How to activate VT-x Hardware Virtualization in Nitro 5 AN517-54 Bios

rovingmsytic
rovingmsytic Member Posts: 2 New User
As the question states, I want to activate VT-x Hardware Virtualization in my bios on a Nitro 5 AN517-54 Laptop.  The bios has it enabled, the Intel Core i7-11800H cpu says it supports VT-x, but programs like Intel Processor Identification Utility says it is not enabled.

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  • rovingmsytic
    rovingmsytic Member Posts: 2 New User
    As the question states, I want to activate VT-x Hardware Virtualization in my bios on a Nitro 5 AN517-54 Laptop.  The bios has it enabled, the Intel Core i7-11800H cpu says it supports VT-x, but programs like Intel Processor Identification Utility says it is not enabled.

    After some digging and lots of resets, I found out that the bios has options to enable both VT-x and VT-d, although they are somewhat ambiguous on their descriptions in the bios.  So in the bios they are enabled by default, and can be disabled.  Now when I check the Intel docs, it says that my i7-11800H cpu does indeed support both VT-x and VT-d.  When I run the Intel Processor Identification Utility though, it says that my processor does not support "Intel Virtualization Technology" or "Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables".  However when I run some other programs I downloaded, my CPU supports VT-x, though it is not enabled.  With some digging, I found that Microsoft's Hyper-V will disable VT-x and VT-d if it is enabled, so Hyper-V and VT-x are mutually exclusive.  I found many sites with descriptions on how to disable Hyper-V so that VT-x will then start.  This is where I get stuck.  I followed every step multiple times and restarted at least 10 times, but Windows says that the Hypervisor is still present and VT-x will not start.  The Feature under "Turn Windows Features On and Off" section is unchecked, there is not Hyper-V installed, but VT-x still won't start.  Anyone who may have an idea how to solve this, or at least confirm that VT-x is simply not possible on this laptop, I would appreciate the input.
  • Hi! What version of windows is installed? Windows 10 professional or 11 professional? What is the bios version? Have you checked the task manager yet?

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  • rovingmystic
    rovingmystic Member Posts: 3 New User
    Thanks for responding.
    I am the poster, though I had to create a new account for reasons.

    As for my bios version it is 1.10, and I am using Windows 11 Home.  The task manager says it is virtualization is enabled.
  • What does the system information show you?

    What is the operating system version? Example: Windows 10 Professional.

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  • rovingmystic
    rovingmystic Member Posts: 3 New User
    What does the system information show you?

    What is the operating system version? Example: Windows 10 Professional.


    Here's a screen shot of my System Information:
    My windows version is Windows 11 Home.
    Here's some info about the version:

    Edition    Windows 11 Home
    Version    21H2
    Installed on    ‎2022-‎04-‎20
    OS build    22000.613
    Experience    Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.613.0

    Forgive me for taking so long to reply, I hope you can help.

  • Can you send some pics of all the bios tabs?

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  • rovingmystic
    rovingmystic Member Posts: 3 New User
    Hi, kinda forgot about this but I found a solution.  It seems that Virtualization Based Security (VBS) of Windows was the issue.  I found a site that described a workaround to turn off VBS.  I had to use the Registry Editor to finally turn it off, but it was rather simple.
    For anyone looking for a solution, here's a webpage describing how to disable VBS:

    I won't go into any details on why this might be a security flaw, but it was necessary for me to run the program I need.