3 How to Enable Hyper-V in Windows 10/11 easily

Hyper-V can be activated in many ways including using Control Panel, PowerShell, or use tools Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management (DISM)

What is Hyper-V? Hyper-V is Microsoft's hardware virtualization product that functions to create and run versions of computer software, which is called a virtual computer. Each virtual machine acts like a complete computer, run the operating system and programs. Can run more than one virtual machine on the same hardware at the same time. Baca more about Hyper-v.

This short and simple guide will explain to you the three ways you can choose to activate Hyper-V in Windows 10 or Windows 11.

Condition

Several requirements must be met:

• Windows 10 Enterprise, Pro, or Education
• 64-bit processor withSecond Level Address Translation (SLAT).
• CPU support for VM Monitor Mode Extension (VT-c on Intel CPUs).
• Minimum memory 4 GB

Notes: Hyper-V is built into Windows as an optional feature — no Hyper-V download. Hyper-Vcan not enabled on Windows 10/11 Home.

How to Enable Hyper-V

You can choose one of the three ways below to enable Hyper-V:

1. Using PowerShell

What you need to do:

1. Open the PowerShell console as Administrator.
2. Run the following command:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

2. Using CMD and DISM

To enable the Hyper-V role using DISM:

1. Open a PowerShell or CMD session as Administrator.
2. Type the following command:

DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V

3. Via Control Panel

To enable Hyper-V via Control Panel, follow the following steps:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Click Programs

3. Click Turn Windows features on or off
4. Choose Hyper-V
5. Click OK

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After choosing one of the ways to activate Hyper-V above, You need to restart computer to complete the installation.

To open Hyper-V Manager, click search on Taskbar then type Hyper-V

After success, next you can create a virtual machine using Hyper-V, learn more How to Create a Windows-7 Virtual Machine Using Hyper-V or create a CentOS virtual machine 7 with Hyper-V

Watch the short video tutorial for activating Hyper-V below. Hope it is useful