Hyper-V on Windows 8 prevents the installation, execution of many other virtualization technologies such as HAXM, which is required to get a fast Android/Ouya virtual machine on specific Intel CPUs.
***once installed on Windows 8, disabling Hyper-V might have adverse consequence so do so at your own risk***
I just successfully installed Intel HAXM after installing Hyper-V on my Windows 8 machine by creating a new windows boot entry which starts windows 8 with hypervisor turned off.
I followed the steps described here:
blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/04/14/creating-a-no-hypervisor-boot-entry.aspxHere is the main info - run a cmd window as an Administrator and run:
1. bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows 8 - no hypervisor"
2. bcdedit /set {identifier for the new boot entry (copy from the output of the 'bcdedit' command above)} hypervisorlaunchtype off
I havent tried running a virtual machine yet but after booting into my new boot entry HAXM installed correctly. When Hyper-V is enabled, Intel HAXM installer complains that the environment is missing VT or VT-x even though your intel processor has it.
***Again, disabling Hyper-V might have adverse consequence so do at your own risk.*** There are other ways but apparently they are messier as they involve registry edits.
JSIDD
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bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
HAXM works now and I haven't had any problems otherwise yet. I am not doing so much else with virtualization though.
I guess we have to wait until Intel releases a version with proper support for Windows 8.