Hyper-V processes still running after being disabled

Owen Carabetta 0 Reputation points
2024-06-09T23:16:39.6633333+00:00

Hi, I have been trying to disable Hyper-V entirely, however whenever I use one of the methods I've found online, one of two things happen.

1: The method is in command prompt or powershell, and the command gives an error message saying that the process "hyper V" doesn't exist

2: It looks like it succeeds, but after a restart, system information still says hyper V items are running (Such as Hyper V - VM monitor mode extensions, and Hyper V - Virtualization enabled in Firmware)

If there's any other way to disable it, your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
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  1. Michael Taylor 54,811 Reputation points
    2024-06-10T01:31:12.3566667+00:00

    You didn't provide us the commands you're running. Possible issues include: you are running the wrong commands, you are not using the correct service names or you are simply stopping the services and not disabling them.

    If you don't want Hyper-V then why not just uninstall it from Windows?

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  2. Ian Xue 37,706 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-06-12T02:20:54.4966667+00:00

    Hi Owen,

    Hope you're doing well.

    There are several ways to disable Hyper-V on Windows. Here are some of the options:

    1. Open Settings, click Apps and switch to the Optional Features tab. Under the Related Settings section, click the More Windows Features setting. Clear the checkbox for the Hyper-V feature. Then restart server.
    2. Go to Control Panel. Select Turn Windows features on or off. Expand Hyper-V and uncheck the Hyper-V Hypervisor checkbox. Restart your computer to apply the changes.
    3. Run PowerShell as an administrator and run the following command:

    bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

    Restart your computer.

    Best Regards,

    Ian Xue


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