Disable Microsoft’s Virtualization, VBS, and Memory Integrity on Windows 11 Home

Disable Microsoft’s Virtualization, so you can install AMD-V for VMware Workstation (or other hypervisors) on Windows 10/11 Home.

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Before You Start

1. Close VMware, VirtualBox, WSL, and Windows Subsystem for Android if running.
2. Sign in with an Administrator account.
3. Optionally reboot once to start from a clean state.

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Step 1 — Remove Windows Virtualization Features (DISM)

Open Windows PowerShell (Admin) and run each line below (do not reboot yet):

dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V-All /NoRestart
dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:VirtualMachinePlatform /NoRestart
dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Windows-Hypervisor-Platform /NoRestart
dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:IsolatedUserMode /NoRestart

If any show Enable Pending, continue; you will reboot later.

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Step 2 — Turn Off VBS / Device Guard (Windows Home)

Press Windows + R, type regedit, and press Enter.
Create or set these registry values to 0 (DWORD).
Paths may need to be created manually.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard
  EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity = 0
  RequirePlatformSecurityFeatures   = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\CredentialGuard
  Enabled = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity
  Enabled = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceGuard   (if exists)
  EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity = 0

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Step 3 — Disable Core Isolation (Memory Integrity)

Option A (UI method):

1. Open Windows Security.
2. Navigate to Device Security → Core Isolation details.
3. Turn Memory Integrity to Off, then reboot if prompted.

Option B (Registry method):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity
  Enabled = 0

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Step 4 — Prevent Microsoft Hypervisor from Launching (Bootloader)

Open Command Prompt (Admin) and run:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
bcdedit /set vsmlaunchtype Off
bcdedit /deletevalue hypervisordebug

(Optional check current boot settings:)

bcdedit /enum {current}

You should see:

hypervisorlaunchtype    Off
vsmlaunchtype           Off

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Step 5 — Full Power Cycle

Restart Windows.
If stubborn, shut down completely, wait 10 seconds, then power on again.

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Step 6 — Verify That No Hypervisor Is Active

Method A — System Information

Press Windows + R, type msinfo32, and press Enter.
In System Summary, the line

A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.
should not appear.

Method B — Command Prompt

systeminfo

The hypervisor message should not appear.

Method C — PowerShell

(Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_DeviceGuard).VirtualizationBasedSecurityStatus

Expected value: 0 (VBS off).

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Step 7 — VMware Workstation (per-VM Settings)

1. Open the VM’s Processors settings.
2. Ensure “Virtualize AMD-V/RVI” (or similar) is enabled.
3. Leave “Use Windows Hypervisor Platform” unchecked so VMware uses native AMD-V.

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If It Still Says a Hypervisor Is Detected

1. Recheck the registry keys from Step 2 (security tools may re-enable them).
2. Ensure all Step 1 features are disabled; re-run the DISM commands.
3. Uninstall or disable Windows Sandbox, WSL2, and Windows Subsystem for Android.
4. Ensure SVM / AMD-V is enabled in BIOS/UEFI (name varies by vendor).
5. Re-run: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off bcdedit /set vsmlaunchtype Off
6. Power off fully, wait 10 seconds, then power on.

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Rollback (to Re-enable Microsoft Virtualization Later)

Enable these again if you want Hyper-V back:

dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V-All /All
dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:VirtualMachinePlatform
dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:Windows-Hypervisor-Platform

Restore VBS if desired (set values back to 1 or “Not Configured”).
Reset bootloader defaults:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto
bcdedit /set vsmlaunchtype Auto

Then Reboot