Win 7 Virtualization Without Hardware Support ?
I just set up a 64 bit computer using an Intel Q8200 quad core processor. Using this same processor/MB arrangement on Vista 64 machines I could virtualize with no issues. Under Win 7 I'm told that VM 2007 won't run, and the new RC of Microsoft's VM requires hardware support not included in this particular chip! Any workarounds?
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