How to enable hardware virtualization (VT-x/SVM) on Windows 11?

Overview

Hardware virtualization is mandatory to use Genymotion Desktop.

All modern CPUs support hardware virtualization (VT-x/SVM).

This feature is sometimes disabled by default.

1) Select the search button on your taskbar and search for “settings”.

2) Under Settings, click on the “Windows Update” tab on the left-bottom and then, select “Advanced options”.

3) In the “Recovery” tab, click on “Restart now” available in front of Advanced startup:

4) You will now be presented with 4 options to choose from. Click on Troubleshoot.

5) Next, click on Advanced Options.

6) Within the Advanced options, select UEFI Firmware Settings, as shown below:

7) NOTE: If you don’t see UEFI Firmware Settings, then disable Fast Startup.

8) You will now be prompted to restart your machine. Click on Restart Now.

9) Once you have entered the BIOS settings in your PC, the steps for enabling virtualization will vary according to the CPU you have.

10) If you have an Intel CPU, the option to enable should be called “Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-X)”.

11) On AMD CPU, the feature to enable should be called “SVM Mode”.

12) Once enabled, save the change and reboot your PC.

13) You will now be able to use Genymotion Desktop.