Disable Microsoft Virtualization Features

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Disable Microsoft Virtualization Features

Disable Hyper-V (Microsoft Hypervisor)

Begin by checking the Status of Hyper-V. If it is already disabled then you can proceed toDisable Virtualization-based Security.

Status of Hyper-V

In the search box, type msinfo32.exe
Select System Information
Then make sure you can see the following highlighted entries in the window:
If it is correctly shown then proceed to Disable Virtualization-based Security

If you can not find these entries and instead find: "A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed." then Hyper-V is enabled and you must follow the steps listed below.

In order to disable Hyper-V you can follow these steps as documented by Microsoft:

You may need to do both of these in order for it to work. Additionally a restart will be required afterwards.

After doing the steps above and restarting, you can check Status of Hyper-Vagain to make sure it was successfully disabled. If however it is still showing as enabled then you can try the steps below:

If Hyper-V is still showing as enabled then you can try the following:

Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
Enter this command and then restart your pc and then check Status of Hyper-V again.
```
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
```

If it still is incorrect then please contact support or try researching other methods to disable Hyper-V yourself.

Disable Virtualization-based Security

Begin by checking the Status of Virtualization-based Security. If it is already disabled then you can proceed to Disable Discord Overlay.

Status of Virtualization-based Security

In the search box, type msinfo32.exe
Select System Information
Then make sure you can see the following highlighted entries in the window:
If it is correctly shown then proceed to Disable Discord Overlay

If it shows anything else such as "Running" or "is enabled but not running" then Virtualization-based Security is enabled and you must follow the steps listed below.

If the registry settings can not be found or do not exist then you can skip it and go to the next step.

Open Registry Editor as Administrator.

Enter the following into the address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceGuard

Set the value of EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity to 0

Enter the following into the address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard

Delete the keys named EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity and RequirePlatformSecurityFeatures
Restart your PC for the changes to take effect. Then check the Status of Virtualization-based Security

If Virtualization-based Security is still showing as enabled or something other than expected then you can follow these steps from Microsoft:

Restart your PC for the changes to take effect. Then check the Status of Virtualization-based Security.

If the above did not work and you have Group Policy Editor then you may also need to follow the below:

PreviousBios Settings NextDisable Discord Overlay

Last updated 3 months ago

Disable Hyper-V (Microsoft Hypervisor)

Begin by checking the Status of Hyper-V. If it is already disabled then you can proceed toDisable Virtualization-based Security.

Status of Hyper-V

In the search box, type msinfo32.exe
Select System Information
Then make sure you can see the following highlighted entries in the window:
If it is correctly shown then proceed to Disable Virtualization-based Security

In order to disable Hyper-V you can follow these steps as documented by Microsoft:

You may need to do both of these in order for it to work. Additionally a restart will be required afterwards.

After doing the steps above and restarting, you can check Status of Hyper-Vagain to make sure it was successfully disabled. If however it is still showing as enabled then you can try the steps below:

If Hyper-V is still showing as enabled then you can try the following:

Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
Enter this command and then restart your pc and then check Status of Hyper-V again.
```
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
```

If it still is incorrect then please contact support or try researching other methods to disable Hyper-V yourself.

Disable Virtualization-based Security

Begin by checking the Status of Virtualization-based Security. If it is already disabled then you can proceed to Disable Discord Overlay.

Status of Virtualization-based Security

In the search box, type msinfo32.exe
Select System Information
Then make sure you can see the following highlighted entries in the window:
If it is correctly shown then proceed to Disable Discord Overlay

If it shows anything else such as "Running" or "is enabled but not running" then Virtualization-based Security is enabled and you must follow the steps listed below.

If the registry settings can not be found or do not exist then you can skip it and go to the next step.

Open Registry Editor as Administrator.

Enter the following into the address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceGuard

Set the value of EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity to 0

Enter the following into the address bar:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard

Delete the keys named EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity and RequirePlatformSecurityFeatures
Restart your PC for the changes to take effect. Then check the Status of Virtualization-based Security

If Virtualization-based Security is still showing as enabled or something other than expected then you can follow these steps from Microsoft:

using Registry Editor
using Registry Editor
Restart your PC for the changes to take effect. Then check the Status of Virtualization-based Security.

If the above did not work and you have Group Policy Editor then you may also need to follow the below:

using Group Policy Editor
using Group Policy Editor