Tag: Hyper-V
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Hyper-V VHD TO VHDX Conversion Step By Step Guide
Here are the steps to use the built in wizard in the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Manager to convert from VHD to VHDX. Go to the Hyper-V Manager. Under the Actions pane, click on Edit Disk…
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Difference between Windows Client Hyper-V and Server Hyper-V
Windows 8 supports virtualization on the client OS to allow IT professionals and developers to use Hyper-V as a desktop operating system. If you are an IT Professional or developer that uses Windows Server as development operating environments, you should be excited about new client Hyper-V feature in Windows 8 and wonder what are some…
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Install Hyper-V Manager on Windows 10
To remotely manage your Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V server from a windows 7 desktop, you need install RSAT (Remote Server Administrator Tool). This has been simplified in Windows 10. In Windows 10, Hyper-V management tool is built in, Hyper-V manager can be turned on via “Turn Windows features on or off” dialog directly without downloading…
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Solution for Unresponsive Win8 Guest VMs
If you’re going to run Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 in a virtual machine on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, please install this hotfix patch http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2744129 on the Hyper-V host server, Without applying this hotfix, you may experience one or more of the following issues: The Windows 8/Server 2012 virtual machine becomes unresponsive. The Windows…
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How to tell if your CPU Supports SLAT
SLAT-enabled processor is the requirement of Hyper-V RemoteFX feature which is introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2. It’s the requirement of Windows 8 client Hpyer-V feature as well. For INTEL CPU models, following CPU models are SLAT-Capable Server: E5500 or higher. Desktop/Laptops: I3/I5/I7/I7-qm There is a handy tool named CoreInfo from systeminternals that can check…
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Hyper-v Tip: Use windows key without fullscreen
When connect to a remote VM with hyper-v manager, I have to full screen to make Windows key. Personally I think Hyper-V should have a Windows key button in toolbar like "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" button. Actually Hyper-v manager allows you to select where the Windows keys goes when you press it. Open up the Hyper-V Settings dialog…
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Using Hyper-V in Windows 8
In Steven Sinofsky’s this blog – Bringing Hyper-V to “Windows 8”. He talks about that Windows 8 will support virtualization on the “client” OS. This is very helpful for developers as they typically have the need to setup additional test environment on their PC/Laptop. Hardware Requirements Hyper-V supports creation of both 32-bit and 64-bit operating…
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HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED Error when install Windows 8 Developer Preview on VPC
When you install the Windows 8 Developer Preview on Virtual PC in 64-bit windows. Your installation would fail with the blue screen of sad: : ( Your PC ran into a problem that it couldn’t handle, and now it needs to restart You can search for the error online: HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
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IDE/ATAPI Account does not have sufficient privilege to open attachment
You might get following error after you move or replace a virtual disk drive file of a hyper-v virtual machine. An error occurred while attempting to start the selected virtual machine(s). ‘TestVM’ failed to start. Microsoft Emulated IDE Controller (Instance ID {83F8638B-8DCA-4152-9EDA-2CA8B33039B4}): Failed to Power on with Error ‘General access denied error’ IDE/ATAPI Account does…
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Install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 7 SP1
Remote Server Administrator Tools (RSAT) is not compatible with Windows 7 SP1. If you install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 7 SP1 slipstreamed media, you will get following error. The update is not applicable to your computer That’s because current RSAT version only supports Windows 7 RTM. To workaround this issue, you can Install…