Windows 10: Is it necessary to activate WSL from the Windows Features section after installation?

Hello, I'm using Windows 11, and I've installed WSL and Ubuntu from the Windows Store. Do I still need to enable it in the Windows 11 Features section, or is it automatically activated since I installed it from the Microsoft Store?

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Install WSL issue

thanks, I've tried all of it including troubleshooting section. The only step I didn't try is installing kernel update package which fails because subsystem is up to date. Anyway I've given up from WSL and using Hyper-V, I don't need linux often maybe once in a month just to test some stuff so it's not a big issue.

 

WSL

Version 2 of WSL uses a new lightweight utility virtual machine capability. To enable the lightweight virtual machine and WSL, you need to enable two Windows features: Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

To enable these features via the user interface (UI), press the Windows key and enter Windows Features, then click on Turn Windows features on or off.
When the Windows Features dialog appears, check the boxes for Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux.




If you want to make version 2 the default for any Linux distros you install then run the following command:


Code:

Now you can install Linux distro from Microsoft Store it will be running version 2 of WSL.

A distro can be converted between versions of WSL after installation. To achieve this, you use the wsl --set-version command.

This command takes two arguments:

• The name of the distro to update
• The version to convert it to

An example of converting the Ubuntu distro to version 2 is shown here:

Code:

Execute wsl --list --verbose versions of WSL installed distro.

 

windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx