Hyper-V virtualization - Setup and Use in Windows 10  

Kari said:

No, I have all my ISO images used to install guests on external drives. I need to go for an hour or so, I will check different scenarios later today and post if I find something.

Ok have a good day and thanks. I'll post when I get home tonight(around midnight) after work.

jurkki said:

Hi there, Kari!
Thanks for your tutorial, it was very informative and easy to follow.
Perhaps you could help me with advice - I have a Windows 10 PC on which I've created virtual PC with Windows XP (following your guide). The problem is that the virtual pc does not have sound. I've checked the Integration Services - they are all checked.Attachment 50729

Hi Jurkki, welcome to the Ten Forums.

This quote from another thread:

Kari said:

Hyper/V Virtual Machine Connection does not support remote audio.

Virtual machines with guest OS Windows 8 or later can use the so called enhanced mode to connect to vm which supports remote audio To get audio in older Windows versions like in your case Windows XP you need to connect to your vm using either Windows Remote Desktop Connection or any third party remote desktop application to get the audio.

Use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to your Windows XP guest to get audio.

Kari

First, is the Windows XP guest a Pro edition? You cannot remote desktop to Home edition, for that you need a third party solution, TeamViewer or similar.

Second, are incoming remote connections allowed in XP guest?

If connections are allowed, you can now connect to the XP guest with Remote Desktop Connection using either the PC name or IP address. Screenshot from just now, I have connected to my XP vm using Remote Desktop Connection:

(Click to enlarge.)

Kari

In addition to my previous post, here's a practical tip:

   Tip

If your intention is to use the vm over Remote Desktop Connection, you do not have to launch the Virtual Machine Connection at all. Simply right click the vm and select Start, now wait until the live thumbnail shows it has booted to Welcome screen and connect using RDC:

Ok I turned RAPID mode off(in Samsung Magician), that wasn't the problem....
I look into it more when I wake up

jurkki said:

Once again, thanks for being so helpful. Yes, selecting that tick box (allow users to connect remotely to this computer) solved it and now I can connect to vm and it has audio! Great! :)
But there's one more problem - the video is not great at all so in the vm settings I added that RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter which should solve the problem but it is not installing. If I connect through RDC, nothing ever happens with video - it continues to use basic crappy video adapter. If I connect through Hyper-V it runs "Found New Hardware" Wizard and - oops, it can't install the hardware because it can't find the necessary software. Somehow I didn't find any solution to this using Google so once again - can you please help me solve this? :)

Unfortunately the RemoteFX 3 D Video Adapter requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later guest, it does not work on Windows XP guests.

Cliff S said:

Ok I turned RAPID mode off(in Samsung Magician), that wasn't the problem....
I look into it more when I wake up

Can't figure this out. It might a permissions issue.

Try this:

Remove (delete) the vm in question, also delete its virtual hard disk file in the default VHD location. When done, change the default storage location of both the vm configuration files and virtual hard disks as told in Part Two Step 2.5 in this tutorial. The default locations are:

• Config files: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines
• Virtual Hard Disks: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual hard disks

To change the locations, create a folder on root of any drive except C:, name it as you wish. I always use the D: drive for my virtual machines and create a folder D:\Hyper-V. Create a subfolder in the Hyper-V folder for virtual hard disks (D:\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks). Now open Hyper-V settings and select D:\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks as location for the virtual hard disks, and D:\Hyper-V as location for virtual machines (config files):

Now start from scratch, creating the Ubuntu vm. Come back to tell what happened.

Kari

Now start from scratch, creating the Ubuntu vm. Come back to tell what happened.

Kari

Still the same error