According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus capable of controlling a plurality of operating systems, includes an activation module which activates an activation program, a management module which manages the plurality of operating systems to be activated by the activation module, a storage module which stores a main operating system that runs on the management module and a guest operating system that runs on the management module via a virtual activation program, and a notification module which, if a monitoring program that runs on the main operating system activated determines that a configuration of the information processing apparatus has changed, causes a notification program running on the main operating system to notify the guest operating system activated from the storage module via the virtual activation program of change information of the configuration of the information processing apparatus.