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Free 'no-host OS' virtualization and vm management for desktop
Is there good, robust enough for every-day use, way to setup free hardware-based virtualization which would support at least Windows and Linux and also be supported by some usable, user-freindy and ...
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Enable Hardware Virtualization BIOS - other way?
I have a 2009 Asus Pro55 Series Laptop Computer which I use for School and "other work". In this case, I am wanting to try out Mac OS X or Windows 7 via a Virtual Machine or by Dual Booting. I have ...
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How do I use VirtualBox if my processor does not support Hardware Virtualization?
I just checked, and my processor does not support hardware virtualization:
Is there a way to still use VirtualBox even if my processor does not support hardware virtualization?
I was planning to ...
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CPU required for running virtualization? [closed]
Is there some kind of special CPU i need for running more than 1 virtual machine at the same time?
Is there a difference between AMD and intel?
What sort of memory should i be considering for ...
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CPU modes and recursive virtualisation
I'm trying to get my head around virtualisation and hypervisors.
So the top OS, say Linux, runs in ring 0, with userspace programmes running in ring 3. The user boots up VMware, with Linux running ...
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Hardware that supports Windows Phone 8 development HAV, SLAT, DEP, Hyper-V etc?
I have a Thinkpad T61p which is about 4 years old. It has a Core2 Duo T9300. I upgraded to Windows 8 intending to develop Windows Phone 8 apps. It turns out that the WP8 emulator requireds Hardware ...
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HP Pavilion g7 1012eo installed windows 8, cant turn on hardware virtualization
I have used my hp-pavilion g7 for almost one year. During this time i have developed apps for win7 phone. I never had any problem with the emulator.
I recently installed win 8 64bit pro on it to ...
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How do you enable multi-core virtualization in Windows 8 Pro?
I've just got a new Dell Vostro 470 with a quad core (8 threads) i7 3770 and I'm trying to run virtual machines on it, which works fine, except if I want to assign multiple cores to a VM. I've checked ...
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Athlon II X3 440 - Enabling Virtualization in BIOS
I'm having a little trouble determining if AMD-V support is enabled, because I'd like to try out HyperSLI and I know that it requires AMD-V to be enabled. I'm using an Athlon II X3 440, plugged into ...
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Hardware assisted virtualization on acer aspire 5935g
I would like to make hardware assisted virtualization work on my acer aspire 5935g. But my current configuration has Intel core 2 duo p7450 which doesnt support intel VT technology.
I'm wondering ...
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Maximum amount of hard drives in 64-bit Linux?
Is there a maximum amount of hard drives that one can connect to a 64-bit linux machine? I'm not concerned with practicality, as my situation involves a VM.
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Can I create a virtual network interface to connect to a real network device?
I have a networked windows pc with 2 network interfaces.
The first connects to a lan with ip address 10.1..
The second connects to another lan with ip address 10.2..
Maybe it's a dumb question, ...
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Best virtual machine software for AMD fusion series. (C-50)
I am planning on installing a Windows XP vm on a AMD C-50 processor. Host OS will be windows 7 home premium.
What software should I be using?
Performance is my greatest concern, as the processor ...
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Do mobile AMD A8 processors support IOMMU/VT-D PCI Passthrough for virtual machines?
I have been looking at laptops lately, and I was wondering if the laptop AMD A8 CPUs support PCI passthrough in Xen Hypervisor or KVM. If they do, which specific CPU model numbers are known to support ...
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Emulate hardware on non-VM machine
Okay, so here is my situation. I have some software which looks for an installed Video Input Card and based on if it finds anything launches 1 of 2 Renderers, one that launches as fullscreen render ...
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How can I enable hardware virtualization when it has been locked in my Dell Vostro 220 PC?
I need help in unlocking my Dell Vostro 220 hardware virtualization.
I ran SecurAble and it gave me the results below:
64-bit Maximum Word Length
Hardware D.E.P --- YES
Hardware ...
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How to enable hardware virtualization on Asus motherboard
I have motherboard model: Asus MB P9Z68-V LX; LGA1155, Intel Z68 and processor Intel Core
i7-2600 3.40GHz LGA1155 BOX. As I search on Internet hardware virtualization should be possible with these ...
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VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration not operational with VirtualBox
I am trying to install OS X with VirtualBox, on my Windows 7 laptop. I see the following error message:
VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational.
Certain guests ...
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Does G41 chipset support virtualization?
I'm confused because Wikipedia it clearly says that Intel G41 chipset does NOT support
Hardware Virtualization. However, from GA-EP41T-UD3L manual, which has G41, I see that its bios has ...
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Difference between Mac and Windows Host for XP Guest in VirtualBox
Here's the setup: I have an older piece of remote monitoring equipment, known as a Badger. The GUI control software that runs on Windows is a Java app, the CD has a date of 2003 but I think the ...
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Why do PC manufacturers disable advanced CPU features in the BIOS by default?
I've got a Dell Precision T5400 here, and had to go into the BIOS and flip on VT before I was able to run VMs. While I was in there, I found that several other features were disabled (even really ...
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Setting up a bare-metal virtualized system where hypervisor hosts a SW RAID
[I am completely new to running "bare metal" virtualized hardware, so please lead me to TFM, so I can R it.]
What I was hoping to do, is to have some kind of bare metal virtualized server setup, but ...
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Remotely connecting a USB device
I need to "remotely" connect a USB device. I need to sync my PDA with my home computer when I only have physical access to my laptop.
I am able to use TeamViewer to remotely control the target ...
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Q9550 CPU Not supporting Hardware Virtualization?
According to Intel's Website, my Q9550 processor should support Hardware Virtualization. (It says on the box and many other sources too, so the website isn't wrong). However, according to Microsoft's ...
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Windows Virtual PC, multi-core possible?
I have a PC based on a "Intel i7 975". My OS is "Win7 Ultimate 64bit", and I have installed "Windows Virtual PC" + "XP Mode". My problem is that only ONE core is virtualized, so, can I virtualize two ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu 64-bit in Virtualbox on Mac OS X
I have latest generation Macbook Pro 7.1 (Intel Core 2 Duo) running Mac OS X 10.6.6. I installed Virtuabox 4.0.2 and tried to boot Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit iso. The boot options screen from the live CD ...
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Why is Hardware Assisted Virtualization disabled by default?
Why would vendors by default set hardware assisted virtualization off? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X201 (64bit) but it seems this is the case with other vendors too. I want to run some virtual machines ...
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Are there any benchmarks showing difference between hardware virtualisation enabled/disabled?
I have a 13" sub-laptop/large-netbook, it has an AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335, and I chose this one because it supports hardware virtualisation.
In the end, I hardly do any virtualisation on it, however, ...
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After enabling hardware virtualization, Windows 7 says it's not genuine
I had to enable hardware virtualization to run an IE7 VPC image. For some reason this makes my Windows installation think that it's not genuine. This in turn also makes Microsoft Security Essentials ...
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Thoughts on dev machine upgrade & design? [closed]
I currently have a Pentium4 630 with 3 gigs of ram that I bought for 150 bucks a year ago that has acted as my main dev machine. I run Windows 7 64 as the host OS and a few different linux flavored ...
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Virtualization of desktop
I'm thinking about virtualization of my laptop(for educational purposes). My idea is to install very light host OS and have all the rest as virtual machines. Microsoft's Hyper-V Standalone would be ...
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How to enable hardware virtualization and DEP for Pentium E5200? [closed]
I just figured out that my processor is more awesome than I thought it would be.
And here's the motherboard and CPU details:
My only problem now, before I start to rock: how to enable those ...
