WIndows 11 24h2 (and 23h2? update) Virtualization Based Security Killed My Gaming Performance

Question

VBS (virtualization based security) kills my gaming performance. I've tried 100 ways to Sunday to disable it. But it now appears it is part of the kernel. I am an avid gamer and the performance hit for this KLUGE is very noticable. The only soluction I have found is to disable virtualization in the BIOS. This is unacceptable. Can someone present a real solution on how to disable VBS?

Answer 1

Hello Stan Kasper，

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.
You can try the suggestions below:

1. Modify the Registry:

• Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter.

• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard.

• Set the value of EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity to 0.

• Restart your computer.

2. Use Command Prompt:

• Open Command Prompt as an administrator.

• Run the following command:

• bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

• Restart your computer.

3. Verify VBS Status

• Open System Information by searching for it in the Start menu.

• Look for Virtualization-based security. It should say Not enabled if VBS is successfully disabled.

Note: please back up registry before you make changes.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

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Answer 2

It appears this configuration has been depricated and no longer works with Windows 11 24h2. This will work if you disable CPU virtualization in BIOS. That is not an option for my environment.