[xarzu]

Virtual PC does not work without hardware virtualization. If I run Windows Virtual PC and click to “Create Virtual Machine” I get an error. The error message has a link which takes me to where I can download and run the Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool. When I run this tool, I am warned that the hardware-assisted virtualization is not enabled and it give me another link.

This takes me to an intranet page with this warning:

Although OEMs have been shipping hardware virtualization in PCs for three years, hardware virtualization is not available in all PCs—so even if your PC is new, it may not have hardware virtualization.

And this seems to be the case with this machine. After doing the steps go into the BIOS during startup, I did not find any mention in the BIOS settings for selecting the Virtualization Technology.

The computer I am using is a HP COMPAQ DC 7800. What computers have Virtulaization and which ones do not? Is there a list somewhere?

The processor is Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz

What other information do I need to know? I would not even know what to google. I am thinking of asking HP for advice.

I see two directions I could take this. I could get a list of computers I could exchange my computer with and find out if they offer hardware virtualization, or I could try to find a list of computers that do offer virtualization and work that way.

[IvanV]

Q6600 supports virtualization and settings to enable it should be in BIOS. I hope that this page will help you: DC7x00ConfigurationGuide ? PlanetLab

[OldBuzzard]

The problem with a lot of the pre-built systems like that is that they lock you out of alot of BIOS options.

Let's hope that isn't the case with that system.