2/9/2023 0 Comments Kotor 1 vs 2 reddit![]() ![]() Even if Secure Boot is disabled, an attempt to install Windows 7 will result in an apparent hang at “Starting Windows” shortly after boot, consuming high CPU utilization. However, Windows 7 has a hardware dependency on a Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) which is not present in generation 2 virtual machines. After a search I found this: Q: Why doesn’t Microsoft support 64-bit Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 as a guest operating system in generation 2 virtual machines?Ī: Certainly it is true that Windows 7 support UEFI, the first requirement for generation 2 virtual machines. So WHY is this? Windows 7 DOES support UEFI boot. In the Hyper-V management console we see a lot of CPU Usage so it is doing something □ Windows 7 does not support Secure Boot! This will be turned off: Well oké, the installation is going fine. ![]() So you create a Gen2 VM and want to install Windows 7. If you create a VM the first question will be: a Generation 1 or Generation 2 VMĪs you can see it cannot be changed…well it can □ (see and ) There is a lot to be said on this topic but here is a caveat when using Gen2 VM’s for systems older then Windows 8 or Server 2012. With the new features of Hyper-V in Server 2012 R2 one of those is the Generation 2 VM. ![]()
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