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Win 7 XP Mode is Hardware-Dependent

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mwb1100:
The cpuz utility will tell you if your processor has AMD-V or Intel VT-x hardware virtualization support.

  - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Krishean:
i really love CPU-Z, i use it on nearly every computer i own / work on  :D
other apps from cpuid i like are HWMonitor and PC Wizard

on this page it says you need another gig of ram on top of the minimum system requirements for xp mode. although i think you could run it with the minimum ram requirements (and they don't really enforce the ram requirement) i have found that if you are going to use the computer for anything serious that 1gb/32-bit 2gb/64-bit seems to be a reasonable amount of ram

app103:
Additionally, those PCs with hardware virtualization have it turned off by default, so you will need to turn on the hardware virtualization capability before you can use it.
-mrainey (January 16, 2010, 06:16 AM)
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My Dell Vostro 410 (Q6600) not only has it, came with it turned ON, by default.

lanux128:
one can use a tool like Securable to identify if the processor supports "Hardware virtualization".


• http://www.grc.com/securable.htm

Carol Haynes:
That#s a handy little tool. Thanks.

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