Windows 10: Running hyper-v and vmare on same windows install.

You cannot run vmware and hyper-v at same time, but you can set up windows to do one or other, selecting which at boot time,

From an administrative command prompt make a copy of current boot menu and label it with a suitable label e.g. "No Hyper-V".
Note the first command gives you a GUID and you then copy it and use it with the second command.

C:\>bcdedit /copy {current} /d "No Hyper-V"
The entry was successfully copied to {ff-23-113-824e-5c5144ea}.
C:\>bcdedit /set {ff-23-113-824e-5c5144ea} hypervisorlaunchtype offThe operation completed successfully.

No you can boot in hyper-v mode or vmware mode.

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Running Windows Phone 8 emulator on remote hyper-v server

I typically do my development in a VM running in a Windows 2012 Hyper-V Server. With the Windows Phone 8 SDK, the emulator runs in the local hyper-v install of the Windows 8 pro. That does not work if the main os is running in a hyper-v already. So my
question is, can you change the default hyper-v server of the Windows Phone SDK to run on a different hyper-v installation (like one running on another computer)?

So for instance, the emulator would run off a my remote hyper-v server instead of the development vm it is installed on? If this capability is not allowed default, could someone (thinking of myself) create a plugin to allow for this configuration of the emulator?
Just looking for some guidance as to how the emulator works.

 

Microsoft® SAPI 5.1 voice technology in Windows 10 ????

Hi,

I use the add-on for my Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 (only "game" with i like it) and use the Microsoft® SAPI 5.1 voice technology. The win10 has this app inside (SAPI 5.1)? My add-on returns error (need five or more voices) to run... (works fine in
XP - WinXP compatibility mode d oesn´t work in this case). Can i install the Microsoft® SAPI 5.1 voice technology in Windows 10? Other question... in Hyper-V mode (XP) the register of Windows 10 and the Hyper-V are the same... if i use the Hyper-V to run
an app and licensead it in the register (?) the same program run in Windows 10 appear "licensead". If not, the program run in Hyper-V "comunicate" with other run Win10 at same time.

Thanks

Martin.

 

Does it work with the Server 2012 R2 or 2016?

Hyper V is corrupting my drives when it shuts down so might try VMWare

 

No idea - all this does is allow you not to activate hyper-v services so you can run vmware.

 

I may give it a try. I need to update my old Exchange server and I was thinking of Exchange 2013 as stable but I now find out by trial it does not install under Server 2016 just because the GUI is no longer available in 2016. Would have to go for Ex2016 if I wanted to updated to Server 2016. Sounds very expensive so might give it a miss now. Would still love to find out why Hyper V under 2012 R2 and 2016 is corrupting my drives on the Hypervisor shutdown.

 

Hi there

This has been posted several times -- OK I agree it's better than having to uninstall / re-install HYPER-V each time - but this actually is one of the (VERY RARE) cases where I WOULD suggest a Dual boot. That way you can keep the HYPER-V system totally separate from the one running VMware. You won't pay extra for software licences you've already installed on Windows.

Note -- the same principles apply to VirtualBox as well as VMware - these products don't run when HYPER-V is enabled (and vice-versa).

Depending on what you need to do on the HYPER-V system you could make that a minimal windows install if most of your main work is done on the other system - or even on the VM's.

I'm actually running 2 concurrent Windows VM's with HYPER-V running on both of them -- with a decent processor and fast (Hardware RAID 0) HDD setup the performance of the 2nd level VM is fine !!!!!! (Host --Linux CENTOS 7-->VM Windows 10 Pro X-64, running HYPER-V---Windows 7 VM

2nd VM also Windows 10 PRO X64 running HYPER-V with XP as the VM.

TIP though --for people encouraged to try this sort of stuff out (2nd level VM's --i.e a VM running on a VM) you need to ensure :

1) Host is as efficient as possible -- Windows 10 is not really suitable for this since it's essentially designed as a Non server single user system -but it CAN be done.

2) You need PLENTY of RAM -- at least 16 GB - better 32 or even 64 GB RAM.

3) decent processor -- ideally something like dual Xeon - or anything with HYPER THREADING --although the average i7's will work.

4) Above all FAST HDD's -- about 85% of the bad performance I've seen with most people's computers is usually the appalling SLOW consumer grade HDD's they have in them -- FAST HDD's with a decent size cache and of course some type of hardware RAID.

5) The HOST OS should ideally run headless and act simply as the server - but provided you aren't doing too much work on it then you can of course have a GUI etc. Put the HOST OS on an SSD if at all possible.

Cheers
jimbo

 

This rather depends on your needs - I use Hyper-V mostly but have a vmware install that I use occasionally - to set up a completely separate Windows install is over-kill in my case.