How do I enable VT-X on a Surface Book 2? WIN 10, i7-8650U

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The processor is an Intel i7-8650U, it supports vt-x.

You can boot into the "BIOS" by shutting down and then booting while pressing the volume up button; stop pressing once the Windows logo appears. However, in it there aren't any options to turn on vt-x.

I've gone to "Turn Windows features on and off" to verify that Hyper-V is not checked.

I'm trying to solve for this so that I can select Linux x64 in Virtualbox.

I'd guess that VT-x is enabled by default, but something else is already using it. Are you using Hyper-V, Docker, any Android emulators? — gronostaj, Jun 28 '18 at 07:33
Glad I could help. I've posted that as an answer so that it can be accepted. — gronostaj, Jun 28 '18 at 07:44
Possible duplicate of VirtualBox - VT-x is being used by another hypervisor — Ramhound, Jun 28 '18 at 11:43
Hyper-V was disabled for me. Check the settings in "Turn Windows features on and off" — Structed, Feb 12 '20 at 11:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '18 at 07:43

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I'd guess that VT-x is enabled by default, but something else is already using it. Check for running software that uses virtualization, like:

Hyper-V
Docker for Windows
Android emulators

answered Jun 28 '18 at 07:43

gronostaj

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I had Bluestacks installed, just that, not even open. So I uninstalled it. – givanse Jun 28 '18 at 15:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 19 '20 at 14:34

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What worked for me was toggling Hyper-V (on-off), then running the following as an admin in command prompt:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

answered Aug 19 '20 at 14:34

Brian Tung

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How do I enable VT-X on a Surface Book 2? WIN 10, i7-8650U

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