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Before installing Hyper-V integration Services into a guest operating system it is important to understand that some Windows operating systems ship Integration Services built in. Presently these operating systems are limited to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. These teo operating systems are able to detect the presence of the Hyper-V hypervisor and activate the Integration Services accordingly. Obviously, any Windows release which pre-dates the release of Hyper-V will be unaware that it is running on a hypervisor.
Despite the above caveat, it is still worth re-installing the Hyper-V Integration Services even on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista guests. the reasons for doing so are two-fold. Firstly, integration services bundled with the guest operating system installation media may not be the latest shipping version. Secondly, the version of the Integration Services bundled with the current versions these operating systems do not include theVirtual Machine Connection enhancements outlined earlier in this chapter. To install the Hyper-V Integration Services on a guest operating system, start the virtual machine running, connect using the Virtual Machine Connection tool (for details on using the Virtual Machine Connection tool refer to the chapter entitled [[The Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection Tool]]). Once the guest has booted, log in as a user with administrative privileges and then select the ''Action->Install Integration Services Setup Disk'' menu option from the Virtual Machine Connection tool interface. Once selected, Hyper-V will mount the ISO image of the Hyper-V Integrations Tool setup disk as a virtual CDROM on the guest's virtual machine. Assuming ''Autorun'' is enabled on the guest the operating system will prompt to run the installation process: [[Image:hyper-v_install_integration_services.jpg|guest operating system autoruns Hyper-V Integration Services setup disk image]] Alternatively,
== Configuring Hyper-V Integrated Services ==
