Virtual Machine Warning when it's real hardware

[birdie]

I'm running HWiNFO64 on real hardware (albeit in a remote desktop session but that shouldn't affect any readings), yet I'm getting this warning.

AFAIK I have zero applications using or running on Hyper-V. It's an office PC

I wonder if you could maybe show how you arrived at that conclusion.

 

[Martin]

Yet, the Virtual Machine Platform or Windows Hypervisor Platform might be active:

 

[birdie]

Yet, the Virtual Machine Platform or Windows Hypervisor Platform might be active:

Wholly uninstalled/missing.

No drivers related to virtualization either.

 

[Martin]

Hmm, there must be something still active..

 

[birdie]

Hmm, there must be something still active..

I'm open to inquiry. I just don't know where to look.

I had VirtualBox installed two years ago, but I've long uninstalled it and nothing from it remains, no drivers, no program files, no registry keys.

 

[Martin]

It's not VirtualBox, must be something in Windows as the Hyper-V test is positive.

 

[birdie]

It's not VirtualBox, must be something in Windows as the Hyper-V test is positive.

Looks like Hyper-V is enabled by default even if its components are not installed.

I've now run

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor

Let's see what its state will be after rebooting.

There's a long discussion related to Hyper-V here.