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    Enabling vt-x in the BIOS on Samsung laptops

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by shivan82, Jul 30, 2009.

  1. shivan82

    shivan82 Newbie

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    I've got a P460 I'm quite happy with(but no one else in the world seems to own this laptop?No reviews, user forums, nothing..)

    Windows 7 is coming out and I use VMware workstation for work. Having VT enabled would be incredibly useful both for VMware and W7's XP mode.

    There is currently a debacle raging on the Sony forums about VAIO's not permitting this setting and them having to do some BIOS hacking to enable this.

    Has anyone had any experience with this on a Samsung laptop?
     
    shivan82, Jul 30, 2009
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  2. TheLostOne

    TheLostOne Notebook Guru

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    I have an old Samsung X11 Pro with T7400 processor which also supports VT.
    In the BIOS is also nowhere an option for en-/disabling this feature.

    I think VT is always enabled and only needs the be activated in the virtualization software.
    There's a tool called SecurAble which let's you check if VT is active.
    When I try to run the tool in my normal Windows installation it tells me that VT is locked off, but when I run the tool in a virtualized Windows through VirtualBox (VB let's you activate VT in the settings) SecurAble says VT is active.
     
    TheLostOne, Aug 2, 2009
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