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July 29, 2021

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Well, if you have been reading tech news regularly, you might know that Microsoft recently released its second preview of the Windows 11 operating system.

Since the new operating system is still under testing, it’s not a good idea to install it on your primary system. You might face lots of bugs and errors while using Windows 11.

Still, if you want to give Windows 11 a try, we recommend installing it on a virtual machine first. However, if you want to run a different operating system on your PC, you first need to confirm whether your PC has the Virtualization feature enabled or not.

Steps to Check if Virtualization is Enabled in Windows 10 or 11

There are multiple ways to check the Virtualization status in a Windows 10 pc. Hence, in this article, we are going to list a few of them.

So, let’s check out if Virtualization is enabled in Windows 10.

1. Using Command Prompt

In this method, we will utilize the Command Prompt utility to check if Virtualization is enabled in Windows 10. So, here’s how to use CMD to check for virtualization features.

Step 1. First of all, press Windows Key + R on your keyboard. This will open the Run Dialog box.

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Step 2. On the RUN dialog box, enter cmd and press the Enter button.

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Step 3. Next, on the Command Prompt, type in ‘systeminfo‘ and press Enter.

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Step 4. Under the Hyper-V requirements, check for Virtualization Enabled in Firmware option. If Virtualization is turned off, it will show you ‘No‘. If it’s enabled, it will display ‘Yes

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That’s it! You are done. This is how you can check if Virtualization is enabled in Windows 10 or not.