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Hi
(The search box on the forum doesn't allow me to search for VT-x. 'String too short.')
I am trying to get Windows 8 running on VB as a guest on Win 7.
I have two laptops in front of me.
Toshiba Satellite and Acer Aspire.
Neither mention Virtualisation in the BIOS (<f2> Setup)
Both are running VB 4.2.6
When I attempt to run Win 8 on the Toshiba, I get the warning that some guests require VT-x and won't boot without it.
In Machine Settings and System, the Acceleration tab is greyed out.
On the Acer, the Acceleration tab is available and 'Enable VT-x/AMD-V' is ticked. The Win 8 guest runs fine.
Is this purely a laptop hardware/spec issue?
Regards
Echo

You might be able to upgrade your bios but if your CPU and/or bios does not support hardware virtualization Windows 8 will not work as a guest.

Hi perryg
Thanks for that.
I have researched and established that the processor on this PC (Intel T4300) doesn't support Hardware Virtualisation.
So that's that, then.
Echo