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Hyper-V manager very very slow to open vm properties

Hi, I'm using Hyper-V, and I have 3 clusters composed of 15 to 20 Hyper-V hosts per cluster. For each VM, I have a dedicated volume on PureStorage array technology. All my Hyper-V hosts are running Windows 2022 (November Update). When I try to load the…

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asked 2023-12-14T15:42:17.64+00:00
Benjamin Versini 10 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-20T09:42:32.76+00:00
Mahfoud Galfout 0 Reputation points
5 answers

Failover Cluster 2025 goes offline if a node is shutted down

hello, i have a Virtual Failover Cluster with windows 2025 and file share witness. All seem ok, Resource can switch normally to other node. If i Switch the Cluster Owner on the node 1 and Shutdown the node 2, there's no outage. If i leave the Cluster…

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asked 2025-06-14T11:00:31.9066667+00:00
Andrea Rinaldi 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-19T12:48:50.37+00:00
Luis Fernandez 0 Reputation points
7 answers

Windows 11 Pro 24H2 will not boot after enabling Hyper-V

Just upgraded from Windows 11 Home to Pro. I want to enable Hyper-V on my PC. I have verified that it does support it via "msinfo32". My PC is a Dell Inspiron 5593, Intel Core i5 10th Gen with 16GB of memory. After Hyper-V installs and…

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asked 2025-02-24T14:52:40.1966667+00:00
Jack Cooper 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-18T10:43:38.06+00:00
Maurice Lenz 20 Reputation points
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An error occurred when Hyper-V tried to retrieve the list of virtual switches (operation failure: general failure)

During the process of reusing Hyper-V, I received such a prompt (the Hyper-V virtual machine was shut down at this time): I used virtual box before, but now it has been uninstalled Attempted repair behavior: Download and open the…

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asked 2022-07-15T05:34:55.727+00:00
K_P__ 1 Reputation point
commented 2026-01-11T12:05:12.4133333+00:00
Pahladsingh, Reinier 0 Reputation points
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How to turn off Hyper-V On window 11 home single language

I can't turn it off even though I've followed many instructions online Moved from: System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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asked 2026-01-08T10:00:01.02+00:00
Trường Trần 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-01-09T02:01:18.6233333+00:00
Henry Mai 7,115 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Hyper-V Login in enhanced mode not possible

Hello, I installed Windows 10 Pro completely new and installed all updates. Afterwards I enabeled hyper-v and installed Windows 10 Pro as a new guest. The normal mode works, I can login and windows is works correct. However when I switch…

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asked 2021-01-27T17:36:08.353+00:00
Matthias Pospiech 31 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-08T22:41:19.4533333+00:00
d j 0 Reputation points
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Hyper-V Disk Copy

I have one VM and this VM have 2 disks, let say disk-1 located in D drive on hyper-v host and disk-2 located in E drive on hyper-v host. When i copy file inside the VM from disk-1 to disk-2, why the copy is flow via network and not directly across the…

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asked 2026-01-04T13:24:40.8233333+00:00
Handian Sudianto 6,706 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-05T23:24:32.4866667+00:00
Handian Sudianto 6,706 Reputation points
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How do I install vfpext service

I am using WSL on my Windows 11 system and there is a dependency on vfpext service. I included the link to WSL source code that shows this dependency, but that link in triggering a code violation action (in spite WSL being open source now) and the pos is…

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asked 2026-01-02T10:52:20.31+00:00
Manju 130 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-05T06:47:23.76+00:00
Harry Phan 12,590 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Hyper v detected by memu even though it’s disabled

Hey all. Trying to use an emulator to play android games and it keeps saying that hyper v is detected. I’ve tried to turn off hyper v every way that is shown on the internet even going into bios where it says it is disabled already. I don’t know what…

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asked 2023-02-05T17:42:42.3233333+00:00
nick blanton 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-29T19:09:08.1033333+00:00
Yaa Bb 0 Reputation points
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Hyper-V Checkpoints - exclude certain disks (VHDX)

Hi, Is this possible? I know in most cases it wouldn't be a good idea but consider this scenario: C: drive = 200GB D: drive = 200GB E: drive = 200GB F: drive = 200GB G: drive = 2TB We're using CSVs via a SAN. C: drive VHDX is on a LUN…

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asked 2022-02-17T11:06:22.767+00:00
Lanky Doodle 241 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-12-29T05:59:25.8233333+00:00
UMUT DUYUM 1 Reputation point
7 answers

Hyper-V Windows 2022 boot loader error

Hello, I'm trying to install Windows server 2022 (eval version) on Hyper-V (Windows server 2019 version). I got the UEFI error with the message the Boot loader failed. I tried with Windows server 2019 iso file and it works. Few…

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asked 2022-04-26T11:46:09.22+00:00
Philippe NONORGUES 26 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-23T16:39:52.7266667+00:00
Lounes Djelil 0 Reputation points
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Windows 10 Clipboard Sync option grayed out

Hi, I am having an issue where the Windows 10 clipboard sync option is grayed out in Windows 10. I am trying to enable it and have done so manually via GPO and updating the appropriate registry keys but the option is still not enabled. The…

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asked 2021-10-24T22:15:25.453+00:00
Mike00 241 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-20T07:52:29.9666667+00:00
Zen Nerd 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Does SCSI-3 PR support for VHDS in Hyper-V guest clusters depend on the underlying storage connectivity (FC vs iSCSI)?

Hi everyone, Hope you are doing fine🙂. I’m working on a Linux guest cluster on Hyper-V using Cluster software LifeKeeper, please help me to confirm SCSI-3 persistent reservation behavior with different connection types for shared…

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asked 2025-12-02T03:46:01.59+00:00
houwen he 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-09T05:47:30.75+00:00
houwen he 20 Reputation points
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How to Convert a VMware VMDK File to a Bootable Hyper-V VHD File or Assistance Needed for Migrating VMware VM to Azure VM

I am looking to migrate my current setup from a VMware VM to an Azure VM without any manual intervention, ensuring that all software and applications run smoothly post-migration. While I am aware of the standard VM migration processes from VMware to…

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asked 2024-07-18T07:22:12.2033333+00:00
Swaroop Gowda D 25 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-12-08T05:36:31.62+00:00
Rikin Patel 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I have 2 account on my personal Laptop (not buy from my empoyer, but form me) and i can not acutalise my win 11 licence family to professionnal

I have buy a private licence w11 pro and i can not actualise my personal Laptop. The problem is not right installed or the Education licence bloc my possibility. But i have installed my HW with my personal licence ******@hotmail.fr

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asked 2025-12-05T14:29:51.07+00:00
Philippe de França 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-12-05T14:38:43.0166667+00:00
Philippe de França 20 Reputation points
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Hyper-V not forwarding VLan tags to virtual machine

I am attempting to setup a virtual firewall on the Hyper-V guest. The guest is connected to 1 virtual Nic but the vm has multiple vlans attached to that interface. The host seems to be removing the tag from the traffic either as it leaves the vm or as…

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asked 2024-02-25T20:10:20.83+00:00
Jason Doleshall 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-03T16:35:54.0666667+00:00
Mike Russo 16 Reputation points
4 answers

HyperV // A lot of Checkpoints/Snapshots - Unable to merge

Hi guys, Hoping someone can shed some light or point me in the right direction. I have HyperV running on Windows Server 2016 Standard with 7 VMs running (3 windows & 4 Linux). All VMs are running perfectly. We use Acronis Cloud to run…

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asked 2021-01-21T10:17:55.497+00:00
Dean McDowell 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-12-03T04:13:59.4+00:00
Sanjay Vishwakarma 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Hyper-V cannot be installed because virtualization support is not enabled in the BIOS

Hi, I am trying to enable Hyper-V on my VM but getting an error message "Hyper-V cannot be installed because virtualization support is not enabled in the BIOS". VM size: Standard E2s v3 (Tried: D2s_v3, D4ds_v4, D2s_v3) OS: Windows Server 2019…

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asked 2023-08-02T09:06:59.3266667+00:00
Alexander Chekushev 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-26T09:25:45.6833333+00:00
Matěj Korvas 0 Reputation points
5 answers

Rename Azure Virtual Machine

Hallo, I've got a question about how to rename a virtual mashine in Hyper V. I already tried several solutions on the internet (for example renaming with the powershell script), but none seems to work. Does anyone have experience with this…

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asked 2022-08-25T07:23:12.08+00:00
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commented 2025-11-26T00:20:13.43+00:00
Joost 0 Reputation points
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Hyper-V multicore performance issue

Hi! I have a c++ application that calculates 100 factorial a million times. I ran it on windows (host machine) and it took a few milliseconds to get processed but if I run it on Oracle linux 7.3 (Guest machine created through Hyper-V), it takes 40…

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asked 2020-11-27T08:34:10.953+00:00
Nikhil Parihar 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-11-25T11:02:54.5333333+00:00
Andrea Cicchelli 5 Reputation points