I found out a bit more from the product group. It seems some legacy operating systems, like Windows NT 4.0, bugcheck if they perform a CPUID and have more than three leafs returned. The checkbox is there to allow us to try and get them working. So I was on the right track after all. I still think this functionality does limit what ...

In my previous post I discussed how I went about trying to determine the differences in processor functionality provided by Hyper-V's Limit Processor Functionality (LPF) checkbox. You probably want to read through that in order to get the necessary background to understand this final instalment. In this post I discuss how you can determine: If ...

Recently I became rather intrigued with Hyper-V's Limit Processor Functionality (LPF) function. One little checkbox became such an obsession that I start wasting hours of my time trying to find out exactly what it does. The dialogue says, ''Limit processor functionality to run an older operating system such as Windows NT on this virtual ...

Just a quick post today. Good news! The RC for the Hyper-V MMC has finally been released. It's designed to work on Vista x86 and x64 SP1. SP1 is required. Check out the Windows Virtualization Team Blog at http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization for more information Vista x64 Edition: ...

So the day finally dawned, and RC0 was released. That same day I got word it would be okay to blog and show screenshots of Windows Server Virtualization. So I went and bought a new laptop first because mine didn't quite make the grade. While I was waiting for the RC0 download to finish, I thought I'd install and check out Windows Vista x64. I ...