Find out if your PC's cpu supports virtualization

In computing, virtualization can mean a number of things. The most common definition defines it as creating a virtual version of something on a computer, for instance a virtual operating system that runs on a PC.
When Microsoft launched Windows 7, it did not want to make the same mistake it did when it launched Windows Vista. To avoid the majority of compatibility issues that went along with the upgrade, it created Windows XP Mode for professional versions of the operating system.
The virtual operating system emulated Windows XP on Windows 7, allowing companies and users to run software not compatible with Windows 7 but with XP to run on the newer operating system.
While XP Mode is no longer supported due to the retirement of the operating system, virtualization software such as Virtual PC, Virtual Box or VMWare Player are.
While those may not require hardware virtualization support to run, some may and others will run better if the processor supports virtualization.
Find out if your cpu supports it

There are quite a few options to find out if the cpu of your PC supports virtualization. If you know maker and model, you can look it up online right away but those information may not be available.
While you may know that your computer has an Intel or AMD processor, you may not know the cpu's ID as they are usually cryptic.
The Intel Processor Identification Utility displays a variety of information about Intel cpus. Among the information are whether it supports virtualization or not. You need to switch to cpu technologies to find out about that. If you see "yes" listed there next to Intel Virtualization Technology then you can be certain that it supports hardware virtualization.
If AMD is the manufacturer of your computer's cpu you need to download and run the AMD Virtualization Technology and Microsoft Hyper-V System Compatibility Check Utility instead which you can download from the manufacturer's website.
Third-party tools

There are third-party applications that you can run instead. This may make sense for example if you do not know the manufacturer of the cpu.
Securable is a free program for Windows that you can run on your system to find out if hardware virtualization is supported or not. You can run the program right after download as it does not need to be installed.
It will display information about hardware virtualization, hardware D.E.P. and architecture support of the processor.
Another program that you can run right away after download is Microsoft's Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool. The program checks if the processor supports hardware virtualization (hav) and if the feature is enabled on the system.
Microsoft has designed the application to launch alongside Windows XP Mode. While XP Mode itself is no longer supported, it is still possible to use the program to find about about hardware virtualization support.
Virtual Checker detects virtualization support as well and will display to you whether it is enabled or not. The free program can be downloaded from this location.
As you can see, there are quite a few options to find out whether your cpu supports virtualization and whether it is enabled or not.
Manual check
As mentioned earlier, you may look up the processor online to find out about virtualization support. Unless you know the ID of the cpu already, you need to look it up first.
Tap on Windows-Pause to open the System control panel applet. There you find listed the processor, e.g. Intel Core i7 860 which you then use to look up whether it supports virtualization.


What mental age of reader are you targeting with the first sentence? 10?
Why not write an article on how to *avoid* upgrading from W10 to W11. Analogous to those like me who avoided upgrading from 7 to 10 for as long as possible.
If your paymaster Microsoft permits it, of course.
5. Rufus
6. Ventoy
PS. I hate reading these “SEO optimized” articles.
I used Rufus to create an installer for a 6th gen intel i5 that had MBR. It upgraded using Setup. No issues except for Win 11 always prompting me to replace my local account. Still using Win 10 Pro on all my other PCs to avoid the bullying.
bit pointless to upgrade for the sake of upgrading as you never know when you’ll get locked out because ms might suddenly not provide updates to unsupported systems.
ps…. time travelling?
written. Jan 15, 2023
Updated • Jan 13, 2023
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Anyone willing to downgrade to this awful OS must like inflicting themselves with harm.
I have become convinced now that anybody who has no qualms with using Windows 11/10 must fit into one of the following brackets:
1) Too young to remember a time before W10 and W11 (doesn’t know better)
2) Wants to play the latest games on their PC above anything else (or deeply needs some software which already dropped W7 support)
3) Doesn’t know too much about how computers work, worried that they’d be absolutely lost and in trouble without the “”latest security””
4) Microsoft apologist that tries to justify that the latest “features” and “changes” are actually a good thing, that improve Windows
5) Uses their computer to do a bare minimum of like 3 different things, browse web, check emails, etc, so really doesn’t fuss
Obviously that doesn’t cover everyone, there’s also the category that:
6) Actually liked W7 more than 10, and held out as long as possible before switching, begrudgingly uses 10 now
Have I missed any group off this list?
You have missed in this group just about any professional user that uses business software like CAD programs or ERP Programs which are 99% of all professional users from this list.
Linux doesn’t help anyone who is not a linux kid and apple is just a fancy facebook machine.
Microsoft has removed KB5029351 update
only from windows update though
KB5029351 is still available from the ms update catalog site
1. This update is labaled as PREVIEW if it causes issues to unintelligent people, then they shouldn’t have allowed Preview updates ot install.
2. I have installed it in a 11 years old computer, and no problems at all.
3. Making a big drama over a bluescreen for an updated labeled as preview is ridiculous.
This is probably another BS internet drama where people ran programs and scripts that modified the registry until they broke Windows, just for removing stuff that they weren’t even using just for the sake of it.
Maybe people should stop playing geeks and actually either use Windows 10 or Windows 11, but don’t try to modify things just for the sake of it.
Sometimes removing or stopping things (like defender is a perfect example) only need intelligence, not scripts or 3rd party programs that might mess with windows.
Windows 11 was a pointless release, it was just created because some of the Windows team wanted to boost sales with some sort of new and improved Windows 10. Instead, Microsoft cannot support one version well let alone two.
Windows 11 is the worst ugly shame by Microsoft ever. They should release with every new W11 version a complete free version of Starallback inside just to make this sh** OS functionally again.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released a statement regarding the “unsupported processor” blue screen error for their boards using Intel 600/700 series chipsets & to avoid the KB5029351 Win11 update:
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-On–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–Error-Message-of-Windows-11-Update-KB5029351-Preview-142215
check out the following recent articles:
Neowin – Microsoft puts little blame on its Windows update after UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR BSOD bug:
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-puts-little-blame-on-its-windows-update-after-unsupported-processor-bsod-bug/
BleepingComputer – Microsoft blames ‘unsupported processor’ blue screens on OEM vendors:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-unsupported-processor-blue-screens-on-oem-vendors/
While there may be changes or updates to the Windows 10 Store for Business and Education in the future, it is premature to conclude that it will be discontinued based solely on rumors.
My advice, I left win 15 years ago. Now I’m a happy linux user (linuxmint) but there is Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu depending on your needs.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released new BIOS/firmware updates for their Intel 600 & 700 series motherboards to fix the “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” problem (Sept. 6):
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/Updated-BIOS-fixes-Error-Message–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–caused-BSOD-on-MSI-s-Intel-700-and-600-Series-Motherboards-142277