Windows 8 built-in Hyper-V Support - How do I know if I can use it?

by John 29. February 2012 13:06

One of the awesome new features in Windows 8 (Client) is the built-in support of Hyper-V!  This means you can run multiple desktop operating systems without the pain of constantly reinstalling or re-imaging.  This is particularly useful if you are like me and always like to try the latest and greatest.

I read the description about the support, and it indicated that your processor needs to support SLAT; that was a new term for me so I dug around and found an easy way to tell.

Here is a link to a TechNet Article that describes how to know!

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1401.aspx

In the article, it talks about CoreInfo, this is a SysInternals tool (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc835722) that provides you with insight as to what virtualization support is supported by your processor (and enabled in the BIOS).  After downloading it and running it..

  

YES!  Now I just need to have some downtown to upgrade my desktop to Windows8...

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