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Can't turn on Virtualization in VMware Workstation Pro 16 for WSL 2 on Surface Laptop Studio.

Anonymous
2022-10-03T15:43:40+00:00

Hello all,

I know this sounds like it would be a VMware question but I think the root of the problem is some setting in Windows preventing me from enabling Intel-VT in VMware. That's why I'm posting the scenario here. Thank you for your help.

TLDR: Can't turn on Intel-VT in Workstation because it thinks I'm trying to enable nested virtualization. I don't have Hyper-V installed nor Windows Sandbox. What am I missing?

---Full Issue below---

My host is Windows 11 Pro. My Guest is Windows 10 Pro. Both are up-to-date as of a few minutes ago. My host does not have either the Hyper-V or Windows Sandbox features installed. I'm trying to enable WSL 2 with an Ubuntu Distro in the Win10 Pro guest VM and I can't. It says to check to make sure Virtualization in the BIOS and the Virtual Machine Platform in the guest. VMP is already turned on in the guest but I can't turn on Intel-VT.

Every time I try to boot my guest with Intel-VT enabled, I get this error:

VMware Workstation does not support nested virtualization on this host.

Module 'HV' power on failed.

I'm not sure why it thinks I have nested virtualization enabled. I'm not getting the old credential guard error since they play kind of nice together now. Does anyone have any ideas of what else I need to check to see what might be causing this?

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-03T19:18:10+00:00

    Hi TAZThe Albino Zombie,

    Thank you for reaching out Microsoft Community.

    Upon checking the description of your concern, it appears that this issue is out of reach of the Community, but don't worry. We know exactly where you voice out your concern. I will put the links below. Those are the appropriate channels where you can get proper help for your problem.

    1. Contact Surface Support - Surface | Microsoft Learn
    2. Search - About 185710 results found - Microsoft Q&A

    We sincerely wish you will achieve the resolution you desired.

    Regards,

    Lavenia

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