What, no virtualisation technology option in your UEFI? RMA it!

Hi, Beware- your laptop may not have an option to enable Virtualisation Technology.

I eventually realised that I was failing to install Win 8.1 in VirtualBox because virtualisation technology was disabled.
(Acceleration tab in VirtualBox greyed out, "VT-x ... is not available" error)

New custom laptop.

Called the supplier, PC Specialist in the UK.

1. He understood what I was talking about.. great.
2. He checked and confirmed there was no appropriate option in the locked down dumbed down version of UEFI
3. He said 9 out of 10 laptops had it enabled by default. (ASUS motherboard).
- why aren't they consistent?????
4. Flashing it wasn't an option.
5. So it has to be returned and replaced with a new one they will build and test, and return with my existing disks.
6. Being picked up tomorrow... perhaps 10 days.

So a replacement laptop, which means an issue with my Windows license, and at least one one other program.

Hmm.

Just in case someone else encounters a similar situation...

Just use vmware player. It does not require that setting to be turned on in the bios. I didn't think virtual box required it either.

I have only noticed a slight performance improvement with that on, nothing major though. It all depends on usage however.