Hyper-V Login in enhanced mode not possible

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Hyper-V Login in enhanced mode not possible

Matthias Pospiech 26

Hello,
I installed Windows 10 Pro completely new and installed all updates.
Afterwards I enabeled hyper-v and installed Windows 10 Pro as a new guest.

The normal mode works, I can login and windows is works correct.
However when I switch to enhance mode the login screen is blurred and no login is presented.
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Answer 1

SaoSilvestre 136

On the menu of the Hyper-V's Virtual Machine Connection window select View and deselect Enhanced Mode Session. This will bring the password sign-in box back.
Log in as usual.
On Windows Settings \ Accounts \ Sign-in option, turn off Require Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts.
That's all. No step four!

TK 1 Reputation point

2023-02-16T12:59:49.8466667+00:00

Yes, turning off Windows Hello has also solved the problem for me. However you do not need to turn off Enhanced mode. If you have saved session settings, Edit Session Settings, otherwise click Connect, and close the Connect to <machine name> window with the X in the top right corner. This will take you to the console of the VM. Here you can sign in and turn off Windows Hello. Generally the VM is perfectly usable this way as well, however host devices are not shared with the VM.
Oliver Meyer 0 Reputation points

2023-05-13T06:18:55.87+00:00

Super helpful! Now I can use enhanced mode again.
Rajasekhar V 10 Reputation points

2023-08-18T05:13:28.8133333+00:00

Worked Like Charm!
Gordon McCague 0 Reputation points

2023-09-30T21:49:36.8066667+00:00

Perfect! I've been looking for a solution to this for a while. My search engine skills clearly have failed me until now! Thank you!
54877121 0 Reputation points

2023-12-10T13:48:31.4733333+00:00

Thanks. Works like a charm!
shea f 0 Reputation points

2024-02-09T00:43:28.87+00:00

to keep Windows Hello, instead of step 3: enable Remote Desktop in your VM, and you can connect in 'Enhanced Mode' using its assigned IP.
Dan Lopez 5 Reputation points

2024-03-05T20:38:18.86+00:00

3 years later and this is still an issue...thanks for the fix!
Prafulbusa 96 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-07-17T17:56:48.3966667+00:00

This answer is good but do you want even better? in my case, it was exactly as it says above but I also enabled local resources sharing while doing RDP, which means that the local resources like disk, drivers, etc which was causing issue in my case.

"Because on my Hyper-V VM, the memory integrity option was yellow. So, I turned on as it said as it's recommended option in windows setting. That required restart and after reboot, now I am not able to get inside the machine in SAW Hyper-V Windows 11 VM.

When password entered to login, it crashes...anyone have ever seen such behavior?

After disabling enhanced mode, I got in ....

Btw, Windows Hello PIN was not setup before and that's why it asked and allowed me to set up this time.

Now, I tried again after enabling the enhanced mode which caused to windows 11 hyper VM crash (BSOD), and rebooted."
I found the fix when I noticed this

Accept this answer to confirm
Mountain Pond 1,576 Reputation points

2025-02-10T13:38:12.08+00:00

I've already checked all the policies and can't figure out why Windows Hello options aren't available. I realized that I need to look for the problem in the fact that this is a Hyper-V machine.

Thank you, you helped me a lot.
Ali Khawaja 0 Reputation points

2025-02-28T15:30:02.1066667+00:00

Thank you @SaoSilvestre really appreciate the help. Just curious, how did you figure it out?

Answer 2

Mitchell 46

I recently read another forum post on this subject and personally found that disabling Windows Hello on the VM did the trick for some reason.

Ivan Weaver 16 Reputation points

2021-10-20T15:24:56.397+00:00

this worked brilliantly for me! Disabled 'only allow Windows Hello security for Microsoft account' and I could log on normally with my password.
Brian Kozub 1 Reputation point

2022-07-15T17:07:53.497+00:00

This worked for me, as well.
Andreas Jagelund 0 Reputation points

2023-05-16T09:41:23.44+00:00

Yes. Saved my day (or weeks :-) )

Answer 3

Rajasekhar V 10

In Hyper-V's Virtual Machine Connection window select View and deselect Enhanced Mode Session. This will bring the password sign-in box back.
Log in.
On Windows Settings \ Accounts \ Sign-in option\ Additional Settings -- Turn off "For Improved security only allow Windows Hello Sign-in for Microsoft Accounts"

Ian Carroll 0 Reputation points

2023-08-31T15:31:35+00:00

Have been trying EVERYTHING. This worked for my "simple" Windows 10/11 VM setup using Hyper-V on Windows 11 Pro host machine. No more super small RDP window ;-) Thank you!

Answer 4

Black 6

Like Mitchell pointed out 'Windows Hello' is the culprit. Enhanced Session relies on Remote Desktop Protocol(RDP) and that does not understand Windows Hello.

Answer 5

Kurt G. Peterson 31

Thank you @SaoSilvestre for posting the fix:
Windows 11 Start> Settings> Accounts> Sign-in options> (Turn Off) For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device

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