How to confirm, if your PC supports h/w virtualization ?

For Windows,

• Download and run - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=592
• For more - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx

For Ubuntu,

• egrep -c ‘(svm|vmx)’ /proc/cpuinfo
• A 0 indicates that your CPU doesn’t support hardware virtualization, while a 1 or more indicates that it does. You may still have to enable hardware virtualization support in your computer’s BIOS, even if this command returns a 1 or more.
• For more - http://virt-tools.org/learning/check-hardware-virt/

To enable h/w virtualization through BIOS,

• Boot into the BIOS.

• Check the Enable Intel Virtualization Technology checkbox under virtualization support.