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  • 1.  Module "MonitorMode" power on failed

    Posted Mar 01, 2024 03:39 PM
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    Hello ; 
    I can't start a virtual machine. The attached message is displayed.
    I already checked and Intel Virtualization (Intel VT-x) is of course ON;
    I have already tried this command in the console: "bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off". But that didn't change anything.
    My CPU is the I5-12400F and does not contain an integrated graphics card. so I have a "real" graphics card (a Geforce RTX 4060Ti).
    So I'm wondering if my problem is because my CPU doesn't have an integrated graphics card?



  • 2.  RE: Module "MonitorMode" power on failed

    Posted Mar 01, 2024 04:00 PM

    The message is complaining about nested virtualization, which has nothing to do with the graphics card you're using or don't have.

    If you don't need nested virtualization, open the VM->Settings and navigate to the processor settings screen. Make sure the box next to "Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI. is not checked.

    If you need nested virtualization, you will need to use the VMware hypervisors, and to do that you must disable all traces of Hyper-V, Memory Integrity, virtualization based security, and any other Windows component that uses Hyper-V technology. Simply running the bcdedit command and removing the optional Hyper-V components is not enough to disable Hyper-V.

    See this excellent article here in the forum for advice on how to disable all of the currently known places where Hyper-V gets used:  https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Disabling-Hyper-V-hypervisor-on-Windows-11-Pro-host-to-get/td-p/2989411