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  • 1.  Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform issue with VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3

    Posted May 06, 2025 02:38 PM

    I am using VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3. I am getting the message "Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform"

    Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform are turned off.  

    I tried using the following two comands.

    Command prompt command: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off"

    PowerShell command remove all Hyper-V features. Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

    However, the issue still persists. I am getting the same error for Windows 10/11 and Linux virtual machines. I have a Windows 11 Education license. 

    I would appreciate any assistance. 

    Thanks



  • 2.  RE: Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform issue with VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 07, 2025 02:10 AM

    Hi @BeornBear,

    Can you please provide the HOST details where you are seeing this issue and details on when you are seeing the issue.

    Thanks.




  • 3.  RE: Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform issue with VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3

    Posted May 07, 2025 04:17 AM

    Hi Shruti,

    Here is information via MSINFO.

    I have several virtual machines. None of the allow me to proceed forward. I also had a Windows 11 virtual machine with the same issue as seen in the screenshot below. It also comes up with Windows 10 and other VMs. 


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  • 4.  RE: Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform issue with VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3

    Posted May 08, 2025 04:28 AM

    You don't have Hyper-V disabled, you just don't have the feature "installed". There were several posts about this, one of them with a solution: https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/discussion/windows-11-24h2-hsot-how-to-disable-virtual-based-security See comment 3.


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  • 5.  RE: Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform issue with VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3

    Posted May 08, 2025 11:59 AM

    I have it enabled in the UEFI/BIOS. I still have the same issue. 


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  • 6.  RE: Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform issue with VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3

    Posted May 08, 2025 01:17 PM

    Your screenshot shows "Virtualization based security" as enabled. It means that Hyper-V is still active! Until you actually disable Hyper-V in all its form, you'll not have nested virtualization support, which is this error message is about. Follow the steps in comment 3 of the post I linked to fully disable Hyper-V.


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  • 7.  RE: Virtualized Intel VT-x / EPT is not supported on this platform issue with VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3

    Posted May 08, 2025 05:23 PM

    Step 3 did not resolve the issue. I ended up following all of the steps. I am unable to use the pin and fingerprint scanner on my desktop computer now. The issue was not resolved in Vmware Workstation Pro. 


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