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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 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-08T19:43:02.6666667+00:00
Tracy Le 5,445 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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 280 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
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Query regarding Windows on ARM64 ignoring TLFS "Relaxed Timing" (Bit 5) recommendation and subsequent Watchdog timeouts

Subject: Issue with Windows on ARM64 failing to honor TLFS "Relaxed Timing" (Bit 5) recommendation Description: Hello everyone, I am currently developing a virtualization solution based on the Hyper-V Top-Level Functional Specification…

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asked 2026-03-17T06:44:21.79+00:00
liye 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-18T05:02:09+00:00
Tan Vu 1,630 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers

How do I install MS-DOS 622 and Windows 3.11W on Hyper-V using downloads from Visual Studio Subscription

I'm trying to install MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 for Workgroups on Hyper-V on Windows 11 PC. I have a Visual Studio Subscription and was able to download these files but I don't know how to get from point A to point B.

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asked 2023-08-16T02:59:59.8133333+00:00
Rod 41 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-18T00:57:20.11+00:00
BumpyJumpy12 0 Reputation points
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getting copy paste to work in hyper v, linux vm

hello, i am trying to copy paste between my host machine and a vm in in hyper v, its running debian, i have been trying to do this for a couple days now, and i cannot get it to work, i even tried rdp, and still no working, i think i have the options set…

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asked 2026-01-23T15:32:08.8833333+00:00
chloe johnson 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-13T23:14:02.5366667+00:00
essjae 461 Reputation points
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How to resolve Windows Sandbox initialization error (0x80070002) on Win 11 24H2

After launching Windows Sandbox, an error comes up saying it failed to initialize and could not find a specified file (0x80070002). I have already tried the following methods I found on the Internet: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth sfc…

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asked 2025-01-26T21:50:55.33+00:00
Trifnix08 15 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-09T18:57:42.84+00:00
Rixster 0 Reputation points
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DirectShow "Video Mixing Renderer Filter 9" cannot be created

[Host=Windows10; Guest=Hyper-V +Windows7 /Windows10] Hey, from my Hyper-V hosted Windows7, I fail to create a DirectShow "Video Mixing Renderer Filter 9" instance. For establishing this failure, simply run the attached PowerShell script:…

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asked 2026-03-05T17:23:13.96+00:00
Didier Cabalé 15 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-09T10:42:13.3166667+00:00
Didier Cabalé 15 Reputation points
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Hyper-V Login in enhanced mode not possible

Hello, I installed Windows 10 Pro completely new and installed all updates. Afterwards I enabeled hyper-v and installed Windows 10 Pro as a new guest. The normal mode works, I can login and windows is works correct. However when I switch…

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asked 2021-01-27T17:36:08.353+00:00
Matthias Pospiech 31 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-06T20:30:00.1266667+00:00
Azzaz 0 Reputation points
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Is it possible to stop vmwp without crashing the machine

While trying to do an exam with Pearson for a certification at home, after passing all rested documents, it asked to stop vmwp which I did and it crashed the machine. My question is in spite of the fact that I have stopped all VMs on the HYper-V, I still…

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asked 2023-05-05T11:57:03.1+00:00
Salam ELIAS 282 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-25T08:01:34.3133333+00:00
4 answers

With Hyper-V Discontinued - Is Microsoft VDI on Premise Dead?

With the advent of Microsoft discontinuing Hyper-V for the on premise market, does this automatically kill VDI and all other hypervisor dependent services? We would be reluctant to use a product with a known EOL. Just in case we misread the market…

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asked 2022-01-28T18:53:39.923+00:00
Pat Diaz 1 Reputation point
answered 2026-02-23T23:39:34.22+00:00
Gurdip Sira 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I install vfpext service

I am using WSL on my Windows 11 system and there is a dependency on vfpext service. I included the link to WSL source code that shows this dependency, but that link in triggering a code violation action (in spite WSL being open source now) and the pos is…

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asked 2026-01-02T10:52:20.31+00:00
Manju 150 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-23T17:58:22.8366667+00:00
Manju 150 Reputation points
3 answers

Hyper v detected by memu even though it’s disabled

Hey all. Trying to use an emulator to play android games and it keeps saying that hyper v is detected. I’ve tried to turn off hyper v every way that is shown on the internet even going into bios where it says it is disabled already. I don’t know what…

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asked 2023-02-05T17:42:42.3233333+00:00
nick blanton 10 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-23T04:32:23.55+00:00
Alexander Prelec 0 Reputation points
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Hyper-V failing to start any of my VM's.

I am having this issue that after doing an update that updating my Bios and windows 11 to: "2025-01 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11, version 24H2 for x64 (KB5049622)" and, "2025-01 Cumulative Update for…

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asked 2025-01-22T23:07:06.23+00:00
Dovi Felsenburg 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-08T16:08:44.3+00:00
Alan Curran 0 Reputation points
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WSL2: Error: 0x80040315

When I use WSL, I encounter the following issues: wsl: Failed to mount D:\, see dmesg for more details. wsl: Failed to mount D:\, see dmesg for more details. wsl: Failed to translate 'D:\Bandizip\' wsl: Failed to translate 'D:\Git\cmd' I attempted…

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asked 2026-01-27T13:18:13.2566667+00:00
仙林 杨 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-28T11:59:35.59+00:00
Domic Vo 18,955 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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How to turn off Hyper-V On window 11 home single language

I can't turn it off even though I've followed many instructions online Moved from: System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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asked 2026-01-08T10:00:01.02+00:00
Trường Trần 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-26T21:09:37.9633333+00:00
essjae 461 Reputation points
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VM's cannot communicate on Same Hyper-V SR-IOV enabled SET team

Hi Folks, I have a couple of 2-node Hyper-V clusters running on Win2k22. They're fairly new Dells using Intel X710 10 Gb NIC's. SR-IOV is enabled on each adapter in the firmware. I've run Get-NetAdapterSriov on all of them, and all adapters show…

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asked 2022-04-21T21:21:54.61+00:00
I C 26 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-24T01:54:25.2633333+00:00
2 answers

Hyper-V manager very very slow to open vm properties

Hi, I'm using Hyper-V, and I have 3 clusters composed of 15 to 20 Hyper-V hosts per cluster. For each VM, I have a dedicated volume on PureStorage array technology. All my Hyper-V hosts are running Windows 2022 (November Update). When I try to load the…

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asked 2023-12-14T15:42:17.64+00:00
Benjamin Versini 10 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-20T09:42:32.76+00:00
Mahfoud Galfout 0 Reputation points