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VT-x is not available, but is enabled in BIOS
Recently I started having an issue with VT-x on my Windows 10 running on HP EliteBook. I was using Oracle VirtualBox to run some VMs on it before and VT-x was enabled in BIOS and was working fine.
I ...
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What is the EFI shell?
My BIOS offers me the option to launch an EFI shell, but I have no idea what that is. Does it allow me to turn on CPU flags like VT-x or something similar? Why would I want to use it?
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Why does HP recommend that I keep Hardware Virtualization off?
I have an HP desktop, and I wanted to install VirtualBox, so I could run an XP VM (gotta test stuff in IE8).
Before setting this up, I went into my BIOS to check if Hardware Virtualization was on. I ...
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Is there a technical reason for Intel VT-x being disabled by default on some motherboards?
Intel VT-x is an instruction set that facilitates virtualization. From Wikipedia
The CPU flag for VT-x capability is "vmx" [...]
"vmx" stands for Virtual Machine Extensions, which adds ten new
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VT-X option not available in BIOS even if Intel Core supports VT-X
Im trying to speed up an android emulator using VT-X but there is no VT-X options in my BIOS. Even worse, my BIOS is almost empty! There is only the change password, which way to boot, information and ...
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What is VT-x? Why it is not enabled in few machine by default
While installing Virtual machine I am getting error that VT-x is not enabled so I am not able to continue install Virtual OS.
So
What is VT-x?
How to enable it?
By enabling will cause performance ...
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How to enable Intel VT-x?
I have a CLEVO w150erm, with a i7-3610QM processor, which supports Intel VT-x. However in order to use it I have to activate that option in the BIOS (or so that's what I believe) but I simply can't ...
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How to enable Virtualization technology in Samsung Chromebox
I need to enable Virtualization Technology (VT) in my Samsung Chromebox (Series 5) from Google IO 2012 because of Android x86 emulator from Intel. I am on developer BIOS, but I have no clue, how to ...
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How to activate VT-x on a Acer Aspire E1-571G?
How to activate the hardware virtualization an this laptop if on the BIOS i don't have any options...It's very simplified ( the only tabs on the BIOs are those:
I searched and the processor supports ...
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Dell E6500 virtualization BIOS settings
Do you have Any experience how virtualization related BIOS settings work In Dell E6500? I am using VMWare Workstation 6.5 and do not see any option to turn those “magic features” on.
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VirtualBox - How to solve "VT-x not available" when VT-x is turned on in BIOS? [duplicate]
I have a VirtualBox that was working before I installed Docker for windows.
Now when I try to open a VM (64bit) that was working I get the follow error:
VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX).
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virtualization technology in bios is enabled but hyper v is saying it's disabled
I am using core i5 2520M CPU with 8GB DDR3 RAM. I am using Windows 10 pro 20H2 64-bit. I have enabled the Virtualization Technology in BIOS but while enabling Hyper-V it is saying that virtualization ...
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Intel-VT not enabled in BIOS on acer laptop V3-772G
Yesterday i purchased Acer Laptop V3-772G and increased RAM just for the sole purpose of using this beast for Virtualization but when i tried to install 64-bit OS it slapped me with VT error. So i ...
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VT-x enabled in BIOS, but disabled in Windows 10 [duplicate]
I'm tryting to run NOX app player but show warning message Virtualization is off and in task manager the vt-x is indeed disabled.
I already enabled it in BIOS and i don't have AVAST antivirus to ...
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Enabling VT-x on Intel Core i5 3450 with MSI B75A-G41 mainboard
I'm willing to enable the VT-X virtualization technology on my Intel Core i5 3450 CPU, however in the BIOS menu (I've the latest version: 17.8) of my MSI B75A-G41 mainboard, this option is greyed out ...
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