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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
commented 2026-06-12T11:58:17.0966667+00:00
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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
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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 7,241 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 10,560 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 11,400 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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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 7,241 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-26T06:27:15.4666667+00:00
Vishnu Kumar Singh 225 Reputation points
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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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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
commented 2026-05-12T12:50:41.57+00:00
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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 1,470 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
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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
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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
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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
answered 2026-04-22T20:18:15.5666667+00:00
Scott Nguyen 1,470 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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
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Win XP Hyper-V VM on Win 11 25H2

After some hours of nerding and geeking around I've managed to set up a Gen I VM guesting Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP3. Internet works fine with a Legacy adapter set on Default Switch and linked to my WiFi, and I found the ISO for old guest…

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asked 2026-04-02T08:21:57.3766667+00:00
Daniele Lorusso 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-02T10:05:57.5+00:00
Daniele Lorusso 40 Reputation points
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Critical Hyper-V SET Switch Bug: Switch Randomly Changes to Internal After Reboot on Windows Server 2025

Dear Microsoft Learn community, I'm facing a critical and highly concerning issue with the Hyper-V Switch Embedded Teaming configuration on my Windows Server 2025 failover cluster. After rebooting the Hyper-V virtualization host, the SET switch…

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asked 2025-02-15T20:25:53.4533333+00:00
Krasimir Rangelov 285 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-30T13:25:10.48+00:00
Stefan Brun 0 Reputation points
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Hyper-v vmconnect use two of three monitors on host

Windows 11 host. Windows 11 guest. Want to vmconnect using two of the three monitors on the host. Can do this with RDP, but RDP from host will not connect to guest. Can this be done, or is this something Microsoft needs to add to VMConnect

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asked 2023-08-24T08:58:51.72+00:00
Mark A Gregory 101 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-27T19:57:51.12+00:00
Lukas Willin 0 Reputation points
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Hyper-V Mouse opposite direction Problem

Hi All From the last update I m facing the issue of opposite mouse direction when run any v machine in Hyper-V Windows 11 Home edition. Its working fine in Window 11 while when i go inside Vmachine mouse direction goes up when mouse become…

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asked 2022-08-22T09:10:40.597+00:00
Shakir Shahab 36 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-18T14:59:59.9766667+00:00
Nuno Ferreira 0 Reputation points