Hyper-V connect to local computer throws an error - virtual machine management service

Question

I am using Windows 10 professional, connected to office domain network.

I just enabled Hyper-V program with other related features in Windows Features. Hyper V and related program in Windows feature

After reboot computer, I click Connect to Server in Hyper-V

Then I got an error message: related to Virtual Machine Management The message says:

Hyper-V Manager "An error occurred while attempting to connect to server XX. Check that the Virtual Machine Management service is running and that you are authorized to connect to the server

I have googled everywhere, but there is no result. The closest post I could find is from this GitHub web link: GitHub.

Could anyone suggest how to solve this issue so I could begin using Hyper-V program?

Take note that I have switched my internet to a public WiFi and it still shows the same error message.

Update 01: Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management is running in Services.msc

Update 02: My Hyper-V Manager version is 10.0.17763.1. My colleague managed to get his Hyper-V Manager working and his version is 10.0.17134.1

Check that the Virtual Machine Management service is running and that you are authorized to connect to the server — Sum1sAdmin, Jan 25 '19 at 14:52
@Sum1sAdmin, do you mean Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management in services.msc? If yes, I have started that service and still get the same error message. — hunterex, Jan 25 '19 at 14:56
@MichaelHampton, could you please suggest which activity in Windows Event Viewer should I look for? — hunterex, Jan 25 '19 at 15:48

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '19 at 12:07

I managed to solve the problem.

Main reason behind this issue: Hyper-V Host Compute Service service fails to start with an error message quoted from Event Viewer:

The Hyper-V Host Compute Service service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

So I followed the steps in Hyper-V Manager unable to connect to server "Local computer" solution. Please ensure you run Powershell as an administrator.

After that, I manually start:

Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management
Hyper-V Host Computer Service

When I start Hyper-V Manager, I successfully connect to Local Computer.

Link Only Answers are frowned upon for good reason, links go dead. Please input details into answer. — FreeSoftwareServers, Feb 20 '20 at 18:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '20 at 10:05

Steps from the link above Hyper-V Manager unable to connect to server "Local computer"

Open "Window Security"
Open "App & Browser control"
Click "Exploit protection settings" at the bottom
Switch to "Program settings" tab
Locate "C:\WINDOWS\System32\vmcompute.exe" in the list and expand it
Click "Edit"
Scroll down to "Code flow guard (CFG)" and uncheck "Override system settings"
Start vmcompute from powershell net start vmcompute

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 28 '20 at 17:53

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We recently had the same issue. Resolution was:

Open PowerShell as administrator
Execute Set-ProcessMitigation -Name VMCompute.exe -disable CFG
Reboot

answered Aug 28 '20 at 17:53

GaTechThomas

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 17 '22 at 04:10

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All you need to know about setting up Hyper V Server Manager on a workgroup Client. Part 3 https://youtu.be/BVcmIhxZCLw

answered May 17 '22 at 04:10

Anonymous

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Hyper-V connect to local computer throws an error - virtual machine management service

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