Vagrant Up Error VT-x is not available For 64-Bit Box

I was trying to deploy a vagrant (v1.8.5) box hashicorp/precise64 box with virtualbox 5.1.12 and received Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: VT-x is not available.

So, that made me thinking does my processor supports virtualization instruction for 64-bit box?

Curiosity lead me to a piece of software which can tell me if my system CPU have this capability and there ends few hours of web search.

You can download and use this utility: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/7838.

For more options around such utility, please refer previous post: Virtualization Compatibility Check For Intel and AMD CPU Systems (Hyper-V and VT-x BIOS)

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Virtualization Compatibility Check For Intel and AMD CPU Systems (Hyper-V and VT-x BIOS)

Use the available utilities to check if your system processor is compatible to supports Virtualization Technology (VT) and Hyper-Threading virtualization instructions.


For Intel CPU, click the link below to download and run the utility:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/7838


For AMD CPU, click the link below to download and run the utility:

http://download.amd.com/techdownloads/AMD-VwithRVI_Hyper-V_CompatibilityUtility.zip


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