Windows features does not persist after reboot

I'm running Windows 11 24H2 Pro with Administrator account and every time I select the following from Windows Programs and Features the settings are Unchecked after a full restart of my laptop despite Virtualization settings are enabled in the BIOS.

Hyper V
WSL
VM Platform

These are automatically Unchecked after a restart and also noticed that during the restart, it doesn't even show the Configuring or Updating Windows Do not Shutdown your PC message in which I think it would because I've had done this using my other laptop which ran Windows 10.

I have no Group Policy settings which would interfere with these features.

win11freak said:

I'm running Windows 11 24H2 Pro with Administrator account and every time I select the following from Windows Programs and Features the settings are Unchecked after a full restart of my laptop despite Virtualization settings are enabled in the BIOS.

Hyper V
WSL
VM Platform

These are automatically Unchecked after a restart and also noticed that during the restart, it doesn't even show the Configuring or Updating Windows Do not Shutdown your PC message in which I think it would because I've had done this using my other laptop which ran Windows 10.

I have no Group Policy settings which would interfere with these features.

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I believe you need to enable Virtualization in the BIOS, before trying to turn those things ON.

Ghot said:

I believe you need to enable Virtualization in the BIOS, before trying to turn those things ON.

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It's enabled. It's mentioned in my original post.

win11freak said:

It's enabled. It's mentioned in my original post.

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@jimbo45 probably uses more VMs than anyone.
Maybe he'll check in, in a day or two.

Any suggestions?
This is very strange.

Virtualization is turned on from the BIOS but when the Virtualization features are selected from the Programs and Features those features are Unselected after a restart.

Try disabling Virtualization in BIOS
Then after some restart re enable it again

Grammy said:

Try disabling Virtualization in BIOS
Then after some restart re enable it again

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Did it, no success.

The strange thing is that on my other laptop I had which was running Windows 10 when I selected those features mentioned in the Programs Features, during the restart process it said Configuring Windows Updates, but I don't even get that as well. Then the features get unselected after the restart.

Should I just reinstall Windows as a last resort?

win11freak said:

Should I just reinstall Windows as a last resort?

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A clean install is really the last resort, but there are several things you could try first.

In a command prompt (Admin) run the commands:
dism /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

If that doesn't help, then an in-place repair upgrade will reinstall Windows while keeping all you user files and installed apps.

Bree said:

A clean install is really the last resort, but there are several things you could try first.

In a command prompt (Admin) run the commands:
dism /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

If that doesn't help, then an in-place repair upgrade will reinstall Windows while keeping all you user files and installed apps.

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

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Ok, thanks I will try your method next.

Per OP win11freak, I am having this same issue.

Virtualization is enabled in EUFI/BIOS.

Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off.
I select Hyper-V, hit OK, & system restarts to apply/install updates.
After another two restarts, both for further 'configuration', I discover that the Hyper-V features are unselected/have not been applied.

System information tells me: "A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed." (Details below)
They are listed in available Windows features - but they won't be installed.

I also notice that VM Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform are not checked/enabled in the features list.
Are those relevant to this issue?

It appears that I can't turn on the Hyper-V features whilst a hypervisor is active/running (?).
I don't have any other virtualization software (e.g. VMWare) installed.
I understand that Windows 11 runs a hypervisor to enforce security measures.
In 'Device Security', Core isolation, Security processor & Secure boot are all checked.
"Your device meets the requirements for enhanced hardware security.
This means that in addition to meeting all the requirements of standard hardware security, your device also has memory integrity turned on."

I'm not at present interested in running other VM software; my intention is to run system backup images in Macrium Reflect's ViBoot to confirm their viability.
MR shows that ViBoot is available for these images though, obviously, I can't run/load them without Hyper-V enabled.

I have seen a suggestion that the following may make it possible to turn on the requisite features:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity/Enabled/1 - change to Disabled/0 to enable Hyper-V?
However, it seems strange that removing a security feature may be required to enable a Windows feature that should be available to 11 Pro users, as it was when using MR ViBoot in 10 Pro.

I'm probably missing something obvious here and/or failing to understand the requirements and limitations, so I'd appreciate any advice regarding a possible resolution.