XPM on win7 not available when hardware CPU virtualisation is missing

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PressPass: Does Windows 7 have higher system requirements with Windows XP Mode installed?

Woodgate: Yes. We recommend that customers use Windows XP Mode on a PC with 2GB of memory. We also recommend an additional 15 GB of additional disk space for Windows XP Mode. In addition, Windows Virtual PC requires a PC with Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled in the CPU, as it takes advantage of the latest advancements in hardware virtualization.
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-28Win7QA.mspx

NOT supported on desktop:

Core 2 Duo
E4300/4400/4500/4600/4700
E7200/7300/7400/7500
E8190

Core 2 Quad
Q8200/8200S/8300/8400/8400S

Pentium
E2140/2160/2180/2200/2220
E5200/5300/5400

mobile:

Mobile CPU products
Core 2 Duo Mobile
L7200/7300/7400/7500 YES
P7350/7450 NO
P7370 YES
P8400/8600/8700/9500/9600 YES
SL9300/9400/9600 YES
SP9300/9400/9600 YES
SU9300/9400/9600 YES
T5200/5250/5270/5300/5450/5470 NO
T5500/5600 YES
T5550/5670/5750/5800/5850/5870/5900 NO
T6400/6570 NO
T7100/7200/7250/7300/7400 YES
T7500/7600/7700/7800 YES
T8100/8300 YES
T9300/9400/9500/9550/9600/9800 YES
U7500/U7600 YES
Core 2 Extreme Mobile
QX9300 YES
X7800/7900 YES
X9000/9100 YES
Core 2 Quad Mobile
Q9000 YES
Q9100 NO
Core 2 Solo
SU3300/3500 YES
U2100/2200 YES
Core Duo
L2300/2400/2500 YES
T2050/2250 NO
T2300/2400/2500/2600/2700 YES
T2300E/2350/2450 NO
U2400/2500 YES
Core Solo
T1300/1400 YES
T1350 NO
U1300/1400/1500 YES

for AMD parts

Low end sempron and athlon rev E + turion rev k8 E
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Whilst hardware virtualisation support is optional with Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005, it's compulsory with Hyper-V. I suspect the engine inside Windows 7 is based on the Hyper-V codebase, thus making hardware support mandatory.
 
There are a lot of budget CPU's there.

If WinXP mode was supposed to bridge the gap for companies etc to update to windows7 without fear of driver/software incompatibilities, then Im not convinced that they arent going to be using budget CPUs such as the ones listed.

But I could have sworn that the e5200 had virtualization listed on the its intel page, but apparently not now.
 
Aww, I don't have it on my E5200. I guess they cut it out of the budget and cheaper CPUs which sorta defeats the purpose, as xiphrex says, as well as some of the other requirements.
 
I've known my E7200 doesn't support VT since I brought it - bit of a bugger :(

Still, a reason for a shiney new quad eh ;)
 
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