Windows 10: Display Drivers for XP Not working in Hyper-V

Hello Everyone!

Thank you a head of time for you time and efforts!

THE QUESTION:
How do I fix my display drivers in XP in my win10 Hyper-v virtual machine?

WHAT HAPPENED:
Installed XP in Hyper-V (Win10). For some reason now the display drivers are not installing. They were working just fine. The only thing I can think of is when I tried to copy the virtual drive while experimenting on virtual drive sizes that some how I corrupted the virtual machine hostiles somehow.

The Hardware in the XP Manager:




RESOLUTION EFFORTS:
-Tried and failed to installed the recommended driver from Microsoft updates: No Change
-Uninstall/reinstall hyper-v: No Change
-sfc and DISM on windows 10: No Change
-Created new virtual machines: No Change

NEXT ON MY LIST:
-Reinstall win10, the none destructive fixing option.
-Always afraid to go back to an earlier restore point because even though MS says it will not destroy private files....it does.

MACHINE:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.10586 Build 10586
System Manufacturer TOSHIBA
System Model Satellite L775D
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU PSK40U-07N00R
Processor AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, 1500 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1.50, 10/18/2011
SMBIOS Version 2.7
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer PEGATRON CORPORATION
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.10586.0"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB


Thank you again for all of your help!


:)

 

Installing a Virtual OS using Hyper-V

Windows 10 doesn't come with the XPMode that windows 7 did, you get Hyper-V not Virtual PC.. THat being said, even if you get a copy from a retail store and pay for XP, you will still have issues installing it on a Hyper-V terminal.. I run a Cluster of Hyper-V
servers, and the XP, 2k, 98, etc all require specific Drivers that Microsoft does not provide for Hyper-V... If you end up purchasing XP retail, make sure you can find the Vmware 3.2 Driver pack from Vmware's website.. However they don't work with all hardware,
you have to have a Dell system in order for them to actually work with XP in Hyper-V otherwise you get basic VGA drivers, no NIC, and issues with sound..

If you need XP, you are better off going back to windows 7.

 

Product key for XP not working in Hyper V

I can't be certain why your copy of XP has been flagged as invalid.

XP is not listed:

Supported Windows guests

I've been able to use XP in Windows 7 & 8 Hyper-V, but never 10. Though I never tried all that hard to get it to work either as it was more of an experiment than anything I really wanted to use.