Another Win 8 Problem error 0x0000005d

[Perryg]

@aberrio,
We only deal with VirtualBox so that is what I am talking about. Since your CPU does not have hardware virtualization you will not be able to install Windows 8 as a guest, at least at this time. I have no idea if and when the NX bit will be fixed to work without Hardware-v in VirtualBox.

[michaln]

We only deal with VirtualBox so that is what I am talking about. Since your CPU does not have hardware virtualization you will not be able to install Windows 8 as a guest, at least at this time. I have no idea if and when the NX bit will be fixed to work without Hardware-v in VirtualBox.

Since it already works, never...

The problem is not PAE/NX, the problem is that Windows 8 requires the SYSENTER or SYSCALL instruction even in 32-bit mode. We don't see this as a very high priority because a CPU that doesn't support hardware virtualization is not likely to provide a very good Windows 8 experience anyway.

[Perryg]

michaln,

Sorry, I was only going by what was reported in BugTracker https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11159#comment:3
Perhaps you should update the ticket with the correct information and that way I will not provide false information.