► More weirdness:
I just re-ran the verbose havtool.exe test while in Win 8 (where I have hardware virtualization), and I got the following results (pasted at bottom here).
Note the line
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000005
How do it get it to 0x000005 when I'm in Win 7?
Please also let me know if you see any other clues in the differences between the first test above (not enabled in Win 7) and the test below (yes enabled in Win 8 - on the same PC and same BIOS !!)
Here are the test results:
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Intel VT or VIA Centerhauls processor.
System CPU supports Hardware Assisted Virtualization.
Setting up driver.
The file "C:\Users\glnz Admin\Downloads\HAVTool\sources\amd64\\detecthav.sys" is signed and the signature was verified.
Driver installed.
-------------MSR Details------------------
Number of Processors in the system = 4
Information for processor 0 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000005
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is enabled in the BIOS
Information for processor 1 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000005
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is enabled in the BIOS
Information for processor 2 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000005
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is enabled in the BIOS
Information for processor 3 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000005
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is enabled in the BIOS
Proc VMXLock VMXEn TXTBit
0 1 1 0
1 1 1 0
2 1 1 0
3 1 1 0
-------BIOS INFORMATION-------------------
Number of values: 15
(01) BiosMajorRelease : 4
(02) BiosMinorRelease : 6
(03) ECFirmwareMajorRelease : 255
(04) ECFirmwareMinorRelease : 255
(05) BaseBoardManufacturer : Dell Inc.
(06) BaseBoardProduct : 0GY6Y8
(07) BaseBoardVersion : A03
(08) BIOSReleaseDate : 09/09/2013
(09) BIOSVendor : Dell Inc.
(10) BIOSVersion : A16
(11) SystemFamily :
(12) SystemManufacturer : Dell Inc.
(13) SystemProductName : OptiPlex 7010
(14) SystemSKU : OptiPlex 7010
(15) SystemVersion : 01
BIOS Vendor : Dell Inc.
BIOS Version : A16
System Manufacturer : Dell Inc.
Final returnValue = 0
Send SQM data to Microsoft.
The SQM machine ID already exists
The SQM user ID already exists
Received SQM upload callback:result 0x0
Current file C:\Users\glnz Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\HAV Detection Tool\HAVDetectionTool.sqm
HTTP code: 200
► So, what is the difference between my two OSes that is causing the problem in Win 7??
Thanks.