xps 13 9365 virtualization 64 bit

Question

Looking for any confirmation as to whether my XPS 13 9365 would support 64 bit virtualization. I'm trying to decide if I can upgrade from Win 10 Home to Win 10 Pro and use Hyper V on 64 bit images. I can't find any thing one way or the other. Anyone know where I can find this out?

jphughan · Accepted Answer

It does, in fact basically every CPU made over the last several years does.  But if you want extra confirmation, go to ark.intel.com, select the CPU in your system, and look for the lines in the specs called 'Intel Virtualization Technology' and 'Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)'.  Hyper-V requires both.

jphughan · Accepted Answer

Here's another way to tell for sure: Click Start, search 'System Information', and click the app of that name in the results.  It will open to the System Summary section.  Scroll the right-hand window down to the bottom and you'll see four items related to Hyper-V, even on Windows 10 Home.  If you see 'Yes' next to all of them, then your system can run Hyper-V.  If any of them say 'No', go into your BIOS Setup and look for options related to virtualization and make sure they're enabled, then check again.  (Note: If you already have a hypervisor set up, you will NOT see these options at the bottom of the System Summary page.  Instead, you will see a note that a hypervisor has been detected.)

jphughan · Accepted Answer

@ks58 wrote:Thank you for the information. I found 'A hypervisor has been detected.' I also found 6 different Hyper-V related services. After I posted I thought I'd see if I could run VirtualBox first and but it will only run 32 bit and won't allow 64 bit options. My guess is that the hyper v installed is disabling the 64 bit options on Win 10 Home edition. I guess I'll look into upgrading. You can only run one hypervisor at a time, so if you try to install and use Hyper-V, you'd have to stop using Virtualbox.  Technically if you needed to keep both, you could create an alternate boot option that would allow you to start Windows 10 with Hyper-V disabled, so then you could choose at each boot whether or not you wanted Hyper-V.  In that setup, whenever you started with Hyper-V disabled, you'd be able to run Virtualbox during that Windows session instead, but you'd need to restart whenever you needed to switch over to Hyper-V.  I'm not sure what Hyper-V services would already be running on Windows 10 Home, though....

ks58 · Answer

Thank you for the information. I found 'A hypervisor has been detected.' I also found 6 different Hyper-V related services. After I posted I thought I'd see if I could run VirtualBox first and but it will only run 32 bit and won't allow 64 bit options. My guess is that the hyper v installed is disabling the 64 bit options on Win 10 Home edition. I guess I'll look into upgrading.

ks58 · Answer

Thanks for the tip on enable/disable on startup....

I guess the tech is there but the Hypervisor Management tools can only be installed on Pro edition.

Listing the services for others.

PS C:\>Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*hyper*' } | Format-List

Name : vmicguestinterface
DisplayName : Hyper-V Guest Service Interface
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

Name : vmicheartbeat
DisplayName : Hyper-V Heartbeat Service
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

Name : vmickvpexchange
DisplayName : Hyper-V Data Exchange Service
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

Name : vmicrdv
DisplayName : Hyper-V Remote Desktop Virtualization Service
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

Name : vmicshutdown
DisplayName : Hyper-V Guest Shutdown Service
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

Name : vmictimesync
DisplayName : Hyper-V Time Synchronization Service
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {VmGid}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

Name : vmicvmsession
DisplayName : Hyper-V PowerShell Direct Service
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

Name : vmicvss
DisplayName : Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor
Status : Stopped
DependentServices : {}
ServicesDependedOn : {}
CanPauseAndContinue : False
CanShutdown : False
CanStop : False
ServiceType : Win32ShareProcess

ks58 · Answer

Ok, well I kept digging and found via this forum https://www.tenforums.com/virtualization/114878-how-do-i-disable-hyper-v-windows-10-home-2.html that the optional Windows feature, Windows Hypervisor Platform, was enabled. I disabled it and after a reboot I was able to run VirtualBox and get 64 bit options. This may be enough that I don't need to upgrade, except I'm looking at Bit Locker....

jphughan · Answer

@ks58 wrote:Ok, well I kept digging and found via this forum https://www.tenforums.com/virtualization/114878-how-do-i-disable-hyper-v-windows-10-home-2.html that the optional Windows feature, Windows Hypervisor Platform, was enabled. I disabled it and after a reboot I was able to run VirtualBox and get 64 bit options. This may be enough that I don't need to upgrade, except I'm looking at Bit Locker.... @ks58, I use Windows 10 Pro specifically to get BitLocker, Hyper-V, RDP host, the ability to defer 'upgrades' to new Windows releases for up to a year, and soon Windows Sandbox when it arrives with Win10 1903.  I would consider each of those features on its own worth the upgrade cost, especially when ordering a new system where it's typically only $35-50 more rather than a $99 upgrade.  But if you don't end up getting Pro and want a BitLocker alternative, look at VeraCrypt.

ks58 · Answer

Thanks for the bonus info. I'll check out VeraCrypt before I decide.

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