Aurora R15, BIOS, no Virtualization setting

Question

I seem to have a strange issue. I am working on a project that requires me to turn off Virtualization - based security, AKA VBS. When I first purchased my Alienware Aurora R15 there was a setting in the BIOS to turn off Virtualization, I had used it a while back for a game that had anti cheat software and itwould only run with it off and I am sure I wentin the bios of this machine and turned it off. Unforunately now we are several BIOS versions later and it seems this setting is gone. It seems impossible to disable it in Windows also, only way Ihave come to disable most of it is to change the boot to non UEFI

Can anyone make any suggestions tobring it back or simply disable VBS?

Thank you

Vec

OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Version 10.0.26100 Build 26100
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Alienware
System Model Alienware Aurora R15
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU 0BBF
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900KF, 3000 Mhz, 24 Core(s), 32 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Alienware 1.21.1, 3/25/2025
SMBIOS Version 3.4
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Alienware
BaseBoard Product 049PDM
BaseBoard Version A00
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State On
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume10
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.26100.1"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 64.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 63.7 GB
Available Physical Memory 42.9 GB
Total Virtual Memory 128 GB
Available Virtual Memory 98.0 GB
Page File Space 64.0 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection On
Virtualization-based security Running
Virtualization-based security Required Security Properties Base Virtualization Support
Virtualization-based security Available Security Properties Base Virtualization Support, Secure Boot, DMA Protection, UEFI Code Readonly, SMM Security Mitigations 1.0, Mode Based Execution Control, APIC Virtualization
Virtualization-based security Services Configured Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity, Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection
Virtualization-based security Services Running Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity, Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection
App Control for Business policy Enforced
App Control for Business user mode policy Off
Automatic Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View
A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.

Tesla1856 · Answer

You leave the Virtualization option in the BIOS alone.

If it's there, you leave it Enabled so your CPU can still be full-featured.

You can turn-off VBS in Windows Security, Device Security, Core Isolation, Memory Integrity.

You should be able to see the status of VBS at the bottom of msinfo32.

Dessial · Answer

@Tesla1856​  thank you! This has solved the issue. I appreciate your expertise and all who assisted.

Vecdid · Answer

This did not solve my issue at all. First you say to leave the bios setting alone. I no longer have this setting after upgrading my bios at some point, which is my main point and no matter what I do, including your suggestions, does not seem to disable it in Windows 11.

This has caused a major issue on several of my development projects.

My only solution so fat is to not use the three Alienware I purchased.

So no, I do not accept this solution as it is not. Solution for me, wish it was.

My only solution so far is to just not use alienware/Dell and employ my Asus machines, which have never removed such important features from their Bios.

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