vmware workstation 8.01 Long support

[jimbo45]

Hi there
I think this type of message can safely be ignored when running a 32 bit virtual machine on vmware workstation 8.0.1 using a w7 x-64 host.

You get a message when powering on the vm saying Long support is disabled on this platform

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AFAIK this simply reminds the user that the 32 bit VM can't execute 64 bit instructions

(This is NOT the same as running a 64 bit GUEST on a 32 bit Host -- quite possible --I've run W7 and W8 64 bit guests on an XP Host machine without problems too).

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Cheers
jimbo

 

[Lemur]

Halló

This is a guess, mind you. You may not have hardware virtualization enabled in the bios.

Try this for a check:

GRC*|*SecurAble: Determine Processor Security Features*|**

Let us know how that goes...

 

[jimbo45]

Halló

This is a guess, mind you. You may not have hardware virtualization enabled in the bios.

Try this for a check:

GRC*|*SecurAble: Determine Processor Security Features*|**

Let us know how that goes...

Hi there
No the BIOS is 100% enabled. There is NO problen in running 64 bit GUEST OS'es from the W7 x-64 Host.

The message ONLY appears when powering on a 32 bit guest on the 64 bit Host.

The VM powers up and works perfectly normally as far as I can see --it;s a W2003 Virtual server --no issues with it at all.

Just the message at power on time was confusing.

Cheers
jimbo