Wsl: Is Hyper-V necessary or not for WSL2? Can it be activated on Windows 10 Home?

[Oxfos]

SITUATION

I'm trying to install WSL 2.

I have Microsoft Windows 10 Home [Version 10.0.19041.508]
I already have WSL 1 and Ubuntu 18.04 working.

I have followed all instructions here and tried solutions explained here to no avail (see results below).

My features

Some trials and outcomes

REMARKS

If Hyper-V is indeed required for WSL 2, I discovered here that on Windows 10 Home it cannot be activated:

However, the FAQ here says:

QUESTIONS

1. Is Hyper-V required or not for WSL 2?
2. Can Hyper-V be activated or not on Windows 10 Home?

Thank you for any suggestion.

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[onomatopellan]

1. No, for WSL2 you only need "Virtual Machine Platform" (a subset of Hyper-V) and "Windows Subsystem for Linux" features, both available in Home edition.
2. No. Full Hyper-V is not available in Home.

"Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform windows feature and ensure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS" could be a misleading error message. What's your CPU?
If the CPU lacks some capabilities like SLAT it won't work. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4709

[Oxfos]

@onomatopellan thank you.
CPU: Intel Core i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60 GHz
In addition:

I run the Intel Processor Identification Utility. It indicates that SLAT is supported:

[Oxfos]

I found the solution.

The virtualization technology was disabled and had to be enabled in the BIOS:

Now it works:

Btw you don't see any changes in the enabled features:

@onomatopellan Thank you again for pointing me in the right direction.