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How to Enable VT-x for VirtualBox
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Tutorial: How to enable VT-x

!!important!! This will require the student to adjust their BIOS/UEFI settings and screenshare will be impossible unless they can join screenshare session from their phone and point the camera at the screen. This also includes very time sensitive key presses, so it might take the student a few tries to get to the BIOS settings.

NOTE!! Some latop manufactures do not have the setting in the BIOS (try googling by their manufactor and chipset first before giving up), in this case the Virtual Box might not be a solution for them with their current PC. Some options for them might be: move to a native Linux environment, continue using the Learn IDE or try on a different Windows machine.

On Windows 10 or 8, you can configure UEFI firmware settings by triggering an advanced restart. Try opening the links for all the ways you can trigger it. I did it by going to the start menu -> settings -> update & security -> recovery -> advanced startup -> restart now.

This process varies, but in most cases this should work

  • Once in the BIOS settings look around for an option with one of the following labels:
    • Intel VT-x
    • Intel Virtualization Technology
    • Virtualization Extensions
    • Vanderpool
    • Anything related to Virtual/Virtualization might be the right item
  • Enable the VT-x(or name from the list above) option
  • Select "Save and Exit" or the equivalent option on the students machine
  • Reboot machine

Some machines require using the UEFI firmware settings to access this:

Youtube walkthough on Windows 10

  • Hold down the "Shift" key as you click "Restart" in Windows
  • This will bootup the "Choose an option" menu, click on "Troubleshoot
  • On the "Troubleshoot" screen , click on "Advanced Options"
  • On the "Advanced options" screen, click on "UEFI Firmware settings"
  • On the "UEFI Firmware Settings" screen, click on "Restart"
  • Upon reboot you should be in the UEFI settings.
  • Look for the following options
    • Intel VT-x
    • Intel Virtualization Technology
    • Virtualization Extensions
    • Vanderpool
    • Anything related to Virtual/Virtualization might be the right item
  • Enable the VT-x (or name from the list above) option
  • Select "Save and Exit" or the equivalent option on the students machine
  • Reboot machine
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