Windows 8 Hyper-V
- Vic Gerhardi
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Windows 8 Hyper-V
Hyper-V, is included in Windows 8 Professional. Once created, a VM, can install any OS you want, including Windows 3.1 through Windows 8, Linux, BSD, and others. These instructions show how to get Windows xp 32-bit running as a virtual computer.
There are a host of articles written on using Hyper-V Server 2008. To save time these are used with illustrated screen shot differences to fill in the gaps, so that the complete story is shown.
Working Area
In this manual, anything displayed on the Cambridge Z88 screen is shown in a computer typeface, such as
Name of file to save
Anything that you should type at the keyboard is shown in a different typeface to designate the keyboard keys; for example
You are invited to a party
The keys on the keyboard with a special function are shown in the text with key legends. So, for example, if you are asked to type
myfile
you would actually type the letters m y f i l e and then press the
In general, references to menu headings are in bold caps; for example LAYOUT.
References to individual commands are in bold; for example Save or Load.
References to options displayed by a command are in italics; for example Save only range of columns.
The 'Square' key is represented using the 
symbol, also identified as the
The 'Diamond' key is represented using the 
symbol, also identified as the
The cursor keys are represented as 
, 
, 
and 
key on normal PC.