Tell If Your Intel Processor Has Virtualization
With consumers' increased awareness of programs such as VMware, computer virtualization has become a common task performed on business computers. Because of the popularity of virtualization, processor-manufacturer Intel has implemented hardware-assisted virtualization in many of its recent CPUs. In some cases, hardware virtualization can make a virtual computer perform nearly as well as the actual hardware that it is running on. Use the Intel Processor Identification Utility to determine whether your processor has hardware virtualization.
Instructions
1. Download and install the Intel Processor Identification Utility using the link in the "Resources" section of this article. Run the program after it is installed.
2. Click the "CPU Technologies" tab.
3. Find the entry labeled "Intel Virtualization Technology" under the "CPU Technologies" tab. If this entry is followed by "Yes," hardware virtualization is supported by your processor.
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