
It also adds support for 8 GB RAM in a virtual machine and 8-way SMP. Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Macs 3D support includes DirectX 9.0, DirectX Pixel Shader 2.0 and OpenGL 2.0 21 as well as 256 MB video memory. Sorry I don't remember what the menu item is called. Version 4.0 is the first version that supports both 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems. On my HP laptop its under the group of settings on the far right menu option.

If you do not have a profile, create one. If prompted, log in to your Customer Connect profile. Related Products and Versions VMware Workstation Pro VMware Workstation VMware Workstation Pro 15. Note: VMware Workstation 15.x and above is compatible with Windas a host operating system. If you are wondering what features you will be missing out on, you can check the Release Notes of later versions. VMware Workstation Pro 12.x and above only supports 64-bit host operating systems. Select the installer from the list according to your host operating system. If you want it for personal use, then VM Player 6.0.7 free (non-Pro, non-trial) isat the time of this writingthe last version that you can get which will run on a 32-bit CPU. So you'll have to reboot your system, go into the bios and look for the entry that controls whether its turned on or off. Locate VMware Player under Desktop & End user Computing. If your system has hardware virtualization but it is turned off - the switch is probably located in the bios settings. The VMWare Player, which is free, should be able to do this as well.įirst check to see if your processor supports hardware virtualization and that its turned on (many systems come with it turned off by default) by going to GRC and downloading a little freeware app called SecurAble I run the 64 bit versions of Vista and Windows 7 on my Vista 32bit machine using VMWare Workstation and it works just fine (aside from being a little slow). VMware Player 12 is a 64-bit application. and your virtual machine software supports it

your processor supports hardware virtualization and it is switched on
