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[Michele Sama <michele.sama@xxxxxxxxx>]

On my travelmate timeline 8371 it was on by default.


On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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