How to fix "Your CPU is incompatible with virtualization technologies" error

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How to fix "Your CPU is incompatible with virtualization technologies" error?

1. Running Genymotion Desktop in a virtual machine

Genymotion Desktop has been designed to run in a physical environment, not in a virtual machine.

For this reason, nested virtualization is not supported.

Genymotion Desktop will not work if run in a Windows, Linux or macOS VM.

2. Your CPU does not meet Genymotion hardware requirements

Genymotion needs hardware virtualization to run.

While almost any recent CPU support this feature, some low-end CPUs don't.

Make sure that your CPU meets Genymotion Desktop requirements.

3. Hardware Virtualization (VT-x/SVM) is disabled

All modern CPUs support hardware virtualization (VT-x/SVM), but this feature may be disabled by default.

Check that Intel VT-x, AMD-V and/or SVM is enabled in your computer BIOS/UEFI - please refer to your computer manufacturer user guide to find how to access the BIOS/UEFI.

If you are using a computer with Windows pre-installed, you may not be able to access it at start-up. In this case, just follow the instructions from these articles:

How to enable Virtualization (VT-x/SVM) on Windows 10?

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

4. Windows + Hyper-V

Hyper-V interferes with Genymotion Desktop when using VirtualBox hypervisor. Please make sure that Hyper-V is disabled when running Genymotion.

For detailed instructions, please refer to Genymotion Desktop and Hyper-V.

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