How to Get & Install Hyper-V For Windows 10 Home

Do you know that Windows 10 has a virtual machine by default? If not then for your information, Hyper-V is the default virtual machine for Windows 10. However, you can find or enable Hyper-V on Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro and, Windows 10 Education. Unfortunately, Windows 10 Home does not have this feature. So, in this guide, you are going to learn how to get and install Hyper-V for Windows 10 Home.

In the meantime, you can use Hyper-V to run several operating systems on top of Windows 10. Although this is fantastic, the problem with Hyper-V is that it is available on all Windows 10 editions except Home. However, there is a workaround for installing Hyper-V on Windows 10 Home.

Hyper-V

Previously known as Windows Server Virtualization, Hyper-V is a virtualization technology developed by Microsoft. It’s a hypervisor for x86-64 systems that lets you build virtual machines. A Hyper-V cloud device may be set up to expose specific virtual machines to one or more networks.

Features:

• It helps you to virtualize the hardware.
• A cloud-based architecture is provided by Hyper-V.
• It supports a wide variety of Linux versions.
• It allows you to run several virtual machines at the same time.

Get Hyper-V on Windows 10 Home

There are a number of features in Windows 10 Home that isn’t supported. This version of Windows was designed for non-technical users who would not use Hyper-V, Group Policy, or other advanced features. One of the reasons why the Home edition is even less expensive is because of this. However, users can find themselves in a situation where they need to install Hyper-V on Windows 10 Home.

So, here are the steps to Install Hyper-V:

Step 1. Copy the below-mentioned script file. The script has been created by the Microsoft Virtualization team on Github.

pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\*Hyper-V*.mum >hyper-v.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . hyper-v.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"
del hyper-v.txt
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All /LimitAccess /ALL
pause

Step 2. Now open Notepad and paste the script. Click the File tab and select Save As.

Step 3. Give the File Name “Hyper-V.bat” and click Save. You can save it anywhere, but it will be easily accessible from the Desktop.

Step 4. Right-click on the file and select Run as administrator. If you are prompted, click Yes to proceed.

Step 5. It will then open a Command Prompt/PowerShell window and begin the installation of Hyper-V on Windows 10 Home. Keep in mind that in order to use this function, you must be connected to the internet.

Step 6. Once complete, restart your computer.

Step 7. Now, simply search for Hyper-V.

Disable Hyper-V from Windows 10 Home

• Press Win+ R to open Run and type, optionalfeatures.exe and hit enter.
• A window called Windows Features will appear. Now, scroll down and uncheck all of the Hyper-V checkboxes, then click OK.
• Restart the computer.

That’s it. This is how you can install the Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows 10 H.

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