In addition to disabling Hyper-V, which is the right way to go if you don’t need it, another alternative is to make sure you are running 1803 or later of Windows 10 and VirtualBox 6.0 or later. In this combination, VirtualBox can use a
new feature of Hyper-V in order to coordinate and coexist. You will also need to enable the “Windows Hypervisor Platform” feature in Windows Optional Features. This same feature allows other virutalization subsystems (such as Docker), to run alongside Hyper-V.
-Kurt
Hello Jordan,
A few points:
1) to disable Hyper-V follow MS instructions (N.B. it is not a BIOS
feature):
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3204980/virtualization-applications-do-not-work-together-with-hyper-v-device-g
2) keep it simple, choose your preferred OS, and build on it. Online
demonstrations use virtual machines as a convenience.
3) the host can be Win7 or Win10 with Hyper-V disabled, or Linux with a
Win7 (or even W2K) VM for running Windows apps. Win7 VM plus vDosXy
works well, or you could run DOS apps directly under a W2K VM (on a
Windows or Linux host).
4) if convenience is a consideration, the simplest thing is to run
Windows as the main OS, and Linux as a VM. CentOS may not be the easiest
for desktop use, still it is well maintained with excellent
repositories, and perhaps better structured and less fluctuating than
Ubuntu. I use it as a desktop VM on Win7, and as a server for my pages
in a VPS setting.
Best regards,
Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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