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As a retired engineer I have been using PCs for many years. I found usability peaked with XP SP3 both as an operating system and the programs it ran. I have recently bought a Win 8 PC as my XP is getting long in the tooth and I fear it will die. I hate the Win 8 interface and will need to master Hyper-V of which I know nothing. This is because programs I find vital to my usage won't work on Win 7 or 8 and the program upgrades, apart from the expense, are like Win 8. They are changed for the sake of change and these changes make them pretty useless for what I do.
Suggestions for a good guide to Cliant Hyper-V are desired.