VMware Workstation Pro Newbie

[JimLittlefield]

Downloaded a trial version of Workstation Pro 12.5.

Am attempting to get this to work on a Win10 Home laptop with Core i7-7500U processor (16G RAM, 1T disk).

Install went OK.

Attempting to start a VM gives me errors about vt-x support not being enabled.

Intel seems to say that VT-x is supported by this processor.

I found one web posting which seems to suggest that Workstation Pro will not work with this processor but have not found it listed in either a "definitely works" or "definitely doesn't work" list in the KB.

Anyone have any insights for this particular CPU/Host OS.

Thanks

Jim

[rcporto · Accepted solution]

Go to your BIOS and enable Virtualization feature that can be named different but you can found some examples here: Ensuring Virtualization Technology is enabled on your VMware host (1003944) | VMware KB.

[JimLittlefield]

Thanks .... somehow from the log files generated I thought the Virtualization features were enabled ... but indeed the BIOS had them turned off.    When I turned them on and rebooted the VM startup got much farther along.     Now its complaining because I don't have the actual client OS installed ... progress!

Regards

Jim

[JimLittlefield]

Got VM running openSuse 13.2 hosted by Win10.    Good progress!   Thanks for the help.

Jim