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    No Hardware Virtualization in Virtual PC 2007?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jminiman, Jun 10, 2008.

  1. jminiman

    jminiman Notebook Guru

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    I have a T61, which uses a Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.2 GHz. Why then does VPC 2007 not recognize that my system has hardware-assisted virtualization enabled? I went into the BIOS, under Config--CPU, and enabled Intel Virtualization Technology (VMM). However, when i go into VPC 2007, in the Options section I see "Hardware-assisted virtualization is not available on this computer". Why?

    The only thing I could think of is that I have this in my XP SP3 startup options:

    [boot loader]
    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /noexecute=alwaysoff /fastdetect

    Could this be my problem? Should I clear the noexecute stuff?
     
    jminiman, Jun 10, 2008
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    techboydino Notebook Evangelist

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    try a demo from VMWARE, we use their new stuff, its pretty insano. soon the whole world will be back to one massive mainframe and all virtual servers.
    muhahahahahahhahahaha
     
    techboydino, Jun 10, 2008
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  3. jminiman

    jminiman Notebook Guru

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    That doesn't answer my question. I do use VMWare. However, I want to reap the benefits of hardware-assisted virtualization.
     
    jminiman, Jun 10, 2008
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  4. Rich.Carpenter

    Rich.Carpenter Cranky Bastage

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    The VPC isn't running or in a saved stated when you try to change this setting, is it?
     
    Rich.Carpenter, Jun 11, 2008
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    techboydino Notebook Evangelist

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    i know but you can at least see if VMWARE detects the IVT or not.
     
    techboydino, Jun 11, 2008
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    I looked at my bios the other day and noticed the virtualization was turned off which surprized me. It came turned off from the factory.
     
    Renee, Jun 11, 2008
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    Yeah - you have to reenable it AND shut down the PC. That fixed it for me this morning.
     
    jminiman, Jun 11, 2008
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    good deal. old news, not related but Virtual PC has a Service pack out that fixed some client issues.

    now you'll be able to run as many lindows copies as you want.
     
    techboydino, Jun 11, 2008
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