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How To Enable or Disable Windows Virtualization on Dell Systems

Summary: This article describes the steps to enable or disable Windows Virtualization (VMP) on Dell systems.

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Instructions

Enable or Disable Windows Virtualization:
  1. Launch the Windows Features tool:
    1. Click the Search icon.
    2. Type Turn Windows features on or off in the search field.
    3. Click Open.

      Turn Windows features on or off screenshot

  2. Check (or clear) the Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform options.

    Virtualization selection screenshot

  3. Click OK.
  4. Windows adds the required VMP dependencies and asks to reboot.

Additional Information

Affected Products

Desktops & All-in-Ones, Laptops, Workstations
Article Properties
Article Number: 000195980
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 23 Jan 2024
Version:  6
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