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Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p? (3756 Views)
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RosaElefant
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Registered: ‎02-04-2012
Message 11 of 20 (3,759 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

Uhm, which menu do you mean here? The one that appears when I press ESC?

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Paul_Tikkanen
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Message 12 of 20 (3,758 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

When you are in the system configuration menu, there are those boxes and one of them is labeled set security level.

 

Here is the link to my BIOS configuration menu settings.

 

Perhaps this will be of help to you as well.

 

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01892653/c01892653.pdf

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RosaElefant
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Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

Well, that item is greyed out for me too. :smileysad:

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Paul_Tikkanen
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Message 14 of 20 (3,755 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

There must be some kind of BIOS security thing blocking you.

 

Maybe you want to set all of your BIOS security settings to the defaults?

 

I don't have any passwords or HP Protect Tools on my PC.

 

If you have the HP Protect Tools security software installed, maybe there is some security in there that is locking down your BIOS settings.

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RosaElefant
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Message 15 of 20 (3,753 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

The only thing enabled there is "Pre-boot security", making me have to enter my password every time I turn on the machine. I try to turn it off, but I doubt it will change much as I am the only "registered user" of the system anyway...

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RosaElefant
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Message 16 of 20 (3,751 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

BiosConfigUtility let me enable VT-x via command line (it said "pass"). Wish me luck it worked!

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RosaElefant
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Message 17 of 20 (3,749 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

After a reboot. all is set to "Enable". VirtualBox still says VT-x is locked. What is wrong?

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adtirex
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Registered: ‎02-01-2012
Message 18 of 20 (3,729 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

To get Administrator of BIOS check this link :

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01798858&jumpi...

 

it will give you the Administrator user  that can change all settings in BIOS .

XP mode works for me , I looked in VB and shows VT enabled , but haven't started yet a virtual machine to test .

Check also if there's any BIOS update that might be needed , I'm running F22 .

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RosaElefant
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Message 19 of 20 (3,721 Views)

Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 8560p?

Ahh, that seems to have done the trick - I also had to check TPM (whyever, and whatever it is doing, lol); after a restart, VT-x worked!

 

Thanks!

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kandhi
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Re: How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 6930p?

How can I enable VT-x in EliteBook 6930p?

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