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Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? (Miscellaneous)

posted by alexfru, USA, 16.08.2021, 03:15

> > Windows itself runs in a VM nowadays.
>
> Really Windows itself as VM client?

Ever since Hyper-V came out.

> Older Win10 (that I have at work - frozen 2 years ago without updates)
> doesn't have HyperV yet so I guess it shouldn't run virtualized. I use
> Virtualbox for virtualization there and it had some conflict with old
> HyperV but it's probably solved. Current Win10 may use HyperV by default
> for WSL and other stuff, so if someone tell more detailed...

I think, Hyper-V now provides some additional security features for Windows itself, not just runs other VMs.

Complete thread:

• Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - CandyMan, 11.08.2021, 17:31 (Miscellaneous)
  • Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - tkchia, 11.08.2021, 18:29
    • Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - Rugxulo, 11.08.2021, 22:31
  • Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - alexfru, 12.08.2021, 09:35
    • Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - RayeR, 14.08.2021, 15:38
      • Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - alexfru, 16.08.2021, 03:15
        • Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - RayeR, 16.08.2021, 03:29
          • Why CPUID hypervisor flag is set? - alexfru, 16.08.2021, 07:20