Hyper-V cannot connect to local server (Windows 10 host)

Question

I am trying to install Hyper-V to create virtual machines to emulate Windows Mobile devices.

I am running Windows 10 Professional, and when I run systemimage.exe I see that I should be able to enable Hyper-V features:

So, I then enabled Hyper-V from "Programs & Features" and rebooted:

No errors, everything looks fine. But when I run Hyper-V Manager, nothing connects by default, and if I use "Connect to server..." to connect to "Local computer", I get the following error screen:

All of the Hyper-V services are NOT running, and when I try to start any of them, I get the following:

( I have set the services to both Manual and Automatic, and it makes no difference.)

So, I am stumped. No errors on install and my workstation should be able to run it fine, but nothing works, cannot even connect to the local host in the Manager.

Answer 1

You don't have the Hyper-V Platform in your Turn Windows on or off dialog

This means you have a SKU which doesn't support Hyper-V like the Home (Single Language) Edition or you use a 32Bit Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise.

Hyper-V requires a 64Bit CPU and 64Bit Windows 10.

System requirements

Hyper-V is only available in Windows Professional, Enterprise, and Education editions of Windows 8 and greater.

It requires a 64-bit system that has Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). SLAT is a feature present in the current generation of 64-bit processors by Intel and AMD. You’ll also need a 64-bit version of Windows.

So reinstall your PC with a 64Bit DVD to get Hyper-V working, the Windows key works for 32 and 64Bit.

Answer 2

If you have connected to your VM using RDP, perhpas you haven't enabled access to the local filesystem

Answer 3

Enabling "vmms" from the Services using the Task Manager worked for me.