Hyper-V: Cannot press any key to boot from installation media

I am running Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (version 1803, 64-bit). I'm trying to create a Windows 7 SP1 virtual machine for running some legacy software.

When the virtual machine starts up, it asks me to press any key to continue booting from the (virtual) DVD drive that contains the installation media. However, I cannot get the virtual machine to acknowledge that I've pressed any keys. I've also tried using the Type Clipboard Text feature and Send Ctrl-Alt-Del.

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For Gen 2 VMs, sometimes on first boot, the key presses are not received. So, I usually wait until the first boot times out, and the screen with "Restart" button is displayed, and then tab once or twice to click on that button using the keyboad. After that the keyboard keys are read without issues.

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I created this virtual machine with Microsoft's built-in Hyper-V Quick Create tool. That tool creates a Generation 2 virtual machine, which does not seem compatible with Windows 7.

Creating a Generation 1 virtual machine manually from the Hyper-V Manager app worked fine.

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