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Sounds odd.<br />
Is the setup really win10 x86 (32 bit), too, like win7?
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Sounds odd.
Is the setup really win10 x86 (32 bit), too, like win7?

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Keith Rotton

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Yes the Win10 setup is x86. The x64 setup will not run at all.
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Yes the Win10 setup is x86. The x64 setup will not run at all.

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Setting DEP to on for all apps seems to have done the trick. Thanks for the tip.<br />
It's a shame the MS error message cannot be a bit more helpful!
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Setting DEP to on for all apps seems to have done the trick. Thanks for the tip.
It's a shame the MS error message cannot be a bit more helpful!

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great to hear that helps .. thanks for the update... take care
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great to hear that helps .. thanks for the update... take care

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Host OS - Server 2016 Standard with Hyper-V Role only.<br />
Original VM - Windows 7 x86 Ultimate<br />
Attempting to update to Windows 10 Pro Build 1903.<br />
Host Server is a Dell ProLiant R430, single Xeon CPU 6GB RAM<br />
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I am attempting to upgrade a Windows 7 VM to Windows 10 and am getting the:<br />
&quot;this pc's processor doesn't support a critical feature (nx)&quot;<br />
error. <br />
I have had a look throug the Host's BIOS and cannot find any mention of Execute Disable, DEP etc etc that I have found looking for similar issues regarding physical updates.<br />
Any suggestions gratefully received as I am trying to avoid having to re-install all the existing Windows 7 applications.<br />
The upgrade worked perfectly on a physical Windows 7 Workstation.<br />
A clean install of a Windows 10 VM works OK.
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Host OS - Server 2016 Standard with Hyper-V Role only.
Original VM - Windows 7 x86 Ultimate
Attempting to update to Windows 10 Pro Build 1903.
Host Server is a Dell ProLiant R430, single Xeon CPU 6GB RAM

I am attempting to upgrade a Windows 7 VM to Windows 10 and am getting the:
"this pc's processor doesn't support a critical feature (nx)"
error. 
I have had a look throug the Host's BIOS and cannot find any mention of Execute Disable, DEP etc etc that I have found looking for similar issues regarding physical updates.
Any suggestions gratefully received as I am trying to avoid having to re-install all the existing Windows 7 applications.
The upgrade worked perfectly on a physical Windows 7 Workstation.
A clean install of a Windows 10 VM works OK.

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