC or Workstation with lot of applications like SQL Server,Visual Studio installed, and in-case my PC goes down then I have to go through the lengthy procedure of ...
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Hyper-V appears to runs on top of the host OS, so why is it considered a native (type-1) hypervisor?
Wikipedia says:
Hyper-V, codenamed Viridian[5] and formerly known as Windows Server Virtualization, is a native hypervisor...*
Wikipedia itself says that a native hypervisor is type-1 hypervisor -...
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How to remove all the vEthernet (Default Switch) once and for all?
As in the screenshot above, I don't know why the vEthernet (Default Switch) on my Windows 10 laptop keeps reproducing itself and auto connecting to it everytime I shut down and switch on the laptop.
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Can I run Mac OS X as a Hyper-V Virtual Machine?
I would like to know if it is possible, (not from a legality standpoint, but from a technical standpoint), to run Mac OS X on a Hyper-V VM. This would make testing so much easier as I would not have ...
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How to connect via RDP to my Hyper-V machine?
I am in my home network with two machines set up: A and B. Both are running Win 10 Pro and have been updated regularly (no outstanding updates as of my check today).
A is the host machine where the VM ...
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Cannot create virtual switch Hyper-V (0x80070002)
I get following error while creating any type(external, internal and private) of virtual switch on Hyper-V using Hyper-V manager.
Failed to create virtual ethernet switch.
The system cannot find the ...
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How to create a Windows virtual machine using Hyper-V Manager
I am trying to create a Windows virtual machine using Hyper-V, but I have several issues. I tried following instructions on this page, to use the "Quick Create":
I was ...
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WSL error 0x80370102 while installing Ubuntu
I am getting error 0x80370102 while installing Ubuntu.
I have enabled Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Hypervisor Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux. I disabled them, rebooted and re-...
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Unintended Hyper-V Virtual Switches Appear After Upgrade to Windows 10 2004
This morning I upgraded my system to Windows 10 2004, the upgrade went smooth and was through Windows Update. I am using Hyper-V as my virtualization program for virtual machines and to provide extra ...
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Windows 8.1 dont have hyper-v - cant use Windows Phone Emulator
Lately i wanted to get into Windows Phone 8 development and i installed Visual Studio 2013 + Windows Phone SDK 8 + Visual Studio 2013 Latest update. My system parameters are: - 8gb ram - Windows 8.1 ...
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Unable to disable Hyper-V in Windows 10
Hi I installed Docker for Windows which enabled Hyper-V on my windows 10 machine.
Unfortunately this caused Virtual Box to not work anymore, therefore I removed Docker again, but Hyper-V is still ...
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Get official Windows XP virtual machine for Hyper-V
There are many unofficial Windows XP ISO file in numerous of websites. So to create a Windows XP virtual machine, one has to download that ISO and make that virtual hard disk manually. Is there a way ...
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Hyper-v Default Switch static IP
Is it possible to set a static IP address for Hyper-V's default switch adapter?
Every time I reboot my PC the address has changed.
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Warning "You are currently using the RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter"
I have received warning popup box "You are currently using the RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter. We no longer support this adapter ..." after I installed new graphic card.
I tried to open link ...
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Creating an external virtual switch on Hyper-V causes host to experience very slow networking
I've set up my Hyper-V environment (Win 10 Pro 64-bit, update 1809) to have an external virtual switch bound to my wifi adapter and shared with the host OS. I've used this virtual switch with my ...
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Windows 8 Hyper-V network not working on host
I have carefully followed the instructions in the first answer, but I still can't get the network adapter to be shared with the host operating system. My symptoms appear to be identical to this ...
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How to configure static IP address for a Hyper-V VM (Ubuntu 19.10 Quick Create) to avoid updating ssh config after each reboot?
I'm using VS-Code remote development plugin to edit code on a hyper-v VM (which is a Ubuntu 19.10 - quick create) which is running on Windows 10 on my Laptop. The VM uses hyper-v's default switch for ...
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VMware Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible [duplicate]
I installed VMworkstation on a fresh Windows 10 operating system. When I tried to create any machine I got the following error:
VMware Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the Hyper-V ...
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Hyper-V - Boot to OS on physical Disk
I installed Linux Mint on a physical SSD, and ran like that for several years.
Now, for work, I need to run Windows 10 Pro on my desktop. To do that, I used a separate physical SSD, but left the old ...
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Laptop won't hibernate if Hyper-V enabled on Windows 10 Pro
I'm running Hyper-V on my laptop - Docker for Windows requirement.
Windows 10 version 1709. I noticed that Hibernation is not working if Hyper-V role enabled. Hibernation working fine if i disable ...
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VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED on launching macOS in VirtualBox in Win 10 1903
I'm trying to launch virtual machine from VirtualBox(6.0.14-133895 with extension pack) on Windows 64bit 10 Pro version 1903 18362.476 and frustratingly get the following error:
Call to ...
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Connecting a Hyper-V VM (Linux based) to the internet via wifi - No wifi appears to connect to in Linux
I've created a Linux-based Hyper-V VM, and I'm connecting it to an external virtual switch on my hosts's wifi adapter, but it's not finding an internet connection.
This is what I do:
Open Hyper-V
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capture real mouse input Hyper-V
I’m looking for a way to capture the real mouse input in a Hyper-V Virtual Machine, so that I can play First Person Shooting games. I'm experiencing a problem where I am spinning around in circles. ...
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Can I tell if my VPS server (win 2008) is hosted on Hyper-V from within the image?
Is it possible, from within a windows 2008 virtual private server, to tell if the image is hosted in Hyper-V or some other virtualization technology? For example, are there any guest-os extensions ...
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Server 2012 - Hyper V Manager, RemoteFX missing From Hardware List
I've installed Remote Desktop Services and Hyper-V on a server running Windows Server 2012. The Hyper-V settings are showing my GPU as selected for use with RemoteFX as below
However when I go to add ...
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Enabling Hyper-V in Windows 8
I've been following the guide linked below to enable Hyper-V in Windows 8 so that I can try out a few Linux distros without having to mess around with my UEFI bootloader on my machine, however, this ...
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Plugged in but not charging Asus laptop
My Asus laptop says plugged in but not charging even after I reset the battery (taking it out, holding the power button for 45 seconds, putting it back in). I have also tried uninstalling Microsoft ...
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How to enable Hyper-V in Windows 8
I've got a Windows 8 (not .1, not Pro; OEM with a Lenovo Z580 laptop), which I want to use for WP8 development.
I've read this and this, and a few more articles.
I have enabled in BIOS what looks ...
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How to set up Windows on VM using Powershell (Hyper-V)
I know how to create a VM and I know how to start that VM on Hyper-V using the script of Powershell but it's the first use of the VM so I need to set up Windows and I don't know how using the ...
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How to find out whether Hyper-V is currently enabled/running
How can I find out whether Hyper-V is currently running on my Windows 8.1 Pro System?
Reason: Some installs automatically enable Hyper-V (e. g. the Visual Studio Android Emulator addons). I am mostly ...
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Hyper-V Virtualisation Disabled in Firmware
I'm on windows 8 and i've been trying to use hyper-v to set-up a virtual machine.
When I go into the "Turn Windows Features On or Off" the box to select Hyper-V platform, it is grayed out and when I ...
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can't access 127.0.0.1:80 outside of WSL2 / Ubuntu 20.04
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL2 / Hyper-V / Windows 10.
When I do curl http://127.0.0.1 inside Ubuntu I get this back:
<html>
<head><title>301 Moved Permanently</title></...
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Convert OVA to VHD for usage in Hyper-V
I have a OVA file that I need to convert to VHD in order to use Hyper-V. Opening the .ova file in winrar gives me one .ovf file and one .vmdk file. I tested the program Microsoft Virtual Machine ...
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Hyper-V - wide screen resolutions?
I've created Windows 7 virtual machine on Windows 8 Hyper-V, but can find how to set resolution to anything widescreen (my monitor supports 1920x1200) to be able work fullscreen.
Is it possible to get ...
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How do I convert an .img file to vhd?
I have an image file (linux based image) and want to convert it to VHD so that it can be used to create hyper-V VMs.
I used "qemu-img convert" to convert raw to vpc format, but vpc doesnt work for ...
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Issue with Wifi Adapter with Docker Windows (Native, HYPER-V)
I just received a brand new work laptop and immediately installed the native version of Docker for Windows.
However I am seeing an issue that everytime the new network adapter for Docker via Hyper-V ...
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Port forwarding with Hyper-V virtual machine on Windows 10
I have Ubuntu 18.04 in a Hyper-V virtual machine on Windows 10 and I need to make its port 51235 to be accessible from the internet.
There are various related posts, for example:
Hyper-V and a static ...
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Windows 10: Permanently disable VBS (Virtualization-based security)?
Android Studio requires Hyper-V, but installing Hyper-V also enabled VBS (Virtualization-based Security). The problem is AMD's Ryzen software doesn't run if VBS is enabled.
Applying the following ...
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"Virtual Machine Platform" in Win 10 (2004) is Hyper-V?
To use Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 in Windows 10 May 2020 update, the documentation says that I must turn on the "Virtual Machine Platform" Windows feature. Is it some sort of Hyper-V? Doesn't it ...
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How to hide from a program that it is running on a virtual machine?
Some software contains tests to see if they are running on a virtual machine.
It's very unpleasant to see alert messages such as "Sorry, this application cannot run under a Virtual Machine." and have ...
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Windows 10 Home - 1809 Virtualization Features
I'm running Windows 10 Home edition. Recently updated to 1809. Found a few new features and services related to virtualization. Does this mean Hyper-V is now available for Home edition too? What do ...
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can't run virtualbox 6.1.4 with hyper-v
I'm running VirtualBox 6.1.4 with Hyper-V but when I try to open up a VM I get the following error:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine vagrant_default_1583698990398_29087.
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Poor gaming performance with hyper-v installed in windows 8
I am getting very poor gaming performance on my Windows 8 host OS with Hyper-V installed but no guest machines running.
For example World of Tanks reports 60-70 FPS without Hyper-V installed and 4-14 ...
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How to change VM resolution to higher Hyper-V?
I am trying to increase the resolution of the VM window.
However I am not able to find the setting anywhere within Hyper-V manager.
Even in full screen mode I see VM doesnt occupy entire screen. I do ...