Using Oracle Virtual Box 4.3.8 on Windows 8.1

[Ninjageek]

I originally used VBox on my Windows 7 laptop until it crashed, along with several other issues, long story short bought a new computer. Right now I'm using Windows 8.1 with an AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 2.00 GHz, along with 8GB of RAM, and of course, it's running 64bit. I've read the articles on changing the "Hyper-V" settings, but I can't find it in Windows Features, and I can't change the OS settings to 64bit Linux due to the lack of it being in the options... I could really use some help here. Thank you.

[loukingjr]

open the control panel in Windows. go to Programs and Features. Click on the link, "Turn Windows features on or off". Hyper-V should be fourth in the list. If not, you may have to disable it in the BIOS.

[Perryg]

Also make sure that hardware virtualization is enabled in the PCs bios. By default it is not and a new PC will not have it enabled.