This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled

Question

When I'm trying to create a default machine through Kitematic, I'm always receiving the same error message. It tells me that "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled", even if the task manager is showing me that the virtualization is on. Any ideas how can I fix this problem?

Command failed: C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker-machine.exe -D create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-memory 2048 default,Docker Machine Version: 0.16.1, build cce350d7,Found binary path at C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker-machine.exe,Launching plugin server for driver virtualbox,Plugin server listening at address 127.0.0.1:50871,() Calling .GetVersion,Using API Version 1,() Calling .SetConfigRaw,() Calling .GetMachineName,(flag-lookup) Calling .GetMachineName,(flag-lookup) Calling .DriverName,(flag-lookup) Calling .GetCreateFlags,Found binary path at C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker-machine.exe,Launching plugin server for driver virtualbox,Plugin server listening at address 127.0.0.1:50873,() Calling .GetVersion,Using API Version 1,() Calling .SetConfigRaw,() Calling .GetMachineName,(default) Calling .GetMachineName,(default) Calling .DriverName,(default) Calling .GetCreateFlags,(default) Calling .SetConfigFromFlags,Reading certificate data from C:\Users\Alex Wieland\.docker\machine\certs\ca.pem,Decoding PEM data...,Parsing certificate...,Reading certificate data from C:\Users\Alex Wieland\.docker\machine\certs\cert.pem,Decoding PEM data...,Parsing certificate...,(default) Calling .PreCreateCheck,(default) DBG | COMMAND: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe --version,(default) DBG | STDOUT:,(default) DBG | {,(default) DBG | 6.0.10r132072,(default) DBG | },(default) DBG | STDERR:,(default) DBG | {,(default) DBG | },(default) DBG | Hyper-V is not installed.,Error with pre-create check: "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory",open C:\Users\Alex Wieland\.docker\machine\machines\default\default\Logs\VBox.log: The system cannot find the path specified.,notifying bugsnag: [Error with pre-create check: "This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled. Enabling it in the BIOS is mandatory"],

Answer 1

Make sure you have HyperV disabled, as in here:

As seen in docker/machine issue 4271

Hyper-V relies on hardware virtualization support (e.g. Intel VT-x and AMD-V) to run virtual machines. Typically, once Hyper-V is installed, the hypervisor hides this capability from guest virtual machines, preventing guests virtual machines from installing Hyper-V (and many other hypervisors, for that matter).

Since your command-line is using VirtualBox, you can't have both HyperV and VirtualBox active at the same time (although you can switch from one to the other).

Answer 2

I fixed it with this command:

docker-machine create default --virtualbox-no-vtx-check