Windows 8.1 x64 installation without PrefetchW Support

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I'm having Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Processor with 2GB RAM. While trying to install Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit i gave me an error saying that the processor is not compatible with Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit .I checked the system requirements and found that my processor doesn't support PrefetchW but all the other requirements are supported.

HTT * Hyperthreading enabled

X64 * Supports 64-bit mode

NX * Supports no-execute page protection

PAE * Supports > 32-bit physical addresses

SSE2 * Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 2

CX16 * Supports CMPXCHG16B instruction

PREFETCHW – Supports PREFETCHW instruction

Note : '*' means it's there(supports) and '-' means it's not there(doesn't support)

I know i'm asking a poor question. But i want my old processor to run Windows 8.1 64Bit anyway. Is there any way to run Windows 8.1 64 bit without PrefetchW support?

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no, this is not possible. The only way to install Windows 8.1 on this CPU is to use the 32Bit (x86) Version which is recommend when only using 2GB of RAM.

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