https://ehotinger.com/categories/windows/ Recent content in windows on Eric Hotinger Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:14:50 -0700 https://ehotinger.com/blog/windows-subsystem-for-linux-installation/ Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:14:50 -0700 https://ehotinger.com/blog/windows-subsystem-for-linux-installation/ Here are a few common problems that I hit when installing WSL. This is my personal mini guide to get it up and running in a few minutes. First, you can visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#simplified-installation-for-windows-insiders to get a beta build and run the commands to install WSL. WSL can fail on a new machine even after this because it relies on virtualization: Enable Hyper-V (Turn Windows features on or off -> Hyper-V) Enable virtualization in the BIOS (go to your CPU Config and you’ll find it) Bonus oddities: