Mac – x64 Hardware Virtualisation support not detected on Windows 8.1

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I get the following error (and yes I know this has been reported many times, but please read further): VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Your 64-bit guest will fail to detect a 64-bit CPU and will not be able to boot.

The issue is that Virtualisation is enabled in my BIOS and I also made sure my BIOS is upgraded to the latest version.

Here is the thing: I used VirtualBox on the same machine, but with Windows 7 and I could run exactly the same x64 guest images.

Best Answer

All what you need is disabling Hyper-V. Run command prompt with administrator rights and run the following command:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Restart your PC and you're done!

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