Which XMG laptops are compatible with hardware virtualization?

Overview

All our PCs and laptops are compatible with hardware virtualization.

  • XMG and SCHENKER laptops with Intel CPU support VT-x and VT-d
  • XMG and SCHENKER laptops with AMD CPU support AMD-V and AMD-Vi

VT-d and AMD-Vi are also known as IOMMU.

In our laptops, all hardware virtualization functions are already enabled in the BIOS by default and are thus available to the operating system.

Some models allow to deactivate some of them, if required for debugging/troubleshooting. However, all models have all hardware virtualization functions enabled by default, even if they don't show explicitly in the BIOS setup menu.

Setting up Windows

Since around 2021, Windows 10 and Windows 11 enable certain virtualization-based security features by default:

As a side effect, this can prevent CPU/motherboard hardware virtualization from being available for additional virtual machines (e.g., VMware or VirtualBox), as it is already in use by the system.

This can be resolved by following these steps:

Disable Windows Features:

  • Search for "Turn Windows features on or off" in Start Menu.
  • Disable the following options: Hyper-V, Windows Sandbox, Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) and Credential Guard / Device Guard, if present.
  • Click "OK" to confirm.

Disable Memory Integrity (VBS):

  1. Open Windows Security → Device Security → Core Isolation.
  2. Disable "Memory Integrity".

After restarting the system, hardware virtualization should now be available for virtual machines.

For more details, refer to this article in VMware’s Knowledge Base: