How to run XP mode in windows 7?

[wafflehammer]

Okay, I have windows 7 pro 64 bit installed. I have both things needed to run xp mode installed. BUT whenever I try to launch it, it says the virtualization is either off ( even though it's on ) or that I might have to turn Trusted Execution Technology off in the BIOS but I've never seen an option for that :|

So what's the deal here? Is there something I'm looking over or what?

 

[Lexluethar]

Is your hardware cablable of virtualization? Your hardware has to support that for the xp mode to work.

 

[wafflehammer]

yes it does...ran the windows test thing

and I have virtualization turned on in the bios...but it still says it's not on :\

 

[Osiris]

When you turn it on, that is if you manually turned it on, you need to shut down the computer, then power it back up. I'm not 100% sure if this is for all systems but a simple restart after I turned it on still resulted in the same error mesage. Once it was powered down and then back up, I was good to go.

 

[wafflehammer]

Well it was enabled by default.

Should I turn it off, start up, shut down, turn on, then restart again to see if it works?

 

[Osiris]

It wouldnt hurt. My Dell system was on by default and it worked, but my IBM laptop wasnt, had to do it manually, turn off, turn on then it worked

 

[wafflehammer]

Tried it, still doesn't work...this is what it says :

 

[Osiris]

Do you see trusted execution technology in the BIOS anywhere?

 

[wafflehammer]

nope looked all for it or anything that could be related to it or virtualization :\

my bios version is the first revision ( like 3-5 have come out after )....do you think flashing to a newer bios would help?

EDIT: I found someone else had the same trouble with a gigabyte x58 board (not ud5, i think it was ud3r maybe) and flashing helped :\ so I'm gonna do that i guess

 

[Osiris]

Be careful with that