{"id":9884,"date":"2024-08-12T19:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T19:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-hyper-v-on-windows-10-and-windows-11-pro-and-home-editions-a-step-by-step-guide\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T09:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T09:59:28","slug":"how-to-enable-hyper-v-on-windows-10-and-windows-11-pro-and-home-editions-a-step-by-step-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-hyper-v-on-windows-10-and-windows-11-pro-and-home-editions-a-step-by-step-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Hyper-V on Windows 10 and Windows 11 Pro and Home Editions: A Step-by-Step Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the Windows Server platform, desktop versions of Windows also include the Hyper-V virtualization platform. This feature allows users to create and manage virtual machines using the built-in Hyper-V hypervisor. This article offers guidance on how to activate the Hyper-V feature on Windows 10 and 11.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Hyper-V virtualization capability can be activated on the Pro<\/strong> and Enterprise<\/strong> editions of Windows 10 and 11. Initially, verify that your computer’s hardware supports Hyper-V virtualization. To do this, open a command prompt with administrative permissions and enter:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

systeminfo<\/code><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Scroll down to the bottom of the output and check that the following components are enabled under Hyper-V Requirements<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

VM Monitor Mode Extensions: Yes<\/p>
Virtualization Enabled In Firmware: Yes<\/p>
Second Level Address Translation: Yes<\/p>
Data Execution Prevention Available: Yes<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
If it says Virtualization Enabled in Firmware: No<\/code>, enable hardware virtualization support in your computer\u2019s BIOS\/UEFI settings (it may be called Intel VT-X or AMD-V).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Then go to the CPU<\/strong> tab in the Task Manager and check the processor compatibility: Virtualization: Enabled<\/code> should be specified here.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If the Hyper-V components are already installed, you will see the message: <\/p>\n
A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
On Windows 10 and 11, the Windows Features applet in the Control Panel can be used to enable the Hyper-V role. Run the optionalfeatures<\/code> command and select the Hyper-V Platform<\/strong> and Management Tools<\/strong> features to install.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Alternatively, enable the Hyper-V feature from the PowerShell command prompt:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All<\/code><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Or with DISM:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
dism.exe \/Online \/Enable-Feature \/FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V-All<\/code><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Restart the computer after the features are installed. Check that hypervisor features are enabled:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName *hyper*|ft<\/code><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Enable Hyper-V to start automatically:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
bcdedit \/set HypervisorLaunchType auto<\/code><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Hyper-V Manager<\/a> GUI tool can be utilized to oversee Hyper-V and virtual machines (virtmgmt.msc<\/code>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Alternatively, PowerShell can be employed<\/a> to manage Hyper-V and VMs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Hyper-V feature is not available in the Home<\/strong> editions of Windows 10 and 11. Nevertheless, a clever technique exists to install the Hyper-V role even on Home editions of Windows, utilizing the WinSxS component store.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Create a batch file called enable-hyperv.bat<\/strong> on the desktop with the following commands:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
pushd \"%~dp0\"
 dir \/b %SystemRoot%servicingPackages*Hyper-V*.mum >hyper-v.txt
 for \/f %%i in ('findstr \/i . hyper-v.txt 2^>nul') do dism \/online \/norestart \/add-package:\"%SystemRoot%servicingPackages%%i\"
 del hyper-v.txt
 Dism \/online \/enable-feature \/featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All \/LimitAccess \/ALL
 pause<\/code><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Execute the BAT file as an administrator for the changes to take effect.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Once the components are installed, restart the computer. Check that the Hyper-V virtualization feature is now available in the Windows Home.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In addition to the Windows Server platform, desktop versions of Windows also include the Hyper-V virtualization platform. This feature allows users to create and manage virtual machines using the built-in Hyper-V hypervisor. This article offers guidance on how to activate the Hyper-V feature on Windows 10 and 11. The Hyper-V virtualization capability can be activated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,98,99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hyper-v","category-windows-10","category-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10214,"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions\/10214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheapwindowsvps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}