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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 2026-07-08T07:59:56.94+00:00
HotshotJacko 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 11 Hyper-V and Shared Disks

Does Windows 11 allow the creation of shared disks for guest clusters? I know there's the option to create shared vhdx or vhds, but I'm unable to use it. Am I doing something wrong or it just doesn't work on Windows 11? Thanks.

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asked 2023-06-16T00:16:44.0933333+00:00
rafael9908 40 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-07-08T05:55:43.3+00:00
JuliaMarvin 20,250 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

How to enable vmcompute.exe and HNS?

the virtual machine has missing parts vmcompute and HNS. need to use a new softwre package

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asked 2026-04-22T19:32:56.6466667+00:00
Edward Olmstead 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-01T18:09:55.2+00:00
Musoni Mary 0 Reputation points
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Windows 11 enters Automatic Repair after enabling WSL when AMD SVM is enabled

Environment: Device: Lenovo Yoga Air 14s 【please fill in the exact model】 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7840S Windows edition: Windows 11 【Home / Pro】 Windows version/build: 10.0.26200.8246 BIOS version: M6CN37WW 【please confirm】 BIOS virtualization option: AMD SVM /…

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asked 2026-05-12T12:47:14.9766667+00:00
Y an 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-29T12:41:42.1533333+00:00
Roland Gasser 0 Reputation points
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Windows 11 25H2: Hypervisor detected and VBS running despite Hyper-V, VBS, Credential Guard disabled

(Edited) Windows 11 Home 25H2 (Build 26200.8655) I am trying to completely disable VBS and the Windows hypervisor because VirtualBox is running in Hyper-V mode (green turtle icon) and performance is significantly reduced. I have already disabled: …

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asked 2026-06-20T02:21:06.03+00:00
DavidBeaumont 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-22T22:34:30.48+00:00
JAIRO ALFONSO ACUÑA GUARÍN 0 Reputation points
2 answers

virtualization

Claude's workspace failed to start with HRESULT 0x80370102 (hypervisor not running). Hardware virtualization (Intel VT-x or AMD-V) is disabled in this device's firmware. Enable it in BIOS/UEFI settings and restart. On devices with a firmware password or…

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asked 2026-06-20T13:18:10.6433333+00:00
angee bruner 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-20T14:28:47.2733333+00:00
HLBui 9,010 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Windows 11: Unable to enable WSL2 / Virtual Machine Platform - 'Changes are being reverted' loop

when i try to activate "Windows Subsystem for Linux" and "Virtual machine platform" feature and restart, it gives me a "we couldn't complete the features, undoing chances" and boots back normal with the features disabled. my…

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asked 2026-06-12T11:06:45.8733333+00:00
nothing 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-20T06:19:19.9833333+00:00
Domic Vo 25,840 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Need help with Hyper-V and Storage Spaces Direct

We needed some help with Hyper-V and storage spaces direct. We have a four node cluster of Hyper-V servers using Storage Spaces Direct. We've installed additional NICs in each Hyper-V server and want to use this network exclusively for storage spaces…

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asked 2024-04-25T13:54:17.1933333+00:00
Richard Duane Wolford Jr 231 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-10T04:18:53.8533333+00:00
kholienchieh 0 Reputation points MVP
3 answers

Windows Storage Space Direct

Hello, If I read some articles and videos about Storage Space Direct, we can combine all local storages into one storage with redundancy (mirror & parity). So if from redundancy can be achieve from storage space side, it still needed we create raid…

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asked 2024-05-24T03:18:11.75+00:00
Handian Sudianto 7,341 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-10T04:11:35.6733333+00:00
kholienchieh 0 Reputation points MVP
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Hyper-V Guest VM communication issue

I have a Hyper-V host in Azure VM and created 2 guest VMs. But those 2 guest VMs are unable to connect to Domain Controller. I have created Internal V-Switch and configured NAT. Despite all this, unable to connect my Domain Controller.

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asked 2026-06-03T18:02:47.4633333+00:00
Subhankar Biswas 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-03T18:57:06.45+00:00
Chen Tran 11,620 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Webcam camera microphone not redirected to Hyper-v

I have VM Windows 11 Pro running on Hyper-V on host win 11 pro. I'm able to redirect web camera Logi C925e to hyper-v but not microphone built into camera. Tried to enable audio recording in remote session, but that doesn't work. Guest computer shows…

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asked 2026-05-31T10:09:59.2533333+00:00
Marian Trapszo 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-31T10:51:33.8066667+00:00
Quinnie Quoc 11,815 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Migrate "windows server failover cluster" vms from existing Hyper-V cluster to new Hyper-V cluster no shared storage

To move “normal” standalone VMs is easy But how does one move an existing “windows server failover cluster" VMs (2 VMs running SQL service in active/passive) (That is VM only cluster with all shared storage as vhds) from 2016 HV cluster with CSV on…

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asked 2026-05-27T17:08:49.7866667+00:00
Sebastian Cerazy 351 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-27T19:51:05.4066667+00:00
Sebastian Cerazy 351 Reputation points
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Hyper-V TPM

I enable TPM on hyper-v VM then why i can't see bitlocker menu inside the disk properties

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asked 2026-05-26T02:40:56.1233333+00:00
Handian Sudianto 7,341 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-26T06:27:15.4666667+00:00
Vishnu Kumar Singh 225 Reputation points
7 answers

Attach USB device to Hyper-V guest machine

Hello, We have a software installed on one of our Hyper-V guest machines running Windows 2022 Datacenter edition. This software requires a hardware lock which is a USB device. The device is inserted into the USB port of the server, and the host machine…

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asked 2022-01-24T12:21:15.937+00:00
Omid Shojaee 121 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-20T13:05:02.51+00:00
Alex Calugarescu 20 Reputation points
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Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform

I am using HP Victus I5, 16gb ram, 12 Core Processor. When I try to turn on eveng I am getting same error Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported. When I disable nested virtualization(not enabling VT-x/EPT), I am able to turn on eveng but I am unable…

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asked 2026-05-11T22:15:21.1533333+00:00
Piyush Gupta 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-11T22:52:26.0666667+00:00
Scott Nguyen 1,565 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Hyper-V: Linux VM hangs when enabling using more than 1 cpu

I'm trying to get my linux router OS project running in Hyper-V, but am hitting a snag when enabling more than 1 cpu. This is my linux config file. https://github.com/tomato64/tomato64/blob/master/tomato64/board/x86_64/linux.config Windows 10 hyper-v…

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asked 2024-05-21T20:52:46.7733333+00:00
lancethepants 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-08T03:04:04.9766667+00:00
lancethepants 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is it possible to add support for DirectX 12 in Hyper-V's GPU-P?

My system specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800XT RAM: 64GB DDR4 @ 3333MT/s OS: Windows 11 25H2 I’ve tested several 3D applications running on Hyper-V virtual machines using GPU Paravirtualization, and everything worked perfectly —…

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asked 2025-11-01T20:07:27.4133333+00:00
Arturbc 21 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-07T01:00:08.6666667+00:00
Arturbc 21 Reputation points
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S2D: Change model or manuctured for vhdx

Hi Everyone I'm installing a virtual lab for S2D in HyperV I'm interested on cache configuration. I need change the model in mi Virtual Disk. Is this possible to do? Regards

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asked 2021-08-24T15:29:50.737+00:00
Jorge Martín San José 6 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-06T02:15:50.8233333+00:00
kholienchieh 0 Reputation points MVP
1 answer

Hyper-V Compatibility with Snapdragon ARM64 CPU

Hello I am a student in computer science, and I have experience using virtualization tools such as VirtualBox and VMware. I would like to transition to using Hyper-V on Windows Pro for my projects. However, my machine is equipped with a Snapdragon…

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asked 2025-02-11T20:15:59.1833333+00:00
Matthieu ROSINA-VELNOM 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-30T05:43:36.54+00:00
Akhil 10 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Having Trouble Opening Hyper-V and WSL

Error Code shows 0x8000FFFF Using Windows 11 on refs. Might be the reason?

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asked 2026-04-08T18:31:43.0633333+00:00
SolarTorch 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-19T16:18:09.23+00:00
SolarTorch 20 Reputation points