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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe VT is not on by default in all Acer Timeline models. I've seen
different forums where people complain it's not on...

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Thomas Martitz
<thomas.martitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 21.12.2009 09:38, schrieb Alexander Simon:
>>
>> Hi Albert,
>>
>> two days ago i successfully enabled VT with that EFI GRUB with setvariable
>> (or
>> how it was called) from an USB Stick from this Howto:
>>
>> http://feature-enable.blogspot.com/2009/07/enable-vt-on-insydeh2o-based-sony-
>> vaio.html
>> I own an 3810TG.
>> As Acer decided to stop executing EFI Code from USB with recent BIOS
>> Versions,
>> i had to downgrade to the oldest BIOS available from Acer, apply the patch
>> and
>> upgrade again.
>> VirtualBox now lets me enable VT.
>>
>>
>
> VT should be on by default without hacking the bios. Otherwise I'd have been
> unable to install XP mode on my Windows 7 (which I did, and it requires VT).
>
> Best regards.
>
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