How to Disable Hyper-V, VBS, WSL2, Sandbox & Memory Integrity for Better VMware Workstation Performance on Windows 10

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How to Disable Hyper-V, VBS, WSL2, Sandbox & Memory Integrity for Better VMware Workstation Performance on Windows 10

If VMware Workstation feels slow, nested virtualization is not working properly, or VMs experience performance issues, disable Microsoft's virtualization features that interfere with VMware.

Recommended Settings

• Core Isolation → Memory Integrity = OFF
• Credential Guard = OFF
• Windows Sandbox = OFF
• Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) = OFF
• Hyper-V = OFF
• Virtual Machine Platform = OFF
• Windows Hypervisor Platform = OFF
• Microsoft Defender Application Guard = OFF (if installed)
• Device Guard = OFF
• Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) = OFF

Step 1: Disable Windows Features

Press Windows + R, type:

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optionalfeatures.exe

Uncheck the following features:

• Hyper-V
• Virtual Machine Platform
• Windows Hypervisor Platform
• Windows Sandbox
• Windows Subsystem for Linux
• Microsoft Defender Application Guard (if present)

Restart the computer.

Step 2: Disable Hypervisor Using PowerShell (Administrator)

Run:

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bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Restart Windows.

Step 3: Disable Memory Integrity

Navigate to:

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Windows Security
→ Device Security
→ Core Isolation
→ Memory Integrity

Set Memory Integrity to OFF and reboot.

Step 4: Disable Credential Guard

Open PowerShell as Administrator:

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reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa" /v LsaCfgFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Restart the system.

Step 5: Verify Hyper-V is Disabled

Run:

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systeminfo

The following line should NOT appear:

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A hypervisor has been detected.

PowerShell One-Liner (Run as Administrator)

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Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All -NoRestart
Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform -NoRestart
Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName HypervisorPlatform -NoRestart
Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Containers-DisposableClientVM -NoRestart
Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux -NoRestart
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Restart Windows after running the commands.

Result

After disabling these features, VMware Workstation Pro typically gains:

• Better VM performance
• Lower CPU overhead
• Improved disk I/O
• Faster VM startup times
• Full access to Intel VT-x / AMD-V
• Improved nested virtualization support

Tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with VMware Workstation Pro.