<p>I am currently using Windows Server 2008 Standard and have several Hyper V machines. These are development VM's and I want to now switch back Vista x64 because I am missing Aero.</p>

<p>I know Windows Server 2008 can have aero but the host performance is very very bad when I run VM in Hyper V.</p>

<p>I want to export my Hyper V machines so that I can use it in Virtual PC. Anyone know an easy way?</p>

[{'answer_id': 43238, 'author': 'Palgar', 'author_id': 3479, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3479', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>If you have built them as Hyper-V machines, I don't think you can go back.  There are serious differences in the HAL for Virtual PC and Hyper-V.  You can move a VPC to Hyper-V permanantly by removing the VPC add-ins ans adding the Hyper-V integration drivers/services and re-detecting the hardware.</p>\n\n<p>A VPC can run in Hyper-V just fine, don't add the machine drivers for Hyper-V and you can go back to VPC with no problem.  </p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 43369, 'author': 'Brian Leahy', 'author_id': 580, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/580', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>VPC to Hyper-V is one way.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 4978762, 'author': 'user614283', 'author_id': 614283, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/614283', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>You should review Windows 2008 R2 SP1 upgrade with RemoteFX, it comes with a new video driver for VM\'s that allow 3D, extended desktops and more. It will help resolve some of the issues you are seeing today.</p>\n\n<p>Both the Host server and VM need to be running SP1 of Windows 2008 R2.</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2010/03/18/explaining-microsoft-remotefx.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2010/03/18/explaining-microsoft-remotefx.aspx</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 7784809, 'author': 'jaksonn', 'author_id': 997896, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/997896', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>Hyper-V is designed to be used on the server, obviously. Whereas VirtualPC is designed for the end user. Hyper-V will give you more control, and the ability to create and restore snapshots. However, it does not have a direct console interface to the VM, you would use a browser to access the console. I would go Hyper-V, but it really depends on what you're using your VMs for. Luckily, they share the same format for virtual disks, so you can try it out with your existing VMs.</p>\n"}]
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