Reclaim Unused Space in Hyper-V
Overview This guide explains how to reclaim unused disk space from a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) after cleaning it up internally. The process involves zeroing out free space…
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Proxmox Nested VM – Enable MAC spoofing Hyper-V
Windows 11 > Windows Hyper-V > Proxmox VE 7.2 > Debian 11.2 VM In order for my Debian VM to be able to access the DHCP/network resources provided…
Enable nested virtualization for VM in Hyper-V
Nested virtualization is available on Windows 10 build 19636 and later. As far as I understand, AMD support will be officially available as part of Windows 11 and…
Sysprep Windows Server 2016 for Virtualization
Finally getting around to installing Windows Server 2016 (Standard, Desktop Experience) to use for application testing and upgrade plans this year. I haven't tested this release since Technical…
Create a Hyper-V Template for a Windows VM
This is how I create various Windows VM templates in Hyper-V. Create a new Hyper-V Virtual Machine Choose the generation of the virtual machine to create Assign it…
Hyper-V: Error applying Virtual Switch Properties changes
I got the following error when attempting to create a Virtual Switch in Hyper-V on Windows 8.1. I resolved this by removing Oracle VirtualBox. Some how this was…
Hyper-V: Windows Server 2012 R2 Bugcheck 0x109
I am consistently getting a bugcheck 0x109 on a 2012 R2 evaluation install on my Windows 8.1 x64 Hyper-V client.
Hyper-V: Synthetic SCSI Controller Error When Booting from ISO
Forgive my ignorance, but this just pissed me off. I downloaded Server 2012 R2 from TechNet. I created myself a nice Hyper-V guest VM on my Windows 8.1…
Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM (CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION)
Receiving a BSOD on a Windows Server 2012 RTM fresh install processing updates. This is a Hyper-V VM.
Disk2VHD: Create a virtual disk of live system
Another great tool from Mark Russinovich at SysInternals called Disk2VHD I just discovered. Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk – Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk…