linux – VirtualBox stuck in slow “turtle” mode on Windows 11 Home, How to restore native performance?
Host OS: Windows 11 Home edition (no Group Policy Editor available).
Guest OS: Linux Mint
Hardware: Victus laptop, Core i5-12450H, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1650, 512 GB NVMe
Virtualization is enabled from BIOS
My VM:
– Memory: 8 GB
– Processors: 8
– Video memory: 256 MB
– 3D acceleration: enabled
– PAE/NX, Nested Paging: enabled
– Execution cap: 100%
– VirtualBox version: 7.2.4
– Guest Additions: installed
What I tried:
– Disabled WSL, Hyper-V, Windows Hypervisor Platform, Virtual Machine Platform (Turn Windows features on/off).
– Disabled Memory Integrity in Windows Security.
– Disabled Secure Boot in BIOS, I don’t have: (VT-x / SVM VBS / Device Guard / HVCI, Kernel DMA Protection) in BIOS settings .
– Ran (as admin):
–Excluded VM folder from virus and threat protection
– Rebooted multiple times.
I also tried disabling VBS / HVCI and the Windows hypervisor manually (run as Administrator):
reg add “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard” /v EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity” /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa” /v LsaCfgFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
After a full shutdown and reboot, the issue persists:
– systeminfo still reports “A hypervisor has been detected”
– VirtualizationBasedSecurityStatus remains 2
Question:
– How can I get rid of slow mode in virtual box
– How can I remove or fully disable whatever is keeping Hyper-V/VBS partially active (status = 2) on Windows 11 Home so VirtualBox runs at native speed?
Thanks!

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