New laptop: virtualization doesn't work (Hyper V, core isolation, device credential guard, etc)

Question

Hello everyone,

I've got a new laptop, Asus ProArt P16 and I'm trying to run VMware Workstation Pro and Nox, but both programs mention that Hyper V or related components are enabled, and therefore can't run.

The laptop comes with Windows 11 Home, so Hyper V shouldn't even be there, but Nox (latest version) fails to load mentioning Hyper V is enabled.

On the other hand, VMware 15.5.7, doesn't start any VM because Device and/or Credential Guard is enabled.

What I've tried: disable core isolation, disable Hyper V, Windows sandbox, Virtual Machine Platform, checked if Hyper V had leftover network adapters followed several tutorials about registry edit and powershell command lines, but nothing was able to solve the problem: all parameters are already set as "disabled", as far as I can see.

I upgraded Windows from Home to Pro, tried all tutorials once more, and even tried to enable Hyper V and then disable it to see if it changes anything, but both VMware and Nox are still saying Hyper V and Device/Credential Guard are on and cannot continue.

Any help?

*** Moved from Windows / Windows 11 / Settings ***

Answer 1

Hi,

Open PowerShell as administrator and run the following command to disable the Hyper-V feature

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor

Run the command bcdedit.exe and make sure hypervisorlaunchtype is set to off. If not, run the following command and restart.

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off 

Also open group policy editor and go to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Device Guard, set the policy **** Turn On Virtualization Based Security to Disabled.

If Credential Guard is enabled with UEFI Lock, run the following commands

bcdedit /set {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} loadoptions DISABLE-LSA-ISO,DISABLE-VBS

bcdedit /set vsmlaunchtype off

Then restart your computer to apply the changes.

Answer 2

The command

bcdedit /set {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} loadoptions DISABLE-LSA-ISO,DISABLE-VBS

is wrong, powershell returns "the set command specified is not valid".

I executed all other commands, and that's what you normally get if you search on how to disable Hyper-V, but even after running them again, Nox still detects and hypervisor and won't load.

[edit] Eh, Bluestack works. Not quite solved the problem, but at least things run.

Answer 3

Thank you....

Moved my VMware Workstation from Windows 11 Pro to Windows 11 home on my laptop and itr just wouldn't load...

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor

then

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off 

Fixed it completely