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I am trying to install a virtual OSX lion on Vmware 7.1.3 however I have encountered this error.

Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.

I am aware I need to change some settings, and my intel P8600 Duo Core does support hardware visualisation, but how exactly do I change that, and what exactly do I need to change?

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You do know that it's against the Mac OS X EULA to run it on non-Apple hardware ? – DarkDust Sep 20 '11 at 9:42
I bought a copy of the OS but I was not aware. Thankyou for informing me. – Josh Hilditch Sep 20 '11 at 9:55
Depending on where you live this may not be a problem. AFAIK EULAs aren't enforceable in Germany, for instance, since it's a kind of contract that you cannot read while buying and is therefor void. But IANAL. – DarkDust Sep 20 '11 at 10:54
You can't install Lion on non-apple hardware. There us something called hackintosh which allows you to. – Sandeep Bansal Sep 20 '11 at 11:34
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Regardless of being enforceable or not, you have to virtualize it on Apple hardware within OS X. Everything else is off-topic for Super User. – slhck Sep 20 '11 at 11:45
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I can see this was migrated from stack overflow, so it's not the persons fault that their content is not relevant if they were not the one migtrating the question. In response to the question, if you have a ligitament version you can install it on VMware if you have the plugins, you may have to pay for it, and some countries are allowed to run simulated software providing the inital copy to be simulated is legit.

Running hardware virtualisation is often changed in the bio menu, under cpu.

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With this particular model of intel it is definitely done in the bios menu, under cpu. This can be reached by usually hitting F1 on startup. – Mike McLain Sep 20 '11 at 13:15
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