Why does Windows 11 still report an active hypervisor after I disabled Hyper-V?
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MellowCedar42
I'm trying to run VirtualBox on Windows 11 and attempted to disable Hyper-V with the boot configuration command `bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off`. However, System Information (`msinfo32`) still shows: "A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed." Hyper-V also doesn't appear in the Windows Features dialog, although the related options I could find are disabled. What else could be keeping the hypervisor active?
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Windows 11 can use the Hyper-V hypervisor for built-in security features, so disabling the Hyper-V feature in Windows Features—or changing the boot setting—doesn’t necessarily stop every hypervisor-dependent component. Also, VirtualBox isn’t inherently tied to the traditional Hyper-V feature, so that message by itself doesn’t prove VirtualBox is causing a problem.
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MellowCedar42: I already checked the Windows Features dialog, but Hyper-V isn’t listed there. The other related options I found are turned off. Is there another Windows security feature that could still be starting the hypervisor?