VirtualBox You can’t install Windows 8.1 because your processor doesn’t support CompareExchange128

Posted on September 13, 2013 by chanmingman

If you hit the error “You can’t install Windows 8.1 because your processor doesn’t support CompareExchange128”

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Download VirtualBoc 4.2.18 then set the Version to Windows 8.1.

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2 Responses to VirtualBox You can’t install Windows 8.1 because your processor doesn’t support CompareExchange128

  1. srk says:
    November 2, 2013 at 2:49 pm

    so can I install win8.1 by changing the virtualbox setting ?

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