VirtualBox only shows 32bit on AMD CPU

Issue: Virtualbox sometimes shows only 32 bit VM can be created on some Windows 10 AMD processors computer, no 64 bit VM available.

Solution: Following are the steps to enable Virtualbox to be able to create 64 bit VM.

Step 1:

Reboot computer, goes into BIOS:

Step 2:

From Choose BIOS setup->Advanced->System Options (Your menu options may be different, so find your own!), check SVM CPU Virtualization.

Then press F10 to save the change and reboot.

Step 3:

Boot into Windows 10. In windows 10, press windows key, enter "windows feature", to start "Turn Windows Features on or off", you will see a pop up windows, uncheck Hyper-V. It will take a moment to update, once this is done, reboot PC.

Step 4:

After reboot, start Virtualbox, you can create 64 bit VM in Virtualbox

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