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I'm running a Lenovo Y550 laptop with a P8600 2.4 ghz processor and just
upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro. I cannot (there is NO
such option in the BIOS) enable hardware virtualization in the Bios Setup
utility (Phoenix 15CN34WW V.2.7) even though I know that this processor
does support it. Lenovo has no answer... who can tell me if there is a way
to enable this feature in order to run XP mode in Win 7 Pro?

Google for "lenovo y550 virtualisation". There is a reported BIOS hack
to do this.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-...lem/m-p/207131


On 22/02/2010 17:01, flyboy wrote:
> I'm running a Lenovo Y550 laptop with a P8600 2.4 ghz processor and just
> upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro. I cannot (there is NO
> such option in the BIOS) enable hardware virtualization in the Bios
> Setup utility (Phoenix 15CN34WW V.2.7) even though I know that this
> processor does support it. Lenovo has no answer... who can tell me if
> there is a way to enable this feature in order to run XP mode in Win 7 Pro?

Dominic Payer wrote:
> Google for "lenovo y550 virtualisation". There is a reported BIOS hack
> to do this.
> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-...lem/m-p/207131
>
>
>
> On 22/02/2010 17:01, flyboy wrote:
>> I'm running a Lenovo Y550 laptop with a P8600 2.4 ghz processor and just
>> upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro. I cannot (there is NO
>> such option in the BIOS) enable hardware virtualization in the Bios
>> Setup utility (Phoenix 15CN34WW V.2.7) even though I know that this
>> processor does support it. Lenovo has no answer... who can tell me if
>> there is a way to enable this feature in order to run XP mode in Win 7
>> Pro?

Microsoft has just released an upgrade to their virtualization software
so that you can run XP without hardware virtualization. I read about it
earlier today. Now you have to download and install three files, but it
will work without the hardware support.

Don't forget the Win 7 XP mode is only for Pro, Ultimate and Enterprise.
Supposedly it will not install on Home versions.

But on Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise there is a patch that
eliminates the requirement for hardware visualization.


On 2010-03-24 18:25, Anon wrote:
> Dominic Payer wrote:
>> Google for "lenovo y550 virtualisation". There is a reported BIOS hack
>> to do this.
>> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-...lem/m-p/207131
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22/02/2010 17:01, flyboy wrote:
>>> I'm running a Lenovo Y550 laptop with a P8600 2.4 ghz processor and just
>>> upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Pro. I cannot (there is NO
>>> such option in the BIOS) enable hardware virtualization in the Bios
>>> Setup utility (Phoenix 15CN34WW V.2.7) even though I know that this
>>> processor does support it. Lenovo has no answer... who can tell me if
>>> there is a way to enable this feature in order to run XP mode in Win
>>> 7 Pro?
>
> Microsoft has just released an upgrade to their virtualization software
> so that you can run XP without hardware virtualization. I read about it
> earlier today. Now you have to download and install three files, but it
> will work without the hardware support.
>