Space 3 Sorry This Application Cannot Run Under A Virtual Machine | Dead

A: Both versions contain the same DRM check. However, the EA App has more aggressive background telemetry that can sometimes exacerbate false positives.

If you are reading this, those seventeen words have likely interrupted your plans to dive back into the frozen horrors of Tau Volantis. You have launched Dead Space 3 —whether through Steam, EA App (formerly Origin), or disc—only to be met with a black screen and a pop-up error that seems to accuse you of running the game inside a virtualized environment like VMware, VirtualBox, or Hyper-V. A: Both versions contain the same DRM check

"Sorry, this application cannot run under a virtual machine." You have launched Dead Space 3 —whether through

bcdedit /enum | findstr hypervisor If it returns hypervisorlaunchtype Auto or On , your system is running a hypervisor at boot. You must disable it using bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off and reboot. Q: Will disabling Hyper-V break my other apps? A: Yes. If you use WSL, Docker, or Android emulators (ADB), they will stop working until you re-enable Hyper-V and reboot. This is why the error is so painful for developers. Q: Will disabling Hyper-V break my other apps