{"id":5408,"date":"2019-08-29T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:19:32","slug":"how-to-enable-virtualization-technology-vt-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-virtualization-technology-vt-on-pc.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Virtualization Technology (VT) on PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#Why do you need to enable virtualization technology?#<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>MEmu Play will have a much better performance if hardware virtualization technology (aka Intel-VT, vt-x, AMD-V) is enabled on your computer. Most of mainstream Intel and AMD CPUs support this feature. In this article, you will learn how to enable it if your VT is set as disabled by default.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MMW9VhBKEk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/download.php?file_name=Memu-Setup&amp;from=blog-enable-vt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2703 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Download_Button-2.png\" alt=\"download android emulator\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41612 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/74d4d3ab-2fd7-4119-bbaf-0e335023f673.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1321\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/74d4d3ab-2fd7-4119-bbaf-0e335023f673.png 1321w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/74d4d3ab-2fd7-4119-bbaf-0e335023f673-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/74d4d3ab-2fd7-4119-bbaf-0e335023f673-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/74d4d3ab-2fd7-4119-bbaf-0e335023f673-624x356.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#Check the status of VT (Virtualization Technology)#<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most PC enable Virtualization Technology by default if the system supports it. Use the following steps to verify that virtualization technology is enabled on your system:<\/p>\n<p>1. Right-click any space on the taskbar and select\u00a0<strong>Task Manager<\/strong>\u00a0to open it.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on the\u00a0<strong>Performance<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/p>\n<p>3. On the right side of\u00a0<strong>CPU<\/strong>\u00a0tab, you can see\u00a0<strong>Virtualization is Enabled<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Disabled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16393 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/check-virtualization-enabled-or-not.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/check-virtualization-enabled-or-not.png 640w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/check-virtualization-enabled-or-not-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/check-virtualization-enabled-or-not-624x455.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#Check if your CPU supports VT if it is disabled by default#<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Download\u00a0a 3rd-party tool:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leomoon.com\/downloads\/application\/leomoon-cpu-v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeoMoon CPU-V<\/a>\u00a0to detect your CPU\u2019s capability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> If it looks like the picture on the left with a checkmark, you need to enable this feature in BIOS manually.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/leomoon-1red1green.png\" alt=\"leomoon-1red1green\" width=\"300\" height=\"315\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/leomoon-2red.png\" alt=\"leomoon-2red\" width=\"300\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#How to enable VT (Virtualization Technology) in BIOS#<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> <strong>Enter BIOS Setup Utility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In order to do that, press a designated key repeatedly (depends on your machine vendor, e.g. F2 or Del works for most Dell) when the system powers up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Enter-BIOS\">3 Ways to Enter BIOS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Video Tutorial: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q7UogsfKdM8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to enter into BIOS in Windows 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: For some Lenovo laptop (Idea), there is a NOVO button to enter into system configuration. More details:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.lenovo.com\/kr\/en\/documents\/ht062552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to NOVO button<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 2. Enable Virtualization Technology (VT) in BIOS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Look for virtualization technology (aka Intel VT or AMD-V) and enable it. In the end, save and restart your computer to apply the change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isumsoft.com\/computer\/enable-virtualization-technology-vt-x-in-bios-or-uefi.html\">How to Enable Virtualization\uff08Hypervisor) in BIOS or UEFI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note: The BIOS settings for Intel VT or AMD-V are usually in the Chipset or Processor menus. The menu names may vary from this guide, the virtualization settings may be found in Security Settings or other non standard menu names.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMD processor:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/vt-amd2.png\" alt=\"How to Enable Hardware Virtualization\" width=\"549\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intel processor:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-84 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/vt-intel2.png\" alt=\"How to Enable Hardware Virtualization\" width=\"549\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 3. Check your VT status in your Windows system again.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If the tool is shown as below, your virtualization technology (VT) is enabled now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/leomoon-2green.png\" alt=\"leomoon-2green\" width=\"300\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you still get the warning, there could be some conflicts with system settings or 3rd party software. Therefore, you may need to manually disable conflict settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">#Check if Hyper-v is disabled in Windows system#<\/h2>\n<p>If you have\u00a0<strong>Windows\u00a0Hyper-V\u00a0<\/strong>(an optional feature of Windows), <strong>please turn it off<\/strong> and reboot the system. Sometimes, it will be turned on after a certain Windows update.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-891 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/windowsfeature.png\" alt=\"windowsfeature\" width=\"297\" height=\"291\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Hyper-V.png\" alt=\"Hyper-V\" width=\"434\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows 10 users please make sure the Memory Integrity feature is turned off as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6596 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1216\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-1.png 1216w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-1-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-1-624x483.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6597 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1216\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-2.png 1216w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-2-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-2-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Windows-10-2-624x483.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">#Check if Third-Party software conflicts on VT such as AVAST#<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This is BKM about how to solve VT disabled warning on some machines installed AVAST, contributed by Pavel Blahout on Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>As some friends report, they will get a warning of hardware-assistant virtualization (VT) feature disabled when start MEmu, although they have already enabled it in BIOS and verified it with LeoMoon Tool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/leomoon-2green.png\" alt=\"leomoon-2green\" width=\"300\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you by chance installed AVAST antivirus on your machine, please try to follow the steps below.<\/p>\n<p>Go Settings-&gt;Troubleshooting, disable self-defense module.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-635 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/avast-selfdefense.jpg\" alt=\"avast-selfdefense\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Search for the file \u201cC:\\ProgramData\\AVAST Software\\Avast\\avast5.ini\u201d and open it in Notepad as admin. In the section \u201c[Common]\u201d, add \u201cVirtualizationMechanisms=0\u201d without quotes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Particularly, for some old version AVAST, you only need to disable hardware-assisted virtualization in Troubleshooting settings.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-501 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AVAST.png\" alt=\"AVAST\" width=\"477\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Many thanks to Pavel Blahout\u2019s\u00a0great sharing!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Note: AVAST is not only one antivirus software that occupies hardware-assisted virtualization feature exclusively. So try to find a similar setting if you install some other antivirus software.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 12pt;\">Note: If you are unable to enable Virtualization Technology (VT), please use version 9.3.3 or earlier. Click to view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/release-archive.html\">historical versions<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&gt; Back to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/support.html\">MEmu Support<\/a><\/strong>, everything you need to know about MEmu &lt;&lt;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Official Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/\">https:\/\/www.memuplay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Facebook Page:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/memuplayer\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/memuplayer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Facebook Group:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/memuplayer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/memuplayer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discord<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/gA4GWV9\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/gA4GWV9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Twitter:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicrovirtMEmu\">\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicrovirtMEmu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Why do you need to enable virtualization technology?# MEmu Play will have a much better performance if hardware virtualization technology (aka Intel-VT, vt-x, AMD-V) is enabled on your computer. Most of mainstream Intel and AMD CPUs support this feature. In this article, you will learn how to enable it if your VT is set as disabled by default. &nbsp; #Check the status of VT (Virtualization Technology)# Most PC enable Virtualization Technology by default if the system supports it. Use the following steps to verify that virtualization technology is enabled on your system: 1. Right-click any space on the taskbar and select\u00a0Task Manager\u00a0to open it. 2. Click on the\u00a0Performance\u00a0tab. 3. On the right side of\u00a0CPU\u00a0tab, you can see\u00a0Virtualization is Enabled\u00a0or\u00a0Disabled. &nbsp; #Check if your CPU supports VT if it is disabled by default# 1.\u00a0Download\u00a0a 3rd-party tool:\u00a0LeoMoon CPU-V\u00a0to detect your CPU\u2019s capability. 2. If it looks like the picture on the left with a checkmark, you need to enable this feature in BIOS manually. &nbsp; &nbsp; #How to enable VT (Virtualization Technology) in BIOS# Step 1. Enter BIOS Setup Utility In order to do that, press a designated key repeatedly (depends on your machine vendor, e.g. F2 or Del works for most<a class=\"show-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-virtualization-technology-vt-on-pc.html\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6921,"featured_media":17187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[25891,4802,3114,26],"yst_prominent_words":[1028,4666,5778,20463,3547,4673,1076,1068,1075,1079,3115,20473,1030,1083,20472,1034,1072,5777,5779],"class_list":["post-5408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memu-faq","tag-faq-3","tag-lang-en","tag-virtualization-technology","tag-vt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5408"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41614,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions\/41614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}