How to turn off Virtualization-based Security (VBS) on Windows 11 Pro 24H2?

Question

Hello, I have PC with clear install Windows 11 Pro 24H2. Specs: Gigabyte b650 DS3H, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, 32 GB RAM, SSD 512 GB.
I tried to turn off VBS with these steps:

1. bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off2. Turn off Core isolation on Windows Security
   
2. Restart PC
3. VBS still running
   
4. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity = 0
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity = 0
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuardRequirePlatformSecurityFeatures = 0
5. Restart PC
6. VBS still running
   
   After that, I install Windows 10 Pro 22H2 and did this steps:
7. bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off2. Turn off Core isolation on Windows Security
8. Restart PC
9. VBS was turn off
   After that, I install Windows 11 Pro 23H2 and did this steps:
10. bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off2. Turn off Core isolation on Windows Security
11. Restart PC
12. VBS was turn off
    I can't use Windows 10 22H2 or Windows 11 23H3 due to my organisation's security policies.
    How to turт off VBS on Windows 11 24H2, maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Thank you. With Windows 11 24H2, it is difficult to disable VBS. But there are some workarounds:

Via https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/1fu...

you have lsa iso with uefi lock enabled, so you need to change loadaptions to disable it.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-serve...

https://gist.github.com/LuemmelSec/590012ad04ad...

Also, check this thread:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Hope that helps, and rely on us for any further inquiries. All the best.

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Answer 2

Hi,
I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

Apologies for any inconvenience you are experiencing. I am happy to help you today.

There has been a bit of misinformation on the Internet that VBS decreases the device's performance. Do you want to disable due to that?

There is a workaround I have to disable VBS on 24H2 - I will share it in the next reply.

Answer 3

Hi,
I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

Apologies for any inconvenience you are experiencing. I am happy to help you today.

There has been a bit of misinformation on the Internet that VBS decreases the device's performance. Do you want to disable due to that?

There is a workaround I have to disable VBS on 24H2 - I will share it in the next reply.

Hi, Sumit! I don't worry about device performance. I am working with VMs and i need to use nested virtualization in it. Vware Workstation Pro can't run my VMs with enable VBS.

Answer 4

Hi,
I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

Apologies for any inconvenience you are experiencing. I am happy to help you today.

There has been a bit of misinformation on the Internet that VBS decreases the device's performance. Do you want to disable due to that?

There is a workaround I have to disable VBS on 24H2 - I will share it in the next reply.

Hi, Sumit! I don't worry about device performance. I am working with VMs and i need to use nested virtualization in it. Vware Workstation Pro can't run my VMs with enable VBS.

Answer 5

Hi,

I see you just pressed no without replying. In order to help you, could you please shed some more details?