Hello,

I was able to successfully get Server 2008 R2 installed with all of my drivers. After I installed the drivers for my GeForce 8600M GPU. I enabled the Desktop Experience with Aero. Once I enable Hyper-V. My system comes to a screetching hault. I have DUEL CORE with 8 GB and a 256 GB SSD. I have seen other posts about installed the international WHQL driver but Server 2008 always comes up as not finding compatable hardware.

Any insight is appreciated.

Unfortunately, it is a known issue. Please see;

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961661

If you are like me, and you use Hyper-V and business applications during the day, and do games and graphics at night, then you can turn Hyper-V on and off. On the other hand, if your workflow is mixed, you will need a different virtualization solution.

When I stop working (around 6PM), I run a batch file that applies the following registery change and shuts down the computer;

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\hvboot]
"Start"=dword:00000003

When I stop non-work (around 11PM), I run a batch file that applies the following registry change and shuts down the computer;

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\hvboot]
"Start"=dword:00000001

Also, make sure you have the latest NVIDIA driver (I am using 190.38). The latest drivers have reduced the usage of the offending feature (and thus improved the performance somewhat). For getting the latest drivers running on your mobile GPU, I strongly recommend;

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

XPS M1530 does not support hardware virtualization . . .

For that laptop, it depends on the processor installed and bios version. The Hyper-V role won't even install if you don't have hardware virtualization.

Run SecurAble to see if your laptop supports Hardware Virtualization when you are not sure.

It also tells you if your computer supports Hardware D.E.P. and if the processor is 32-bit or 64-bit. Remember that if you are running R2 that your computer must support 64-bit, so that doesn't matter.

See this blog to see if a processor supports Hardware Virtualization so you know if you need to upgrade.