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Enabling Virtualisation (within Windows) - johne53 - 08-12-2020
Hi there - I'm using a Mac Pro which I can dual-boot into either OS-X or Windows 10. The booting bit all works fine...
The problem here is that I need to enable Virtualisation which can only be enabled from within a machine's BIOS/UEFI. But unfortunately, Macs don't allow access to it - not even when running Windows
Within OS-X you can usually change BIOS/UEFI settings by pressing certain keys during bootup and I've successfully enabled Virtualisation - BUT - it only seems to enable it for OS-X. If I reboot into Windows, Virtualisation is still disabled.
Is this something that EasyUEFI could help with?
RE: Enabling Virtualisation (within Windows) - johne53 - 08-13-2020
(08-12-2020, 08:46 PM)johne53 Wrote: Within OS-X you can usually change BIOS/UEFI settings by pressing certain keys during bootup and I've successfully enabled Virtualisation - BUT - it only seems to enable it for OS-X. If I reboot into Windows, Virtualisation is still disabled.
In case anyone else needs this I've had a minor breakthrough this morning (and actually, the above isn't entirely true...)
When I installed Windows 10 on my Mac Pro, it set itself up as the default OS - BUT - it seems that when Windows does this, it somehow boots up without Virtualisation enabled (don't ask me why - but it does...) To enable Virtualisation, you need to boot into MacOS first - and then select restart (without powering down). Windows will then boot up with Virtualisation still enabled.
The good news is that the Virtualisation setting will happily survive a Restart and a Sleep - though unfortunately it won't survive a power down. After powering up next time, I need to go through the same rigmarole again.
I'm guessing this is some kinda weird-ism with the Mac hardware.
RE: Enabling Virtualisation (within Windows) - admin - 08-13-2020
Thank you for your interest in our product. I'm very sorry, EasyUEFI can't help you enable virtualization support on your Mac computer. It is just a tool for managing boot options and ESP partitions.