WHS VM on Hyper-V 2008 R2 problem with install

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Adidas4275

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I am going back to WHS v1 after using vail for about a year....

but I want to use it as a VM this time.

I have multiple VMs on my 2008 R2 rig currently, but I get stuck with the install on WHS.

there is a screen for the EULA that requires you to click the "yes" radio button and since the mouse is not passed through to WHS on setup I cannot get past that damn screen.


anyone else with WHS on Server 2008 R2 as a VM have a suggestion?


Thanks
 
I had to use the tab key to move through and the spacebar to select the "yes" button when I went through my installation.
 
hmm and that worked...

okay, i was trying to do that but could not get it to work.


you used WHS V1 no PowerPack and Server 2008 R2?

or was something a different version.

thanks
 
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Secondly in the installer you there should be a letter that is underlined for each option.
So like on the Next Button the letter "N" is underlined.

Pressing Alt+N will click that button. Thats what I had to do for those.
And its much faster than tabbing around
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I had this same question when I did my install and dug out the above answer from my PM box. This was from Oct 2009 so I can't say this is how I did it from memory, but it sounds like what I ended up doing.

As I remember, you can't tab to that first radio button (which is the issue you are having it sounds like)
 
yeah i couldnt tab to the radio button... so how did you get past that?


I was looking into nliting it but that is a decent amount of work as nlite doesnt support WHS so it strips WHS from Server 2003 SBS
 
You tried holding down ALT and seeing if any letters are underlined? I believe one of the letters for the radio button becomes underlined, and then it should select upon hitting that corresponding letter.
 
yep the A for accept was underlined.

That was a dumb moment.

Thanks guys
 
Once you install, I think you also have to install integration components. I haven't done a fresh install in awhile though since I have a boot drive .vhd image that I use now.

Before that point, alt + key shortcuts and tabbing is what you are left with.
 
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