MS Windows - Check whether VT-x flag is enabled in your BIOS

By xngo on November 11, 2019

You don't need to access the BIOS to know whether or not the VT-x flag is enabled. You can check this information from MS Windows. Do the followings:

  1. Open Task Manager.
  2. Under the Performance tab, if Virtualization is set to enabled, then it means that VT-x is enabled in your BIOS.
    Task Manager - Virtualization enabled

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