Event ID 12720 — BIOS Configuration

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

This Aspect refers to events pertaining to the BIOS of the virtual machine.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 12720
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker
Version: 6.0
Symbolic Name: MSVM_VDEV_BIOS_NUM_LOCK_CHANGE_ONLINE
Message: Cannot modify the numeric lock when the virtual machine is online.

Resolve

Turn Off virtual machine

Turn Off the the virtual machine, then apply the changes.

Verify

The virtual machine is able to start up successfully with the desired BIOS settings applied.

BIOS Configuration

Hyper-V