HAX kernel module is not installed

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I have just downloaded latest android studio from official android site and installed it. But I am getting this error instead of having Intel X 86 Emulator accelerator. What can cause this error

emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!

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Possible duplicate of [Error in launching AVD with AMD processor](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26355645/error-in-launching-avd-with-amd-processor) — janot, Sep 19 '16 at 10:11

score 70 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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If you are running a modern Intel processor make sure HAXM (Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager) is installed:

In Android SDK Manager, ensure the option is ticked (and then installed)

Run the HAXM installer via the path below:

your_sdk_folder\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm.exe
or
your_sdk_folder\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm-android.exe

This video shows all the required steps which may help you to solve the problem.

For AMD CPUs (or older Intel CPUs without VT-x technology), you will not be able to install this and the best option is to emulate your apps using Genymotion. See: Intel's HAXM equivalent for AMD on Windows OS

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answered Apr 24 '15 at 08:08

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at last this video helped me. I wasted huge time by checking up hiper-v check box. No documentation says it should be unchecked. Thank you very much dude. – Amir Jul 30 '15 at 10:50
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Note that if you can't find your AppData\Local\Android\sdk path in Windows, try running %AppData% to find it. – Ohmless Oct 02 '15 at 02:04
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I edited your post to add some additional details about AMD processors. I hope that's OK. – Simon East Mar 17 '16 at 01:24
You will want to disable Hyper-V if getting errors about this. The below can help https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/installation/accelerating_android_emulators/ – Dinesh Rajan Sep 08 '16 at 15:02

score 60 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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Actual error

follow bellow two simple steps to fix.

Step 1:- update "Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer)" Ref. bellow img

Step2:-

After installing the installer, you have to run it to install it on your system. Open the directory where your Android SDK is located. Go inside the extras\Intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager directory and you should see the intelhaxm-android.exe file.

If you got the error "This computer meets requirements for HAXM, but VT-x is not turned on..." during installation try to turn it on in your BIOS and check your antivirus software settings also. (Check this stackoverflow post). Thats it! its working for me.

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answered Jul 29 '15 at 09:18

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HAXM insatallation failed,"Failed to configure driver:unknown error. Failed to open driver." this sis the error i'm getting while installing intel haxm in my pc. – Narendra Baratam Dec 05 '15 at 08:15
In my PC there is no virtualization. i can't install from sdk folder showing error "This Computer does not support Intel Virtuliazation TEchnology (Vt-x)" – Prasad Feb 10 '16 at 09:56
After this, when starting emulator, I get message "HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode...", but then also "...Permission denied" and no emulator is opened. – pixel Oct 17 '16 at 17:04

score 23 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 08 '16 at 18:36

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Recently, I have faced this issue. And fixed it by changing CPU/ABI from Intel Atom (x86) to ARM(armeabi-v7a).

Select the Virtual Device. Click on Edit
Click on CPU/ABI option
Change it to ARM(armeabi-v7a) from intel. Click OK

Job done.

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answered Apr 10 '15 at 07:23

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I also done the same thing as Doremon suggested, and its working fine. – Still Learning Apr 23 '15 at 11:36
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My laptop does not support vitalization but **this work with me** – Basheer AL-MOMANI Mar 02 '16 at 09:50

score 20 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 31 '14 at 21:01

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Try installing it again with the stand alone installer https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager-end-user-license-agreement - assuming you have a CPU that supports Virtualization, have turned off antivirus and any hypervisor.

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@codecats: this might be totally unrelated, but do you know of any VM that can provide Hardware Virtualization and Hyper-V? Apparently Virtual Box doesn't support that. – Mona Jalal Jul 01 '15 at 17:46
I suggest you enter this as a new question and I think you'll get multiple responses about the possibilities. – codecats Jul 01 '15 at 18:35
My CPU does not support virtualization, is there any opportunity to go round? – Jürgen K. Aug 07 '15 at 12:44
@Jurgen - what CPU do you have? There's always genymotion for non HAXM capable systems – codecats Aug 07 '15 at 15:07
B970, its in a Hp 650. The bios has not the opition to turn on/off virtualization in my HP laptop – Jürgen K. Aug 12 '15 at 10:24
That's a pentium from '012 - it does NOT have VT capability so HAXM is NOT an option. You could try genymotion. – codecats Aug 12 '15 at 18:22

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 07 '15 at 09:34

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After reading many questions on stackoverflow I found out that my CPU does not support Virtualization. I have to upgrade to the cpu which supports Virtualization in order to install Intel X 86 Emulator accelerator(Haxm Installer)

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answered Jan 01 '15 at 05:57

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Which processor you are using? – Jeba Prince Jun 24 '15 at 04:57
@achieverprince it's pretty old one, it does not support virtualization. Now bought the new PC , it supports the virtualization but not the intel virtualization (AMD). – Utkarsh Dixit Jun 28 '15 at 06:55
got it, so even now you cant use Haxm since it is not intel. – Jeba Prince Jun 29 '15 at 11:51
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@achieverprince Yup, i am using Genymotion for my android apps now. The android studio IDE should do something for AMD users – Utkarsh Dixit Jun 29 '15 at 16:10
In my PC there is no virtualization. i can't install from sdk folder showing error "This Computer does not support Intel Virtuliazation TEchnology (Vt-x)" – Prasad Feb 10 '16 at 09:55
@Prasad That's what the this answer is saying. If there is no visualization and that to of intel than you can't install HAXM. You ought to buy some new CPU that supports this or use any other emulator like GenyMotion. – Utkarsh Dixit Feb 12 '16 at 17:02

score 8 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 11:11

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Since most modern CPUs support virtualization natively, the reason you received such message can be because virtualization is turned off on your machine. For example, that was the case on my HP laptop - the factory setting for hardware virtualization was "Disabled". So, go to your machine's BIOS and enable virtualization.

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This doesn't appear to be a solution for users with AMD CPUs. – Simon East Mar 17 '16 at 00:37

score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 19 '15 at 06:38

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First you need to turn on virtualization on your machine. To do that, restart your machine. Press F2. Goto BIOS. Make Virtualization Enabled. Press F10. Start windows. Now, goto Extras folder of Android installation folder and find intel-haxm-android.exe. Run it. Start Android Studio. Now, it should allow you to run your program using emulator.

answered Feb 19 '15 at 06:38

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I have not visualization support in my PC. :-( +1 for your answer. My laptop had it enabled so working on it now – Utkarsh Dixit Feb 19 '15 at 11:53
This doesn't appear to be a solution for users with AMD CPUs. – Simon East Mar 17 '16 at 00:37

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 29 '15 at 11:45

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Turning off HyperV on windows 8.1 did the trick for me

dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V

answered Nov 29 '15 at 11:45

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Thanks, that helped on my machine: W10 64Bit (Upgrade from 8.1), Intel i7-4770T – Sven Feb 17 '16 at 13:13
this worked only after running the command in a command prompt ran as administrator (right click on command prompt and select it) – Pellet Feb 28 '16 at 07:17
you need also to restart the computer – Basheer AL-MOMANI Mar 02 '16 at 10:06

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